Makassar, Aug 12 (ANTARA) - Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith arrived at Hasanuddin International Airport here on Tuesday for a one-day visit in South Sulawesi.

Jakarta, Aug 12 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) Commander Gen Djoko Santoso said the hoisting of the "Bintang Kejora" (Morning Star) flag in Papua recently proved that separatists were

Jakarta, Aug 12 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will invite a number of foreign dignitaries to attend celebrations of the Indonesian Independence Day which falls on August 17.

New York, Aug.

Jakarta, Aug 12 (ANTARA) - The bird flu fatality rate in Indonesia this year has dropped from its level last year, according to the executive chairman of the National Commission of Bird Flu Control

Jakarta, Aug. 12 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at Merdeka Palace here on Tuesday received seven newly accredited foreign ambassadors to Indonesia.

Pekanbaru, Aug. 12 (ANTARA) - A whirlwind hit Dumai city, Riau Province, on Tuesday, damaging a number of wooden houses and knocking down an electricity pole.

Jakarta, Aug 12 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government will not meet the request of a group of United States Congressmen to release two convicted sympathizers of the outlawed separatist Free Papua O

Jakarta, Aug 12 (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook Manokwari, West Papua, on Tuesday, at 2.07 am Western Indonesian Time (WIB), but did not trigger a tsunami.

Jakarta, Aug. 12 (ANTARA) - Following are headlines of major Indonesian newspapers on Tuesday.

The Jakarta Post
AULIA AT HEART OF BI SCANDAL, WITNESS SAYS