Jakarta is awash with water.

The Human Rights Commission delivers a report on the persecution of the Ahmadiyah sect in recent years.

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

Regional branches of the Ulema Council are urged not to be limp-wristed about encouraging local sharia laws.

The possible causes of the Adam Air crash.

Sundanese cultural groups are vanishing.

The Partai Keadilan Sejahtera in Depok under mayor Nur Mahmudi Ismail are claimed to be forcing their religious ideology onto city employees.

Oil production is forecast to continue to fall.

The Toyota Rush and Daihatsu Terios will soon be launched.

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

The Javanese are stupid hypocritical liars, among other things, as Javanese culture comes in for some stinging criticism.

Some on the political left in the west continue to take an interest in the Papuan "genocide".

Maria Eva, deeply religious woman and star of the Golkar porn flick, a hive of contradictions.

The pairing of Ratu Atut and M. Masduki look likely to win the Banten governor's election.

The psychic Ki Gendeng Pamungkas has cast his spell on George Bush. The White House has not yet reacted to this disturbing turn of events.

Those on Java island have the worst rates of illiteracy, even while they dominate the nation.

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

Muhammadiyah is planning to enter the world of pageants.

The burning issue of the Al-Aqsha mosque in Jerusalem inspires a long march of love.

The PDI-P is forming an Islamic wing of the party, the Baitul Muslimin.

An Ahmadiyah mosque in Garut, West Java, is torn down.

President George Bush's upcoming visit is attracting some vocal, and humorous, opposition.

The Trade minister says the Indonesian shoe industry is still competitive and sound.

Excitable Bogor residents go on the rampage against heresy again.

Three Adidas shoe factories in West Java close down.

Famous cultural anthropologist Clifford Geertz dies at the age of 80.

Not everyone is sure which way the Indonesian flag goes, and one man paid with his life for raising it the wrong way.

A disturbing message was found on the back of a wheelchair given by president Yudhoyono to a crippled man.

Hundreds of Muslims demonstrated in Cirebon, West Java, over the appointment of a new police chief, because of his "religious background".

Construction of one thousand Base Transceiver Station units is being tendered out for the Telkom Flexi service.

A Muslim cleric was beaten to death by a mob because of his teachings.

The Communion of Churches in Indonesia (PGI) recently held a seminar in which participants voiced their complaints about creeping sharia in the provinces.

Regional laws based on Islamic sharia and their effect on homosexuals.

Ten Indonesian cities are held to be suitable for the holding of international conferences and conventions.

The number of companies experiencing difficulties in paying workers their annual bonus has increased, particularly in the textiles sector.

The gubernatorial election for Banten province in western Java is dominated by the pair of Zulkieflimansyah and former actress Marissa Haque.

Nissan has committed $60 million over the next few years to increase its market share in Indonesia, and plans to shortly launch the new Livina model.

Indonesian terrrorism has different origins to that of its middle-eastern counterpart, says a psychologist.

Twelve provinces in Indonesia are thought to have a serious problem with trafficking of women and children.

Rock group Dewa's lead guitarist Ahmad Dhani is featured in the Washington Post.

A number of small restaurants were raided by Muslim militants in Bogor and forced to close.

TVS Motor Company of India sees Indonesia as the base for its operations in South East Asia.

The Royal Doulton Company is happy with its investment in Indonesia and plans to put another $125 million into its operations here.

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

Multi-culturalism, or what Indonesians might call pluralism, is often spoken of as key to Indonesia's make-up and stability but this is likely wrong-headed.

Textiles producers are being encouraged to modernise their equipment with the offer of subsidies on loan repayments.

Indonesia fears its textiles industry could suffer sanctions from the US over the Chinese transhipments issue.

A house-church near Bandung was attacked by a mob but police stepped in.

The way that the trial and execution of Fabianus Tibo, Marinus Riwu, and Dominggus da Silva was carried out, and its aftermath, may have served to poison relations between some in Indonesia.

Rebekka Zakaria, Eti Pangesti & Ratna Bangun have completed sixteen months of their three-year prison sentence for running a Christian kindergarten in which some Muslim children attended.