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Indonesia named respected investment chief Muhammad Chatib Basri as finance minister, who takes on the role as Southeast Asia's biggest economy grapples with slowing economic growth and how to bring down the cost of massive fuel subsidies.

The death toll from an accident at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.'s mine in Papua province rose to 11 as Chief Executive Officer Richard Adkerson arrived in Indonesia.

Russia is refocusing on Asean after years of inertia due to its domestic priorities and challenges.

Bob Elson, the Australian historian who wrote Indonesia: A History of an Idea, has expressed his puzzlement at what he sees as a gap between Indonesia in the international arena and Indonesia at home.

Voters in the Philippines appear to have delivered a resounding victory to President Benigno Aquino in midterm elections.

Addressing journalists at the UN Headquarters in New York, Mr. Cameron said that members of the High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, which includes President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia and President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, "nailed our colours to the mast with one clear overarching aim - end extreme poverty in ... (more)

Catholic leaders in Indonesia are protesting the decision of an American foundation to honor the country's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for his contributions to inter-religious dialogue.

For almost five years Indonesia did not execute a prisoner on death row. But since a Malawian drug smuggler broke that drought on March 15, the floodgates have opened.

Indonesia has drawn cheers for extending a moratorium on logging for another two years to protect its forests, but some analysts say the impact could be limited unless governance is improved.

Rev. Franz Magnis Suseno, a philosopher and renowned Jesuit priest, has sent a letter to the Appeal of Conscience Foundation , objecting to its plans to bestow the World Statesman Award to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for promoting religious tolerance in Indonesia.

Bali's current governor and his estranged deputy were almost evenly tied against each other in a heated election for the top job on the island province, an outcome that signals the waning influence of Indonesian Democratic Party - Struggle there ahead of national elections next April.

A United Nations high-level panel on a post-2015 global development agenda wrapped up today with consensus emerging on how to make a more equitable world, said British Prime Minister David Cameron in his role as co-chair of the body.

Indonesia has extended a landmark ban on clearing primary rainforests and peatlands for another two years, a move greeted by environmentalists with praise and skepticism.

Back in March VW told the Indonesian president Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono that it plans to build a plant in the country.

Indonesia's President has significantly boosted Schapelle Corby's chance of parole by apparently clearing away the biggest remaining hurdle - her immigration status.

West Papuan independence movement leader Victor Yeimo was detained and allegedly beaten by police on Monday as another prominent Indonesian national politician warned Western countries against supporting separatists in the troubled province.

The president of Togo, one of the world's poorest countries, on Monday slammed rich nations who have cut development aid saying it contributes to the spread of terrorism.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is poised to swear in a new finance chief as early as tomorrow while his government prepares to set higher subsidized-fuel prices, moving to end policy ambiguity that has hurt investor confidence and the currency.

Indonesia, home to one third of the world's remaining tropical forests, is set to extend a ban on forest clearing.

Two years since being declared Indonesia's REDD+ pilot province, many of the same environmental challenges still remain in Central Kalimantan.