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Y The Jakarta Post ,  Jakarta    Mon, 01/05/2009 12:12 PM   Business President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono assured the public on Monday that the price of cooking oil would decrease in the near future. "It's reasonable to say that prices has...

The poll, conducted by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI), a private pollster, found that 43 percent of respondents would choose Yudhoyono, often known by his initials SBY, as president, against 19 percent for former President Megawati Sukarnoputri, who is considered...

The total number of Pertamina gas stations are 4,300, he said, however, the number of that which have received certification are merely 1,000. According to Faisal, "Pasti Pas" certified gas stations are prioritized in every fuel shipment delivery and given...

Indonesian Attorney General's Office (AGO) Spokesman Jasman Pandjaitan confirmed that the execution of three Bali bombers on death row -- Amrozi, Mukhlas and Imam Samudra had been carried out early morning on Sunday.    &nbs p;"At 0:15 local time, Amrozi, Mukhlas...

Six years after Islamic militants in Indonesia bombed two packed bars on the resort island of Bali, killing 202 people, three of the bombers were executed by firing squad Sunday. Authorities had warned beforehand of potential reprisal attacks by Jemaah...

Amrozi's two wives, Choiriyana and Rochma, and Muklas', Malaysian Paridah and Ana, were said to have left the Lamongan village accompanied by Lamongan District Attorney Officials and police officers. Amrozi's brothers, Ali Fauzi and Sumarno, were also in the group,...

Some 100 militants descended on the offices of the national human rights body as the bombers' lawyers met officials inside to demand access for the families. The radicals condemned the executions, believed to be hours or days away, and praised...

Barack Obama's former classmates in Indonesia, where he spent part of his childhood, reacted with joy as the boy who stood by their side in the school yearbook years ago was elected as the first black US President. “I remember in...