PALU, Central Sulawesi: Illegal banks operating under the guise of loan cooperatives in Banggai regency have angered local residents, Antara reported on Saturday.

PADANG, West Sumatra: Six of the 12 young mountain climbers who went missing on Mount Merapi nine days ago were found on the edge of a ravine atHantu hill on…

MEDAN, North Sumatra: Various types of guns were on sale during an exhibition organized by the Tri Yudha Foundation at the Uniland building here on Saturday.

BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: Abandoned coal mines could be a source of malaria in the province, the head of the health ministry's provincial office here, Suwandi Makmur, said on Saturday.

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) plan to form a formal medical council board to control and supervise the practice of its members.

JAKARTA (JP): The government will establish a special representative officein Dili, East Timor, soon to protect Indonesia's interests and property in its former province, a senior minister said on Sat

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid must hold a dialog soon on Irian Jaya's problems with all related parties, a rights institution said.

JAKARTA (JP): At least seven people were killed over the weekend in sporadic sectarian riots in the South Maluku capital of Ambon.

JAKARTA (JP): The State Minister of Human Rights Affairs, Hasballah M. Saadhas pledged to push a draft bill on the protection of children, which has been loitering on ministerial desks…

KEDIRI, East Java (JP): Minister of Religious Affairs Tolchah Hasan said onSunday the government would not interfere in the internal affairs of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), including the decision on…