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JOHOR BAHARU, May 18 -- Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar, recently appointed as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, will resign as President and Chief Executive Officer of Malayan Banking Bhd on June 4. He will take his oath of office as Senator on June 5 in order to assume his new portfolio.

Cheznye Emmons, from Great Wakering, Essex, was travelling through Indonesia with her boyfriend Joe Cook, 21, when she started feeling ill after drinking from a bottle marked as gin from a local shop.

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.

JOHOR BAHARU, May 18 -- Former Maktab Sultan Abu Bakar principal Zulkipli Mahmud has been declared Leadership Figure , in conjunction with the Johor state-level Teacher's Day celebration held at the Pusat Islam Iskandar Johor here Saturday.

A BRITISH woman could face the death penalty in Indonesia after being arrested for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine into the country from China, an official said.

JAKARTA: An Indonesian court has ruled indigenous people have the right to manage forests where they live, a move which supporters said prevents the government from handing over community-run land to businesses.

Indonesian photographer Hengki Koentjoro spends hours underwater armed with a digital SLR and a pair of flippers but his love of photography began on land with the spectacular American vistas captured by Ansel Adams .

In Indonesia, the boutique east coast resort of Alila Manggis has appointed Putu Susenayasa as General Manager.

Cheznye Emmons, 23, fell ill within hours of drinking deadly methanol, labelled as 'gin', which she picked up from a local shop while trekking across south Asia Cheznye Emmons, 23, fell ill after drinking deadly methanol with boyfriend Joe Cook, 21, and a male friend they met while trekking across south Asia.

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.

A proposed bill regulating the state apparatus would allow the government to fire poorly performing civil servants after four years, an Indonesian deputy minister has said.

A 19-year-old man is receiving treatment for gunshot wounds after about five Papua New Guinea soldiers allegedly opened fire on him and two other West Papuans.

Two more would-be asylum seekers have died on the ocean trying to get to Australia while their 46 shipmates survived a boat journey that contained equal parts tragedy and luck.

UK PM says final meeting of UN panel on development after 2015 agreed to focus on ending extreme poverty by 2030 Afghan children carry coal for a brick factory on the outskirts of Jalalabad.

Indonesia has approved a two-year extension to a landmark ban on clearing primary rainforests and peatlands, officials said Thursday.

The elites of Indonesia's Prosperous Justice Party finally allowed the Corruption Eradication Commission on Wednesday to confiscate five cars believed to be connected to a money laundering case allegedly involving the party's former chairman Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq.

Women who have come out on top in the job market may not find similar success in the marriage market.

The alleged people-smuggling boss Sayed Abbas, wanted in Australia on a raft of charges, claims he was a police informant before being abandoned by his handlers.