Five men linked to a terrorist cell have been shot in Indonesia.
The suspected terrorists were killed after police launched series of anti-terror operations throughout the country.
Police have said the men may have been planning to launch a terror attack over the next few weeks. One was identified as Mukhlis, who was shot as [...]

An Indonesian director plans to make a film about Barack Obama’s childhood in Jakarta in time for the US president’s scheduled visit there in June.
Damien Dematra says the film is to be based on his book, Obama Anak Menteng (Obama The Menteng Kid), but will be released internationally with the title [...]

BALI Nine death row prisoner Scott Rush has been circumcised in a secret jail ceremony in Bali and has told authorities he is learning about Islam.
Authorities at Kerobokan Jail confirmed that Rush had undergone a circumcision on Friday in the jail’s Muslim prayer area.
The jail’s doctor and other [...]

A tsunami warning in Indonesia issued after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the Sumatran coast of Aceh province Sunday has been lifted, an official said.
The quake was recorded at 0559 GMT with the epicentre 66 km southwest of Meulaboh in West Aceh district, according to the Meteorology, Geophysics and Climatology Agency.
There [...]

May 7 (Bloomberg) — Indonesia’s economy probably expanded at the fastest pace in more than a year last quarter as record- low interest rates boosted consumer spending in Southeast Asia’s largest economy and exports and investment recovered.
Bank Indonesia has left its benchmark interest rate at 6.5 percent since August and urged [...]

Washington — President Obama welcomed Indonesia’s announcement that it is initiating the process of ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), describing it as a signal that more countries are joining what he called “a renewed effort to reinforce global nonproliferation.”
Obama thanked Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the [...]

By Aloysius Unditu and Michael Munoz

May 4 (Bloomberg) — Indonesia’s central bank may keep its benchmark interest rate at a record low this week as a strengthening currency and rising food supplies keep inflation at “moderate” levels.
Bank Indonesia will keep its reference rate unchanged at 6.5 percent for a ninth consecutive month tomorrow, according to [...]

Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa will lead an Indonesian delegation to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Session to be held at the UN Headquarters in New York on May 3 to 28, 2010.
The Indonesian delegation will be composed of representatives from the foreign ministry, the Indonesian permanent representative mission in New [...]