News on Indonesia

Obama delays Pacific trip for healthcare

2010-06-26T03:07:59Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is delaying his trip to Indonesia and Australia next week to stay home and focus on his final push for a healthcare overhaul, White House officials said on Friday...

Indonesian students protest Barack Obama's visit

2010-03-05T06:15:35Z

Muslim students protest in Jakarta against Barack Obama's first Indonesian visit as president

Scores of Islamic students staged protests outside Jakarta's parliament and in at least three other major Indonesian cities on Friday against President Barack Obama's upcoming visit to this predominantly Muslim country.

The students carried banners branding Obama as...

Obama statue returns to public view in Jakarta

2010-06-25T18:34:58Z

Obama statue displayed at Jakarta school week after removal from public park

A statue of Barack Obama as a boy was placed late Sunday night at the Jakarta elementary school the U.S. president once attended, after its display in a public park prompted backlash in the JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesians, who welcomed Barack Obama as one of their own two years ago, now want a statue commemorating his Jakarta school years to be removed, a sign the U.S. president's global appeal may be waning.

The statue of Obama as a 10-year-old ...

Indonesia police say DNA confirms key militant dead

2010-04-16T10:14:35Z

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Forensic tests on the DNA from the body of a man killed during a raid by Indonesian police this week confirm he was Noordin Mohammad Top, one of Asia's most wanted militants, police said on Saturday.

Malaysian-born Top, suspected mastermind of deadly suicide J...

Obama strongly condemns Jakarta bombings

2010-04-16T11:17:42Z

US President Barack Obama on Friday firmly condemned bombings in Jakarta that killed at least nine people and injured dozens more, including eight Americans.

"I strongly condemn the attacks that occurred this morning in Jakarta, and extend my deepest condolences to all of the victims and their loved ones," Obama said in a statement.

"The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headed Wednesday to Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country, aiming to show the Islamic world that Washington wants to open a new chapter in ties.

In planning her trip to the sprawling archipelago where Pre...

Editorial Roundup

2010-04-16T14:19:03Z

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

Feb. 13

Chicago Sun-Times, on autism and vaccines:

Forget vaccines, hunt for real autism cause.

... In a highly anticipated ruling, three federal judges concluded that childhood vaccines do not cause autism, despite claims otherwise by a powerful grass-roots moveme...

People Toni Braxton

2011-01-03T10:31:56Z

FILE - In this March 6, 2010 file photo, U.S. singer Toni Braxton performs during the Java Jazz concert festival in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, file)

Indonesia Terror Trial

2010-12-29T03:00:25Z

Suspected militant Abdullah Sunata stands behind bars inside a holding cell at a district court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010. The trial of one of Indonesia's top terrorism suspects has opened in the capital. Sunata is accused of setting up a terrorist cell of Muslim militants with ties to the

Global Christmas

2010-12-24T15:01:15Z

In this Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010 photo, trainers in Santa Claus costumes dance with sea lions at Ancol Water park in Jakarta, Indonesia. Clerics in the world's most populous Muslim country said employers should not be allowed to require their staff to wear fuzzy Santa outfits and red hats, saying that it is insulting to their faith. (AP Photo/Tatan ...

Indonesia Tsunami Clinging To Hope

2010-12-23T03:01:26Z

In this photo taken Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010, Rafisah, the mother of Titik Yuniarti, who was beaten by a mob accusing her of attempting to abduct a child while searching for her daughter missing in the 2005 Indian Ocean tsunami, shows a picture of her grandchildren at her residence in Banda Aceh, Aceh Province, Mount Merapi in Muntilan, Central Java, Indonesia. (AP Photo/File)

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