Theological and policing approaches to combating terrorism.

Six Singaporean investors leave Batam.

Indonesia, Malaysia, & Brunei agree to protect the forests of Borneo.

Moving the capital city of Indonesia away from Jakarta.

The Al-Zaytun Islamic school has fallen under suspicion of links to Negara Islam Indonesia (NII).

Internet porn sites should be blocked by the government, say religious leaders.

Indonesia's press freedom level remains fairly low.

President Yudhoyono advises the people not to be superstitious about natural disasters.

Indonesia should avoid being too close to the United States, say Zaenal Maarif and Amien Rais.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry launches a website targeted at Indonesians.

The World Bank says almost one in five people live in poverty.

Indonesia ranks 65th in the 2006 Democracy Index, a flawed democracy.

Wayang should be promoted as an alternative to violent television shows such as SmackDown, says Jusuf Kalla.

Indonesia is ranked 134th worst in the 2006 Index of Economic Freedom and 110th in 2007.

The governments of Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and Indonesia are cooperating to stop the spread of a heretical movement, Rufaqa.

By 2008 there will be about eighty or ninety malls in Jakarta, up from sixty odd now, even while shoppers often prefer to go to Singapore.

Hasyim Muzadi of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) worries about the suicide bomber trend.

Retailers are complaining about too much competition.

Indonesia continues to rank poorly on Transparency International's corruption index.

Palm, Microsoft and Excelcomindo Pratama (XL) are working together to bring the Palm Treo 750v smartphone to the Indonesian market.

Another measure of competitiveness, from the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook, sees Indonesia put in a very poor light.

The Old Navy and Banana Republic brands may soon become features of middle class wardrobes as The Gap plans to open up shop in Indonesia.

Australians and Indonesians regard each other with at least some degree of mutual suspicion, and some hostility, a report says.

The International Religious Freedom Report 2006 by the American Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.

At least one Islamic boarding school on Java is tightening identification requirements for students, especially those from Malaysia.

Bank Indonesia says there are fifty banks in the country which are in an unhealthy state.

Lee Kuan Yew says there is systematic discrimination against Indonesians of Chinese descent.

Indonesia is ranked 50th on the World Economic Forum's competitiveness scale, the highest it has ever scored.

Reliance on chemical pesticides harms Indonesian food and agriculture exports to Europe.

Great opportunities are said to exist in the Indonesian cable television industry, as research shows television viewers hanker for more than terrestrial stations offer.

Three new licenses have been granted for the provision of 3G phone services.

The government is gearing up to force the movement of manufacturing industries to industrial parks, while some lament the lack of infrastructure in such places.

The Indonesian workforce is aging, with dire consequences for future business profitability and productivity.

Indonesia remains a difficult place for doing business as a report by the World Bank puts the country at 135th best in the world.

Some of the creators of the jihadist website, www.anshar.net, have been arrested in Semarang, and, it turns out, Imam Samudra is still busy directing the jihad from his prison cell, via internet chat rooms.

President Yudhoyono remains extremely enthusiastic about sending peacekeepers to Lebanon.

The middle eastern crisis and Indonesian reactions to it.

The Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) have reaffirmed their committment to the secular state, among other goings-on at their national conference in Surabaya.

The mystery of the whereabouts of Hambali, an Indonesian terrorist.

Hasyim Muzadi of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) says Islamic boarding schools are not breeding grounds for terrorists.

The Miss Universe contestant from Indonesia, Nadine Chandrawinata, has strutted about in a bikini, to the displeasure of some.

Muslim political groups are taking a keen interest in events in Israel and Lebanon.

Azahari Husin's manual for the 2005 Bali bombings and the fates of those convicted of the 2002 attacks in Bali.

Hasyim Muzadi of the Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) says his organisation should act as a bridge linking Islam to the West, but only the European part of the West.

Key environmental and other data for Indonesia from the World Bank.

Indonesia has been elected a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council at the General Assembly session in New York, joining such heavyweights in the human rights respecting field like Saudi Arabia, Cuba, and China.

The United States Department of State Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism country report for Indonesia, April 2006.

Reports are coming through that the police have captured or killed a number of Islamic terrorists in central Java, while the main man, Noordin Mohamad Top, slipped away.

A suspected member or former member of the Islamic terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah was arrested on the island of Sumbawa.

Two leading Islamic intellectual figures discuss sharia, and the nature of Islam in south east Asia as compared to the middle eastern form. They raised interesting points but failed to logically carry through their arguments or look too deeply into the issue.