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Asylum seekers leave Australian ship

AFP - Thursday, November 19

TANJUNG PINANG, Indonesia (AFP) - - Dozens of Sri Lankan asylum seekers left an Australian customs ship in Indonesia on Wednesday, ending a three-week protest over their claims for refugee status. More »

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Indonesian commission lays blame on police
AFP - Wednesday, November 18
JAKARTA (AFP) - - Indonesia's president should censure senior police and prosecutors accused of leading a conspiracy against the anti-corruption agency, an independent fact-finding team recommended Tuesday.
Indonesia leader urged to make anti-graft reforms
AP - Wednesday, November 18
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A presidential fact-finding team has advised Indonesia's leader to initiate deep reforms to tackle corruption after it found that senior law enforcers tried to frame anti-graft officials on fabricated charges of bribery and blackmail.
Indonesia detains 41 more Afghan migrants
AP - Monday, November 16
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian officials say they have detained a group of 41 Afghan asylum seekers suspected of trying to reach Australia.
Bali resort grapples with mounting rabies epidemic
AP - Sunday, November 15
DENPASAR, Indonesia - Working from a tiny mobile clinic, the veterinary team netted and held down a dog plucked from the streets of Indonesia's most popular beach resort and administered a quick injection.
Indonesia deports Greenpeace activists
AP - Sunday, November 15
PEKANBARU, Indonesia - Indonesian authorities say they are deporting 11 foreign Greenpeace activists for joining a protest against forest destruction.
Deforestation threatens Indonesia's Papua region
AFP - Friday, November 13
JAYAPURA (AFP) - - Logging and agribusiness is threatening environmental destruction in Indonesia's Papua region, one of the world's last vast wildernesses, local leaders said on Thursday.
Indonesian police deny framing anti-graft chief
AFP - Thursday, November 12
JAKARTA (AFP) - - Indonesia's police force denied Wednesday it was trying to frame the country's top corruption fighter for murder, after a key state witness testified that he was part of a conspiracy to fabricate evidence.
Iranian accused of smuggling drugs on fake leg
AP - Thursday, November 12
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian customs officials say they have arrested an Iranian with several pounds (more than a kilogram) of methamphetamines taped to his prosthetic limb.
Indonesia police faked evidence on graft fighter: witness
AFP - Wednesday, November 11
JAKARTA (AFP) - - A former top Indonesian graft fighter on trial for organising a gangland-style murder burst into tears in court Tuesday after a key witness said he had been convinced by police to fabricate evidence.
Indonesian forests on frontline of climate debate
AFP - Tuesday, November 10
TELUK MERANTI, Indonesia (AFP) - - With the approach of global climate talks in Copenhagen, activists are hoping to draw world attention to their fight to save the last tropical forests on Indonesia's Sumatra island.
1 dead, dozens injured by strong Indonesian quake
AP - Tuesday, November 10
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A powerful undersea earthquake killed one person, injured dozens and damaged hundreds of houses on a remote island in central Indonesia, officials said Monday.
Indonesia quake kills at least one
Reuters - Monday, November 9
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A strong earthquake struck Indonesia's Sumbawa island early on Monday morning, killing at least one person and injuring around 80 after damaging homes, schools and mosques, a police official said.
2 killed by strong central Indonesian quake
AP - Monday, November 9
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A strong undersea earthquake killed two people and damaged buildings on the remote island of Sumbawa in central Indonesia, officials said Monday.
Two killed in Indonesian quake: report
AFP - Monday, November 9
JAKARTA (AFP) - - Two people were killed and dozens injured after a strong quake with a magnitude of 6.7 rocked the Indonesian island of Sumbawa on Monday, officials and the state news agency Antara said.
Earthquake measuring 6.7 reported near Indonesia
AP - Monday, November 9
NEW YORK - A strong earthquake was reported in the ocean off Indonesia on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Hundreds join anti-corruption rally in Indonesia
AFP - Sunday, November 8
JAKARTA (AFP) - - Hundreds of Indonesians gathered in the capital Jakarta on Sunday to protest perceived moves to cripple the country's once-powerful corruption watchdog.
Sri Lanka boat people leader a known trafficker: Colombo
AFP - Saturday, November 7
COLOMBO (AFP) - - The leader of a boat of Sri Lankan asylum seekers held in Indonesia is a known people smuggler previously deported from Canada, the government said Friday, a charge he has strongly denied.
Red Cross suspends work in Indonesia's Aceh
AFP - Friday, November 6
BANDA ACEH (Indonesia) (AFP) - - The Red Cross suspended its activities in the Indonesian province of Aceh for a day on Friday after one of its German workers was shot and wounded by gunmen on a motorbike.
Indonesia extends Australia refugee boat's stay
AFP - Friday, November 6
JAKARTA (AFP) - - Indonesia extended by a week on Friday a deadline for an Australian customs ship loaded with 78 protesting Sri Lankan asylum seekers to leave its territory.