have detained five suspected al-Tawhid battalions militants in the district of al-Qaten, west of Sayoon city, security sources in theprovince have said.

Manado, Aug 19(ANTARA) - Clove farmers in North Sulawesi fear the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI)'s plan to issue an edict declaring smoking "haram" (not permitted) will cause a drastic decline i

Beijing, Aug 19 (ANTARA) - Closer diplomatic relations between Indonesia and China in the future are inevitable because the two countries occupy politically and geographicqlly strategic and import

Bandung, Aug 19 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to open the second International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) at the presidential palace in Jakarta on We

Medan, N Sumatra, Aug 19 (ANTARA) - The government should postpone the execution of Bali I bombers Amrozi, Muklas and Imam Samudra so it can punish the mastermind behind the terror attack, an obse

Kuala Lumpur, Aug 19 (ANTARA) - Indonesian anti terror police have taken four Indonesian Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) members released by Malaysian authorities from Kemunting Taping jail in Perak state

Jakarta, Aug 19 (ANTARA) - Teachers and various quarters in the educational sector hailed the government's proposal in the Draft 2009 State Budget to raise education expenditure from Rp154.2 trilli

Jakarta, Aug 19 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Military (TNI) Chief Gen Djoko Santoso said defense attaches must be able to support the country's foreign diplomacy within the frame of free and active foreig

Jakarta, Aug 19 (ANTARA) - Chairman of the Indonesian Awakening Committee (KBI) Rizal Ramli denied on Tuesday that the committee had financed a series of anti-fuel price hike rallies that turned an

Jakarta, Aug 19 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) said that the government's major challenge in 2009 was to take inflation under control owing to the fact that oil