Last updated at 11:27 AM. Monday 22 March 2010

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The president is set to officially open the Nahdlatul Ulama national congress in Makassar on Tuesday. (Antara Photo/Yusran Uccang)

NU Clerics Meet With SBY

Does Nahdlatul Ulama, the country’s largest Islamic organization, really want to elect a leader who will guide it out of the murky world of politics?


Democrats Expect PDI-P to Join Bloc

The likelihood of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle joining President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s Democratic Party-led coalition is increasing every day, Democratic Party deputy chairman Ahmad Mubarok said on Sunday.


Indonesian Terrorist Fugitive on Run in Philippines

Jakarta has asked officials here to track down an Indonesian fugitive wanted in connection with terrorist attacks at home and who is now thought to be training militants in an insurgency-racked region of the Philippines, officials have said.


Election Monitors to Take Helm After Long Battle Comes to an End

A court decision that served as an armistice between the nation’s two top election bodies has cleared the way for official monitors in May’s regional polls to officially take their posts.


Travelgate Suspect Says Boss Ordered Proof Destroyed

A suspect in the Foreign Ministry travel-expense scandal has told investigators that his superior ordered that evidence in the case be destroyed before prosecutors began investigating the case.


NGOs Critical of Century Bailout Offer Support to Embattled Susno

Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji, the controversial former chief of detectives at the National Police, has found an ally in a group of nongovernmental organizations critical of the government’s 2008 bailout of Bank Century.

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