INDONESIA popularity and INDONESIA trends

Asia is currently in the middle of an unprecedented arms race that is not only sharpening tensions in the region, but competing with efforts by Asian countries to address poverty and growing economic disparity. The gap between rich and poor-calculated by the Gini coefficient that measures inequality-has increased from 39 per cent to 46 per cent in China, India, and Indonesia. While affluent ...

Donald Trump has come a long way in the 2012 campaign: from maybe-candidate to Obama-birth-certificate agitator, to Mitt Romney endorser and fundraiser. He's holding a joint fundraiser in Las Vegas on Tuesday with Romney and Newt Gingrich, and the Romney campaign is raffling off dinner with Trump and the candidate. But embracing Trump is a risky decision for anyone, as this interview he gave to...

AN official says a landslide on Indonesia's main island of Java has killed at least six gold miners.

In rapidly growing economies like China, India, Malaysia and Indonesia, consumers with increased purchasing power and access to new opportunities and choices are more likely to purchase and promote brands that support good causes and punish organizations that don't.

L'allenatore dell'Inter si è soffermato sui due brasiliani, che sono rispettivamente tornati dalle esperienze con la maglia del Parma e dell'Espanyol.

Right Wing Watch is a great site to follow to track the latest conspiratorial craziness coming from the right. It seems every single day there is some new bizarre claim about homosexuals trying to enslave America and institute sharia law (that makes sense right?), or how Obama is a muslim, yada yada. But today I…

POLITICIANS from all sides of the Indonesian spectrum are today condemning the decision to grant clemency to Schapelle Corby.

Las autoridades le piden que censure su show, pero los extremistas religiosos amenazan con actos violentos si se presenta

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Lady Gaga is as confused as anyone about whether she'll be allowed to perform in Indonesia....

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia denied Wednesday that it had agreed to treat young Indonesian people smugglers more leniently in return for Indonesia reducing the prison sentence of a high-profile Australian drug trafficker....

Lady Gaga is as confused as anyone about whether she'll be allowed to perform in Indonesia.

Indonesia cuts the 20-year jail term of convicted Australian drug smuggler Schapelle Corby by five years following a clemency plea.

Indonesia’s government has failed to protect Christians and other religious minorities from extremist attacks.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's government said on Monday it would protect a strip of peatland in Aceh province at the centre of an international storm over palm oil development, in a case that had become a test of the country's commitment to halt deforestation.

TANGERANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - There are many ways to describe Indonesia's Aburizal Bakrie: multi-millionaire businessman, global mining tycoon, heavyweight contender for the presidency in 2014. One description that does not spring to mind is man of the common people.

Southeast Asian nations are swallowing an outflow of money from India, as foreign investors lose patience with its policy paralysis and slowing growth and aim instead for more promising emerging markets such as Indonesia.

The recent to-do about President Obama dining on dog meat when a child in Indonesia, as if he had been gobbling down Fido the neighbor's pet, struck me as unenlightened and ludicrous.

A mob of 600 Islamic hardliners threw plastic bags filled with urine at an Indonesian church congregation.

MANILA, Philippines -- Scores of Christian youths in the Philippines chanted "Stop the Lady Gaga concerts" at a rally Friday calling for the pop diva's shows here to be canceled despite assurances from authorities that they won't allow nudity and lewd acts.Sold-out crowds and angry protests followed Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" Asian tour. Fans younger than 18 were banned from the Seoul concerts...

The Russian passenger airliner that crashed during a demonstration flight in Indonesia last week was a backup the manufacturer had sent to complete a promotional tour though Asia after the first airplane broke down.

Issues by Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines are least vulnerable to outflows as larger economies sputter

Lady Gaga, who, as we all know, really knows how to rock a meat dress, was forced to cancel shows in Indonesia. Why? Her sexy outfits were prompting security concerns. "According to the AP, a fringe group of Muslim extremists has criticized her sexy ensembles and promised to use physical force to prevent her from performing." [The Cut] Decades owner Cameron Silver has started his own style blog...

Lady Gaga has been refused a permit to perform in Jakarta, Indonesia, which may force the show to be cancelled.

Lady Gaga has been refused a work permit to perform in Jakarta, Indonesia, after objections from, inter alia, the Islamic Defenders Front.

Sukhoi Superjet's voice-and-data recorder is recovered after crash which killed all 45 people on board.

THE World Bank will give Indonesia with a $2 billion loan, a backstop against a potential debt crisis in one of Asia's fastest growing economies.

Islamic hard-liners and conservative lawmakers say her sexy clothes and dance moves will corrupt young people and undermine the country’s moral fibre

Lady Gaga tendrá unos días de vacaciones obligadas dentro de su nueva gira de conciertos. La Policía de Yakarta (Indonesia) ha prohibido la actuación que la artista iba a ofrecer el próximo 3 de junio a petición de grupos islamistas que consideran sus estilismos demasiado «sexys y eróticos». A los organizadores no les queda otra que devolver el dinero de las 50.000 entradas que ya se habían ven...

Lady Gaga looks likely to cancel a concert in Indonesia after police refuse to issue a permit and Britney Spears is confirmed as a judge on the US version of The X Factor plus the rest of the day's entertainment headlines.

A message in a bottle, posing a question about love and dropped into the sea off Indonesia, has been found over a year later and more than 5,000 miles away, in Mozambique, on the east coast of Africa.

Lady Gaga will have to cancel a June 3rd show in Jakarta Indonesia after she was denied a permit due to protests from religious and political leaders the Associated Press reports  Islamic hard-liners and leaders along with conservative politicians spoke vehemently against the suggestiveness of Gaga's performance – from her clothes...

Small extremist fringe says pop star’s concert would hurt country’s moral fibre

Indonesia's Little Monsters won't get the chance to party with their Mama Monster. Lady Gaga, who is scheduled to perform in Jakarta next month, has been banned in the...

Although Indonesia is secular and has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe has become more vocal in recent years.

La cantante estadounidense tenía previsto actuar en Yakarta el próximo 3 de junio, como parte de su gira The Born this Way Ball

Indonesia's potential is drawing plenty of foreign investors—now its politicians must avoid blowing the opportunity.

INDONESIA is outraged by our move to outlaw the importation of illegally logged timber.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesian special forces traversed the sheer slope of a volcano Monday after spotting what they believe is the flight recorder of a new Russian-made passenger jet that crashed during a demonstration flight for potential buyers....

A fourth grade boy with cancer was a trending topic on Twitter last weekend because the Twitterverse thought it was the boy’s dying wish.…

Ekaterina Solovyeva was fired after posting the cruel message on her Twitter account after a Russian plane crashed during a demonstration flight in Indonesia. Investigators have found wreckage (pictured) south of Jakarta.

The Sukhoi Superjet 100 had at least 45 people on board, most of them Indonesian, and was on a promotional flight when it lost contact with air traffic control.

Las autoridades han dado a conocer un listado que fijó en 45 el número de desaparecidos tras el accidente del avión ruso Superjet 100

Rescuers find bodies near wreckage of a Russian plane that crashed into Indonesian volcano with 45 on board.VIDEO: Russian-Made Jet Vanishes During Flight in Indonesia

The incident with Russia's state-of-the-art Sukhoi Superjet-100 (SSJ 100) casts doubts on Russia's ambitious plans to enter the international market of aviation. According to experts' estimates, Russia pinned great hopes on the SSJ 100 project.The plane went off radar screens yesterday in Indonesia during a demo flight

Rescuers in Indonesia today spotted the wreckage of a Russian Sukhoi aircraft that went missing with up to 50 people on board the previous day in a mountainous area south of the capital while on a demonstration flight.

Rescuers in Indonesia today spotted the wreckage of a Russian Sukhoi aircraft that went missing with up to 50 people on board the previous day in a mountainous area south of the capital while on a demonstration flight.

CIHIDEUNG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Wreckage of a Russian Sukhoi aircraft with about 50 people on board was found on Thursday strewn on a steep ridge on a mountain south of the Indonesian capital where it crashed during a demonstration flight. There was no sign of survivors.

Wreckage of Sukhoi Superjet-100 found on the side of a mountain in Indonesia after it disappeared on WednesdaySearch and rescue teams have found the wreckage of a Russian-made passenger plane on a mountain after it disappeared during a demonstration flight in western Indonesia. The fate of the 48 people on board is not known.Helicopters had resumed a search halted earlier because of bad weathe...

Un avión ruso ha desaparecido en Indonesia con 46 personas a bordo mientras realizaba un vuelo de exhibición, informaron fuentes oficiales.

Businessmen and Russian envoys are among the passengers on the plane that has gone missing during a test flight over West Java in Indonesia, officials said

SINGER shows off colourful locks as she lands in Indonesia, despite protests

Jakarta, Indonesia (ots/PRNewswire) - UBM and Debindo are delighted to announce the launch of the latest addition to their global portfolio, Concrete Show South East Asia, taking place in Indonesia from 24-26 October 2013 at Jakarta International Expo. Organised by UBM, a global …

Tata Communications is eyeing the the South East Asia region, especially in Indonesia and the Philippines, to expand its global operations within next two years.

Indonesia is to impose a tax on exports of 14 raw minerals, including copper and gold, in an attempt to encourage local processing.

The German retail group says it will trim capital spending by 10% and abandon plans to enter Indonesia as the tough economic climate takes its toll

A coalition of green groups in Indonesia has criticised a moratorium on deforestation as "weak", saying the year-long ban still excludes large tracts of the country's carbon-rich forests.

Honda plans to unveil this system in testing that will be conducted in Italy and Indonesia in May and July 2012

Indonesia's central bank is planning to set caps on single-shareholder stakes in the country's commercial banks, part of recent moves making it harder for foreigners to do business in the Southeast Asian nation.

Quick quiz: Which country is the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, after the United States and China? The answer, at least in recent years, has been Indonesia. That’s surprising. It’s not the world’s third-largest economy. It’s not an industrial powerhouse. But Indonesia has been clearing its vast rain forests of late, releasing huge stores of carbon into the air. One culprit h...

Asia-focused oil and gas firm Salamander Energy said it raised £124m ($201 million) in a rights issue to fund improved facilities at an oil field in Thailand and pay for more drilling in Thailand and Indonesia.

INDONESIA may be one of the most exciting countries in the world right now, but it looks like Justin Bieber did not get the memo.

U.S. officials offered new reassurances that the nation's beef-production system is safe after Indonesia on Thursday suspended imports of U.S. beef following the first reported case of mad-cow disease in the U.S. in six years.

INDONESIA may be one of the most exciting countries in the world right now, but it looks like Justin Bieber did not get the memo.

LITTLE lizard appears to laugh as he is photographed in Indonesia

La empresa negocia la construcción de una planta procesadora de aceite de palma en Indonesia, un proyecto de US$100 millones, en un intento de acelerar su compromiso para producir el aceite de una manera que no destruya el medio ambiente.

Seeing bigger potential in the fast growing business between India and Indonesia, the bilateral trade target for 2015 has been revised from USD 25 billion to USD 45 billion, Indonesian Ambassador Andi M Ghalib said here today.

Holy shiz! What a way to start off the summer! Battleship has reportedly made $100 million within the first 10 days of being open for international release, and furthermore, is expected to hit the $126.7 million mark by tomorrow! Universal Pictures made the apparently-very wise decision to premiere the game-turned-action flick, which stars Alexander Skarsgard and [...]

5 years ago, the foreign ministers of Brazil, France, Indonesia, Norway, Thailand, Senegal, and South Africa, launched the Global Health and Foreign Policy Initiative in recognition of the central importance of health and its connection to multiple global governance processes. In many ways, protecting and enhancing the health of its population is one of the most important goals and duties of an...

Worth a try, right?

JAKARTA, April 16 (Reuters) - Indonesia's state telecoms company PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia will form a joint venture e-commerce firm with eBay Inc, its CEO said on Monday.

A MAGNITUDE 5.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia Saturday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

It’s been called the century of disasters and the decade of disasters and 2011 was the year of disasters. Natural disasters seem to be becoming more common. Wednesday’s two earthquakes in Indonesia were followed by two temblors in Mexico. Read full article >>

That’s what it appears. Just yesterday (11 April 2012) there were two powerful quakes off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, and two more in Mexico. In recent memory, there have been massive earthquakes in Japan last year (which caused the tsunami and the Fukushima meltdown), in Chile and Haiti in 2010, in Samoa and Sumatra in 2009, in China in 2008 and so on. But it's not true that there ar...

Prime Minister David Cameron says Indonesia shows that democracy and a modern economy doesn't compromise security and a person's ability to practice their religion.

Whether related to the rumored murder charges against the wife of former Communist elite Bo Xilai or the earthquakes in Indonesia and Mexico over the last day, one thing is for sure: Internet connections to websites outside of China were intermittently not available to many users in China today. The problems were first noticed about [...]

Wednesday's earthquake struck the same Indonesian province decimated by a tsunami in 2004. See how the area is faring today.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The massive earthquake off Indonesia surprised scientists: Usually this type of jolt isn't this powerful....

The airport operator posted a 4 per cent rise in passenger numbers to 8.6m for last month. However BAA took a dim view of an announcement by the PM championing a new deal that will see Airbus sell 11 aircraft to Indonesia.

Bubble Motion, which offers a popular a Twitter-like voice blogging service in India, Japan, and Indonesia, is debuting its Android app today, as well as launching an iOS app globally. Bubble Motion’s Bubbly platform is a voice-blogging phone service that allows people to share status updates in their own voice with fans and followers. It essentially takes Twitter's model and applies this to v...

Two massive earthquakes triggered back-to-back tsunami warnings for Indonesia and its southeast Asian neighbours on Wednesday, reawakening painful memories of the catastrophic 2004 tsunami and sending panicked residents fleeing to high ground in cars and on the backs of motorcycles.

Airbus confirme mercredi la commande par la compagnie Garuda Indonesia de 11 exemplaires de l'A330-300, représentant un contrat d'environ 2 milliards…

Thailand has cancelled a tsunami warning in six of its Andaman coast provinces issued after a huge earthquake struck of the coast of Indonesia.

England and Yorkshire all-rounder Tim Bresnan has been caught up in the tsunami scare engulfing Asia after an 8.7 magnitude quake struck off the Indonesia coast.

La compagnie nationale indonésienne Garuda a signé ce matin une commande ferme pour 11 A330-300 supplémentaires, d'un montant de 2,54 milliards de dollars (1,94 milliard d'euros) au prix catalogue.

Die Fluggesellschaft Garuda Indonesia hat elf Airbus A330 bestellt und dem europäischen Flugzeugbauer damit einen Milliardenauftrag beschert. Die Mittel- und Langstreckenmaschinen sollen ab dem kommenden Jahr ausgeliefert werden. Garuda hatte bereit zehn Maschinen des Typs bestellt.

Major aircraft contract from the Indonesian national carrier will boost UK industry.

Earthquake with magnitude of 8.7 hits waters off westernmost Aceh province

Earthquake with magnitude of 8.7 hits waters off westernmost Aceh province

Jobs are safeguarded at the Airbus plants in Flintshire and Bristol after a £326m deal to sell 11 A330 aircraft to airline Garuda Indonesia.

HIGHLAND PARK, N.J. (AP) -- Inside the New Jersey church where he now lives, Saul Timisela recounted Friday how as a Christian youth leader, he fled his native Indonesia after finding the desecrated corpse of his brother-in-law following an attack by anti-Christian extremists that destroyed their city....

Indian companies are likely to focus on acquiring coal and iron ore assets in the mining space this year, especially in Indonesia, Australia and Africa, says a report.

China's relations with Indonesia are growing stronger in a new era of close consultation and cooperation.

Release Time:  For Immediate Release On the occasion of their participation in the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit, the governments of Australia, Canada, Finland, Hungary, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Republic of Korea, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, ...

A new species of wasp discovered on the Indonesian island Sulawesi is two-and-a-half inches long, and has jaws so vast that its discoverer admits, 'I don't know how it can walk.'

Madagascar is a country of paradoxes. It lies just 400 kilometres off the coast of Africa yet appears to have been colonised only within the last 1500 years. Stranger still, it now looks as if most of the women in that first population came from Indonesia rather than Africa...from New Scientist

INDONESIA is pushing ahead with plans to cut cattle imports from Australia, revealing a quota for this year that is worse for exporters.

ROYAL BANK of Scotland is closing its equity capital market and corporate finance units in South Korea and cash equities businesses in Indonesia, Korea and Singapore as part of moves to cut the size of its investment bank.

Royal Bank of Scotland confirmed it is closing some of its equities businesses in Asia, a move that will affect 70 people in Singapore, Indonesia and South Korea.

LONDON - The Global Connect conference, sponsored by the British Council, began in London on Tuesday. Over 40 delegates from Pakistan are attending and meeting with colleagues to discuss higher education across the world. Media persons were also invited. Group Managing Editor Rameeza Nizami is representing the Nawa-i-Waqt Group. Delegates from the United States, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Ind...

LONDON - The Global Connect conference, sponsored by the British Council, began in London on Tuesday. Over 40 delegates from Pakistan are attending and meeting with colleagues to discuss higher education across the world. Media persons were also invited. Group Managing Editor Rameeza Nizami is representing the Nawa-i-Waqt Group. Delegates from the United States, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Ind...

LONDON - The Global Connect conference, sponsored by the British Council, began in London on Tuesday. Over 40 delegates from Pakistan are attending and meeting with colleagues to discuss higher education across the world. Media persons were also invited. Group Managing Editor Rameeza Nizami is representing the Nawa-i-Waqt Group. Delegates from the United States, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Ind...

MAJID KHAN, a 32-year-old former Baltimore resident, admits that he volunteered to work for al-Qaeda and Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He acknowledges funneling $50,000 to operatives who used the money for a deadly bomb attack in Indonesia. And he told a military court last week that he had plotted with Mr. Mohammed to blow up ga...

The Indonesian government predicted the number of tourists from China coming into the country to increase to one million people by 2014, more than double the figure in 2010, a minister said here on Friday.

El combinado local necesitaba ganar por nueve goles de diferencia para superar la eliminatoria. Arrolló por 10-0 y jugó con uno más desde el minuto tres.

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Fifa have confirmed they are to investigate the "unusual outcome" of Bahrain's Asian zone World Cup qualifier against Indonesia.

Soccer:Fifa have confirmed they are to investigate the “unusual outcome” of Bahrain’s Asian zone World Cup qualifier against Indonesia yesterday.

ZURICH (AP) -- FIFA says it will open a "routine" investigation into Bahrain's 10-0 victory over Indonesia in a World Cup qualifying match....

Peter Taylor's side hit double figures against a weakened visiting outfit which was reduced to 10 men early, however it was not enough due to dramatic events elsewhere.

BEVERAGES supplier Coca-Cola says further boosting of its investments in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea to be a high priority.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Lion Air's slogan "We make you fly" came a bit too close to home this weekend when one of the Indonesian airline's pilots tested positive for crystal meth after being arrested just hours before he was due to take off.

JAKARTA/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley is all set to trump Goldman Sachs in a deal to buy a brokerage seat in Indonesia from PT Tiga Pilar Sekuritas, five sources said, as the race to tap the...

In the past three years, Akamai has seen 2,000% increase in the number of DDoS attack incidents investigated on behalf of its customers. The latest State of the Internet report released today by Akamai also identifies top countries from which this observed attack traffic originates, as well as the top ports targeted by these attacks. From the report: During the third quarter ...

The US mining giant Freeport-McMoran reports a 59% fall in fourth quarter profits as strikes at its Indonesia mine hurt.

bednarz writes "U.S. companies are locating more of their R&D operations overseas, and Asian countries are rapidly increasing investments in their own science and technology economies, the National Science Board said in a report released this week. The number of overseas researchers employed by U.S. multinationals nearly doubled from 138,000 in 2004 to 267,000 in 2009, for example. On the e...

THERE is huge potential for Australian investment in Indonesia, according to Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan.

At Camp Leakey, one of three research outposts in Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesia, semiwild orangutans living in the surrounding forest often drop by for bananas and company.

Nature's game of intimidation and imitation comes full circle in the waters of Indonesia, where scientists have recorded for the first time an association between the black-marble jawfish and the mimic octopus.

Meri Yuranda spent seven years as a street beggar before reuniting with her parents

QUETTA - About 55 victims of the Indonesia ferry tragedy, which took place a couple of days ago, belonged to the provincial capital. The news has sent a wave of shock and gloom in the provincial capital. All the victims belonged to the Hazara tribe, who had left Quetta for… Visit: http://www.nation.com.pk for full story

A couple of sales hitting the Sedo.com wire this morning. Makassar.com sold for $40,000 Makassar is Geo domain. According to wikipedia, Makassar, is “the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the largest city on Sulawesi Island”.  It has a population of over 1 million.  

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JAKARTA, Indonesia — Robbie Keane scored in the 14th minute to give the Los Angeles Galaxy a 1-0 win over an Indonesian all-star team in the first exhibition game of the MLS champions’ Asian tour. Keane took a short pass from Adam Cristman inside the penalty area and slotted a right-footed shot into the bottom right corner of the net. Read full article >>

ACE passes on wisdom to youngsters in Indonesia during training session while on tour with LA Galaxy team

Walter Russell Mead has not been the biggest fan of the current president, so it's worth quoting at length what he said in a recent blog post about Obama's Pacific Rim trip:  The cascade of statements, deployments, agreements and announcements from the United States and its regional associates in the last week has to be one of the most unpleasant shocks for China’s leadership — ever.  Th...

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - China pushed back on Saturday against a week of US pressure to resolve a rancorous dispute over territorial claims in the South China Sea, a crucial, mineral-rich commercial shipping lane at the heart of growing tensions among Asian leaders.Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao chastised President Barack Obama for raising the issue during an Asia-Pacific leaders summit, hou...

Before leaving Indonesia, President Obama held a late-scheduled meeting with a top official from the primary focus of the trip: China.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management chief Jim O'Neill on why Indonesia, Turkey, South Korea and Mexico, along with the four BRIC markets, will power global growth.

The day in sports included the Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia and a victory by Brazil over Egypt in an international soccer friendly.

UK domainer Robert Epstone (a former manager of the seminal rock band T Rex) and fellow Rotarian Beat Schmid de Gruneck have completed a grueling 29-day, 330 mile barefoot walk around Bali to raise funds for needy children in Indonesia where both men have homes. Here's an inside look at their unique journey.

As Libya's leader Muammar al-Qaddafi vowed today to escalate his campaign to crush the popular uprising that threatens his rule, the country's cadre of once loyal foreign envoys began offering up resignations and challenging the strongman's decision to crack down violently on civilians. In the past 24 hours, Libyan diplomats posted in the United States, the United Nations, the Arab Lea...

For all the talk about the positive impact that mobile technology can have on education, officials in the East Java are not convinced. From the Jakarta Post:  The Kediri Education Office has launched raids across schools in the East Java town to crack down on students bringing cell phones to class.Education officials and teachers at 192 schools have also begun searching students' bags, motorcyc...