Indonesia: West Sumatra death toll exceeds 700
07 Oct 2009: The death toll from the Sept. 30 earthquake in West Sumatra has reached 704, but the government estimates 1,000 people have been killed in the disaster that devastated the province. The national disaster management agency said Wednesday the death toll hadIndonesia's Honesty Cafes
24 Jun 2009: Kletus Badik raced to grab a bottle of mineral water and a fried cake before the start of yet another lecture in the Driyarkara Philosophy Institute in Jakarta. He did not have to stand in a line or wait for a cashier. Kletus and his colleagues takeElection: Indonesia votes
09 Apr 2009: Polls have closed in Indonesia, with the Democrat Party of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the president, in the lead, according to early reports. But the preliminary reports on Thursday's vote, which will determine who is eligible to run for president, suggestIndonesia asks Kuwait to slash diesel supplies
06 Mar 2009: SINGAPORE - Asia’s top diesel importer Indonesia has asked Kuwait to cut second-quarter term supplies by nearly 80 percent, as an economic downturn and increasing use of alternative fuel erode demand, industry sources said on Thursday. State-run energyIndonesia Eyes Muslim Development Fund
03 Mar 2009: JAKARTA — Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called Monday, March 2, for launching a support fund to help emerging Islamic economies and accelerate development in Muslim countries. "By establishing that Muslim Fund, we make our call for aRope of God: The Aceh Tsunami Four Years On
03 Mar 2009: our years ago on the day after Christmas a killer tsunami struck the province of Aceh in North Sumatra. Hundreds of thousands died, many more left homeless and destitute. Entire villages, towns and cities were destroyed. I know several survivors who lostIndonesia Viewed As A Potential Bridge Between Islam, U.S.
19 Feb 2009: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Asian tour this week takes her to a country that some believe is well positioned to act as a bridge between America and the Islamic world. While other stops on Clinton’s maiden trip abroad as secretary of state –Indonesian ex-airline worker jailed
22 Jan 2009: A former employee of Indonesia’s national airline has been jailed for one year after being found guilty of assisting in the in-flight murder of a human rights activist. Indonesia’s supreme court sentenced Rohainil Aini, a secretary overseeing pilotScores feared dead in ferry sinking
12 Jan 2009: Nearly 250 people are feared dead in Indonesian waters after a ferry capsized in a severe storm. Eighteen people, including the vessel's captain, were rescued by fishing boats after the ferry sank about 50km off the coast off western Sulawesi at about 4amFour killed as quake strikes Indonesia's Papua
06 Jan 2009: A series of powerful earthquakes off the northern coast of West Papua, Indonesia, early on Sunday killed four people, injured several others and flattened buildings, officials and local television said. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said a magnitudeUlema council advises against sending Jihadists to Palestine
31 Dec 2008: Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) chairman Umar Shihab has advised Muslim organizations and the general public not to send volunteers to fight against Israelis on behalf of the Palestinian people. "MUI has no authority to forbid, but MUI advises MuslimPresident Yudhoyono urged to issue decree banning Ahmadiyah sect
31 Dec 2008: Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Chairman of the Indonesian Council of Ulemas (MUI) KH Cholil Ridwan asked President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to immediately issue a decree banning the Ahmadiyah sect as it still claimed being part of Islam. In a press conference onIndonesia's Suharto dies
27 Jan 2008: Suharto, Indonesia\'s former president, who ruled for more than 30 years, has died. He died from multiple organ failure on Sunday. Suharto, 86, was taken to hospital on January 4, suffering from various heart, lung and kidney problems. The formerslashnews
Major quake shakes eastern city of Van
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey yesterday, triggering the collapse of buildings and killing many people, according
to officials and experts. At least 50 people were taken to the single hospital in the city of Van, Anatolia news agency said,
The wretched scandal of Gaza
Past bombed suburbs and scrubland stands the house on the frontier of hell. Once, Abdullah Wahdem's home was a pleasant villa set
in the citrus groves of northern Gaza. Now its cream stucco frontage is pitted by the bullets and artillery salvos that
From Hate to Love -
Story of Adiy ibn Hatim
In the ninth year of the Hijrah, an 'Arab king made the first positive moves to Islam after years of feeling hatred for it. He
drew closer to faith (iman) after opposing arid combating it. And he finally pledged allegiance to the Prophet, peace be on him,
Microsoft Bing in search deal with China’s
Baidu
Microsoft has signed a deal with China’s top search engine, Baidu, to provide the site with censored web search services in
English. Baidu, which dominates 83 per cent of the local market and whose success is built on its Chinese language services, said
