Indonesia News

Indonesia News From AOL News

Big Bomb Found Near Indonesia Church; 19 Arrested

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Senior security minister Djoko Suyanto said he believed Islamic militants had been plotting an attack outside of the capital during Good Friday celebrations. "The army and police are under high alert," he told reporters after attending a meeting chaired by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. "We want...

Suicide Bomber Injures Dozens at Indonesian Mosque

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A suicide bomber blew himself up as police were praying Friday, wounding 28 people in the first attack on a mosque since extremists started targeting the predominantly Muslim country a decade ago. The victims -- including a local police chief -- were rushed to hospitals with nails, nuts and bolts...

Indonesian Lawmaker Resigns After Caught Watching Porn in Parliament

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- An Indonesian lawmaker who helped pass a tough anti-pornography law resigned Monday after he got caught watching sexually explicit videos on his computer during a parliamentary debate. The scandal has transfixed this predominantly Muslim nation since a local photojournalist filmed Arifinto, a member...

Survivors of 2004 Tsunami Shaken by Japan Disaster

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Tears streamed down Maisara Mucharam's face as she watched aerial shots of the tsunami pummeling Japan's coast and remembered the day, six years ago, when her youngest daughter was ripped out of her arms by the heavy salty sea. Survivors of the 2004 tsunami that started off in Indonesia sat glued...

Mike Huckabee Gets All BYU Honor Code on Natalie Portman

Mike Huckabee, whose down-home sensibilities helped him in his 2008 bid for the GOP presidential nomination, may be speaking a little too freely these days. First, Huckabee incorrectly said that President Barack Obama spent part of his childhood in Kenya -- he later claimed he meant Indonesia -- and hinted that that put...

Indonesia News From AOL

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Indonesia News From the Web

02/10/12 Indonesia's 2011 Balance of Payments Surplus Reaches... Source: Bank Indonesia Indonesia's balance of payments for 2011 registered a surplus of US$11.9 billion.
02/10/12 Indonesian Volcano Erupts, Hurls Ash High Into Sky Source: NBC - KCRA 3 A restless volcano in northern Indonesia erupted Friday, spewing clouds of ash as high as 2 kilometers into the sky, the country's National Disaster Management Agency said.
02/10/12 UPDATE 1-Indonesia cbank: still room for further rate... Source: Reuters Bank Indonesia sees room for further rate cuts after a surprise move to reduce its benchmark rate to a record low, as it seeks to push banks to switch funds kept at the central bank into loans to drive Southeast Asia's biggest economy.
02/10/12 Airbus Military launches Pacific drive from Indonesia Source: AIN Online Airbus Military has embarked on a major program to assist the Indonesian aerospace industry expand its capabilities and to put the plane-maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia (DI - Indonesian Aerospace) back on its feet after suffering heavy losses accumulated after the Asian economic crisis in the late 1990s.
02/10/12 Indonesia's Jan domestic motorbike sales fall 2.9 pct... Source: Reuters Indonesia's domestic motorcycle sales, a key indicator of consumption in Southeast Asia's top economy, stood at 645,863 motorcycles in January, down 2.9 percent from the previous year, data from the Indonesian Motorcycle Industry Association (AISI) showed on Friday.