The party of Indonesia's president won a resounding victory in parliamentary polls, handing him a stronger mandate to push a reformist agenda in the world's third largest democracy.

Maybe it’s just because, in some irrational way, the Holocaust just feels worse than the Cultural Revolution or Stalin’s purges.

The body of former Indonesian president Suharto, who led a military dictatorship for three decades and whose US-backed regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing opponents, arrived in his home town today for a state funeral.

Former dictator Suharto, the army general who crushed Indonesia’s Communist movement and pushed aside the country’s founding father to usher in 32 years of brutal rule, died today.

Former Indonesian dictator Suharto’s condition remained critical but stable today, as his doctors continued their efforts to help him recover from multiple organ failure.

Former Indonesian dictator Suharto moved his hands and spoke in a whisper today in what doctors called an amazing recovery after he suffered multiple organ failure.

Former Indonesian dictator Suharto’s condition has improved and he has a good chance of recovering, his doctor said today.

Family members said they would leave it to doctors to decide if former Indonesian dictator Suharto should be removed from life support after almost all of his organ functions failed. Physicians described his condition as “very critical,” putting his chance of survival at just 50%.

Doctors struggling to prolong the life of Indonesia’s former dictator Suharto said today he was in “very critical condition” after suffering multiple organ failure, with his heart and lungs showing further decline.

Dozens of new airlines have been popping up across Asia to meet the industry’s booming demand, but a string of deadly accidents has raised fresh concerns about safety – from pilot shortages to the quality of budget carriers.

Indonesia’s highest court ordered Time magazine to pay $106 million in damages for defaming former dictator Suharto by alleging his family amassed billions of dollars during his 32-year rule, officials said yesterday.

A video of an extravagant wedding for the daughter of impoverished Burma’s military leader has caused outrage in a country where many people struggle to afford a bowl of rice.

A video of an extravagant wedding for the daughter of impoverished Burma’s military leader has caused outrage in a country where many people struggle to afford a bowl of rice.

Former Indonesian dictator Suharto’s condition improved slightly today after doctors succeeded in stopping internal bleeding in his stomach.

Doctors treating ailing former Indonesian dictator Suharto today said he was “weak” but conscious after being admitted to hospital for intestinal bleeding.

Indonesia and Britain today agreed to strengthen anti-terror ties, but Islamic leaders told visiting prime minister Tony Blair that his policies were breeding extremism.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today vowed to help fight terrorism in Southeast Asia, warning that Islamic militants blamed for a series of suicide bombings threatened to turn the vibrant region into “a ring of fire.”

An off-duty pilot was today sentenced to 14 years in jail for the poisoning death of Indonesia’s top human-rights activist, but critics said the masterminds remained free.

Indonesia will more than double the average cost of fuel today to try to stave off an economic crisis, the economy minister said, despite protests by thousands of people, some of whom burned tires and threw rocks at police.

The Indonesian government and Aceh rebels are poised to sign a peace treaty today, aimed at ending nearly 30 years of fighting in the oil and gas-rich province that has killed 15,000 people.

WORLDWIDE celebrations to mark the 60th birthday of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi kicked off yesterday, with supporters releasing doves and holding a modest religious ceremony in the Burmese capital, Yangon.

Indonesia’s government is considering a law banning unmarried couples from kissing in public – and harshly penalising those who do, The Jakarta Post reported today.

I AM appalled at the response of our Government, and the other rich nations of the world, to the people who have suffered in the tsunami disaster.

A FORMER general who has pledged to get tough on terrorism and fix the economy won a landslide victory over incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri in Indonesia's landmark elections yesterday.

Former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono maintained a commanding lead in Indonesia’s first direct presidential election today with nearly three-quarters of the votes counted, according to the country’s election commission.

President Megawati Sukarnoputri was beaten into second place in Indonesia’s presidential vote and will now face her former security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in a September runoff, according to poll results today.

A FORMER army general took an early lead yesterday in Indonesia’s first direct presidential election.

RIDUAN Isamuddin, also known as Hambali, is a 38-year-old Islamic scholar who was born in Indonesia's West Java province.

THE US claimed that their war on Iraq was done to bring democracy to the people of Iraq. Now they say that they do not want (read ‘will not allow’) a fundamentalist Shi’ite regime in Iraq. So much for their promise of a free democratic Iraq, as the US rejects and arrests various representatives of the Iraqi people.

Eleven people were injured when a bomb ripped through a busy passenger terminal at Jakarta’s main airport today in an attack that police said was “meant to terrorise”.

With fireworks, prayers and lion dances, millions across Asia on Saturday welcomed in the Lunar New Year – the biggest holiday for Chinese communities worldwide.

INDONESIAN police said yesterday that a man they are interrogating has confessed to planting a bomb in an attack on Bali nightclub that killed nearly 200 people last month.

Indonesian police said today that a man they are interrogating has confessed to planting a bomb in an attack on Bali nightclub that killed nearly 200 people last month.

A day after the adoption of a tough new anti-terrorism decree, Indonesian police today arrested the alleged leader of a militant group suspected in last week’s Bali nightclub bombing.

Indonesia’s president today won crucial parliamentary backing for an emergency anti-terrorism decree after the bomb attack that killed almost 200 people on Bali.

LASKAR JIHAD, Indonesia’s most violent Muslim extremist group, has disbanded, its legal adviser said yesterday.

The death toll from an explosion in a Bali nightclub is reported to be at 182, with at least 178 injured in what the national police chief described as the worst act of terror in Indonesia’s history.

AN Indonesian court yesterday found the youngest son of former dictator Suharto guilty of paying two hit men to murder a Supreme Court justice and sentenced him to 15 years in jail.

The youngest son of the former Indonesian dictator Suharto has been jailed for 15 years for paying two hitmen to murder a judge.

The family of former Indonesian dictator Suharto pocketed hundreds of millions of pounds in the 1990s through huge mark-ups on arms deals, including the purchase of Hawk jets from Britain, it was reported today.

Xanana Gusmao’s expected landslide victory in East Timor’s first presidential elections completes the transformation of the charismatic poet and guerrilla leader to a respected statesman.

Gunmen on a speedboat opened fire on a ferry carrying Christians in Indonesia’s eastern Maluku islands today, killing 10 people.

Newly released US government documents have proven that the US administration approved Indonesia’s bloody and murderous invasion of East Timor in 1975.

Indonesia’s former military chief General Wiranto was questioned today in connection with a burgeoning corruption scandal.