Jakarta - Indonesian authorities on Thursday urged residents living around the slopes of Mount Semeru in Indonesia's crowded East Java province to keep their distance from the active volcano, which

Jakarta  - Marking the 10th anniversary of the late president Suharto's downfall, thousands of angry Indonesians took to the streets in cities across the country on Wednesday, venting their rage at

Jakarta  - An Indonesian governor pushing the construction of what would be the world's longest road and railway bridge said he hopes work could begin next year on the structure that would link the islands of Java and Sumatra, a news agency reported Monday.

"Hopefully, the initial step can be implemented in early January 2009," the state-run Antara agency quoted Lampung Governor Syachruddin ZP as saying.

A memorandum of understanding for the 29-kilometre bridge across the Sunda Straits was signed in 2007 between the governors of western Java's Banten province and southern Sumatra's Lampung province and representatives of a consortium that is to construct the bridge.

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Jakarta - Anti-government rallies didn't abate Thursday as the Indonesian government was set to pay the equivalent of 1.55 billion dollars cash to about 19.1 million impoverished families to help t

Jakarta  - Hundreds of angry students took to the streets in a number of Indonesian cities for a second day on Tuesday to protest against a government plan to raise fuel prices and cut off subsidie