BANDA ACEH: Local and foreign journalists have been flocking to Aceh, causing many hotels and inns here to be fully booked in the run-up to the separatist Free Aceh Movement's…

GENEVA (Agencies): The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Tuesdayurged Indonesia to set up a new constitutional court and an independent inquiry into judicial corruption.

JAKARTA (JP): East Kalimantan provincial legislators went to the House of Representatives here on Wednesday to demand Indonesia become a federal state which would allow provinces more autonomy.

PIDIE (JP): Teuku Abdullah Syafei, a commander of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), in an apparent attempt to placate fears of unrest has forbidden the hoisting of the separatist flag…

JAKARTA (JP): Former finance minister Mar'ie Muhammad was named the new chief of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) replacing former president Soeharto's eldest daughter Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, the organ

JAKARTA (JP): The United Development Party (PPP) deputy chairman Tosari Wijaya has been chosen to replace his party chief Hamzah Haz as deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, House…

JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Marzuki Darusman said on Wednesday his office would report the latest developments in the investigation of allegedcorruption by former president Soeharto within three da

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Adm. Widodo A.S. gave thegreen light on Wednesday to a government-sanctioned inquiry to question topgenerals about their alleged roles in the massive

JAKARTA (JP): A press statement attributed to President ""Abdurrachman"" Wahid was distributed by the office of Gen. Wiranto, the coordinating minister for political affairs and security, on Wednesday

BEIJING (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid and Chinese President Jiang Zemin agreed on Wednesday not to let the strong bonds between the two nations be spoilt by incidental ethnic sentiments.