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Indonesian presidential candidate and current President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono , left, shows his ink-stained finger after casting his ballot with his wife, Kristiani Herawati, right, at a polling station Wednesday, July 8, 2009, in Cibubur, on the outskirt of Jakarta, Indonesia.

AUSTRALIA'S foreign minister said on Thursday a boat carrying about 70 migrants was still missing in Indonesian waters, backtracking on earlier remarks it had been found with everyone safe on board.

Indonesia's election was largely free and fair, observers said Thursday, as preliminary results showed the president had easily won enough votes to govern for another five years.

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Tajikistan News.Net Sunday 5th July, 2009 Jakarta, July 5 Fourteen people were killed and dozens injured Sunday when a train rammed into a minibus at an unmanned railway crossing in Indonesia, a media report said.

A bird flu suspect patient from Sungaibuluh, Kabupaten Dharmasraya, passed away on Saturday .

With Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono tipped to be re-elected on July 8, Southeast Asia's biggest economy is likely to see a renewed push for reform to attract foreign investment, create jobs and spur growth.

Alternative rocker ALANIS MORISSETTE had an unlikely companion while touring Indonesia - a pet monkey she 'borrowed' from a local in exchange for tickets to her show.

JAKARTA, Indonesia - An Indonesian railroad official says at least 14 people were killed when a passenger train collided with a minibus carrying dozens of wedding guests at a railroad crossing.

Opinion polls indicate Indonesia's president is on course to win a second 5-year term in an election Wednesday, a sign of widespread public satisfaction with the country's newfound democratic and economic stability.

Indonesia has given the assurance that maid agencies which have already received payments from Malaysian employers will be allowed to bring in maids to work with the employers concerned.

THERE are myriad reasons why Indonesia's president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono , ought to be worried as the days count down to the country's presidential election on July 8th.

Indonesian police have retrieved the bodies of three crew members from a plane which crashed in restive Papua province last week, a report said late Saturday.

Indonesian presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono rallies the troops one last time ahead of the elections on July 8. Photo: Reuters In his final pitch to voters before next week's election, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono emphasised his corruption-fighting credentials and ability shield the country from the global recession.

Eligible Indonesian citizens can cast their. votes for the Indonesian presidential election in Brunei Darussalam at the premises of the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia on July 8 from 8am to 5pm at Simpang 528, Kg Sungai Handling Baru, Jalan Muara.

NORIMITSU ONISHI: Will jilbab tilt outcome of presidential race? NORIMITSU ONISHI - NYT Golkar has rejected accusations that it is trying to exploit Islam for political gains.

A new Gallup Poll of Indonesia appears to reaffirm the widely held belief that Wednesday's election is incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's to lose.

The three parties competing in Indonesia's presidential election next week have plastered this city with campaign billboards and posters depicting, predictably, their presidential and vice presidential choices looking self-confident. But one party, Golkar, has also put up posters of the candidates' wives next to their husbands, posing demurely and ...

Supporters of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi march in Tehran on June 15.

Previously secret U.S. State Department documents implicate the President of Indonesia in a probable cover-up of an ambush in West Papua.