November 1, 2009
THE PHILIPPINES has agreed to carry out with Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysiaknown as a group as BIMP12 priority infrastructure projects worth about $1 billion over the next two years. These projects, mainly related to transport systems and cross-border interconnection of power facilities, will be done…
September 20, 2009
FEATURE 09/21/2009 DEPOK With a discombobulating mix of blonde hair and ecstatic cries of “Allah, Allah!,” the members of Islamic band Debu sway on stage at a strip mall on the edge of Indonesias capital. Led by a clutch of American siblings, the band of adherents of Sufi Islamic mysticism have become a perennial hit during the holy month of Ramadan here in the worlds largest Muslim-majority country. The band who live communally under the tutelage of a 60-something California-born Sufi teacher in Jakartas southern sprawl make an often confusing blur of the lines between the West and Islam.
August 9, 2009
BEJI, Indonesia: A leading Southeast Asian terrorist suspect reportedly killed Saturday in a gunbattle with…
August 9, 2009
BEJI, Indonesia – A leading Southeast…
August 9, 2009
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s state…
August 9, 2009
KABUL (AFP) – A NATO soldier has been killed in an bomb blast in southern Afghanistan, the alliance's International Security Assistance Force announced Sunday, as the death…
August 9, 2009
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Police scrambled Sunday to identify the body of a suspected terrorist killed in a farmhouse gunbattle after discovering a plot to kill Indonesia’s president in a suicide car bombing. Forensics teams planned to collect DNA samples from family members of regional terror mastermind Noordin Muhammad Top, who was reportedly killed during a 16-hour firefight with officers in central Java on Saturday, said Dynno Chressbon, a government anti-terrorism adviser
August 9, 2009
DHAKA (AFP) – Bangladesh's top court will soon hear appeals from army officers convicted eight years ago of killing the nation's founding leader, the attorney general…
August 9, 2009
ISLAMABAD (AFP) – Pakistan's Taliban appeared in turmoil Sunday after reports of a deadly shootout between contenders to replace the shadowy movement's leader, who is believed to have been killed in a US drone attack. Intelligence officials said Friday that Baitullah Mehsud, who had a five-million-dollar bounty on his head, was killed in the US missile attack. Pakistan's government says it is still seeking confirmation
August 8, 2009
BEJI, Indonesia (AFP) – Asian terror suspect Noordin Mohammed Top was killed during a…
August 8, 2009
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesian…
August 8, 2009
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A fellow…
August 8, 2009
ISLAMABAD—Local intelligence officials…
