Topic: Indonesia

Obama delays Pacific trip for healthcare

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.Obama, who had been scheduled to leave on ...
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 ...
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 ...

Indonesian group wants Obama statue torn down

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 ...

Indonesia police say DNA confirms key militant dead

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 ...

Obama strongly condemns Jakarta bombings

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 ...

Clinton heads to Indonesia

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 President Barack Obama ...

Editorial Roundup

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: Though President Barack Obama won swift approval of $800 billion in spending to help prop up the economy, a White House celebration was likely short-lived.Given the stiff Republican resistance he ...