The following stories talk about the subject ‘East Java’.
Co-wives battle it out in Kediri elections while their husband takes a well earned rest.
A discussion of Indonesia's finest, according to Indonesia's best travel guide, Lonely Planet.
Visiting charitable homes for children and homeless in Malang, with Madrotter and a Dutch tv star.
The shame of Indonesian football, Bonek, Persebaya Surabaya supporters, run amok.
Women's hair issues dominate discussions at an East Java clerics' meeting.
Mystics and Islamists battle it out in a Javanese village, Andrew Beatty's "A Shadow Falls".
The tabloid sensation of sex change recipient Agus Wardoyo aka Nadia Ilmira Arkadea.
A day in Indonesian soccer, locker room rage, racism, Persipura & Arema slug it out.
State imposed religiosity and conformity, or freedom from woeful ignorance of holy texts.
Surabaya's Juanda Airport tops the class of 2009 in the airport toilets' quality stakes.
Quench your thirst, a survey of Indonesia's tastiest drinks and beverages.
Problematic religious schools on Java, which ones and police monitoring of them.
Blasphemous farting attempts in Probolinggo see police swing into action against a kejawenist rebel.
TRD visits Lusi, the hot mud eruption site in Sidoarjo, East Java.
The swine flu scare, H1N1, effects on tourism and industries, and whether it is manmade.
Press freedom issues over an alleged money politics scandal involving Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono.
The Righteous Dude receives travel advice from his local caleg.
The Righteous Dude recommends inter-city trains for tourists, and maybe locals too.
Bright ideas are coming thick and fast from the East Java police chief, this time headscarves for policewomen.
Some of the last holdouts against Islam on Java convert under the guidance of Hidayatullah.
The magical faith healing stone of young boy Ponari is big business for a small village in East Java.
A provincial police chief on Java requires policemen to improve their image by being seen as religiously observant.
Revalina S Temat gets stoned in the latest blockbuster Islamic theme movie, "Perempuan Berkalung Sorban".
Celebrity Islamists, including mother daughter team Emilia Contessa and Denada Tambunan, line up for the Development Party in 2009.
The importance of rituals, public signs reminding people about their obligations to perform salaat, daily Muslim prayers.
Two stories of physical abuse of Indonesian maids abroad, in Saudi Arabia and Malaysia.
Update and results of the East Java election, and winning the votes of the Nahdlatul Ulama faithful.
A minority within a minority, organization and numbers of Chinese Muslims in Java and North Sumatra.
Cases of religious leaders and teachers abusing their authority and proximity to children.
American led societal transformation, intercession and the prophetic marketed in Indonesia.
Homosexual serial killer Ryan of Jombang, eleven victims and counting.
Results for the East Java election and photos of some campaign banners, posters and slogans for each team.
The Front Pembela Islam are back in action, raiding places and publicly shaming sinners.
Arrests of dozens of Front Pembela Islam and Komando Laskar Islam members in Jakarta, and forced closures of FPI branches in central and eastern Java.
Marrying off old and poor people and those living in sin, it's mass wedding ceremony season.
Politically aware young lady Sandra Angelia scores a crushing victory for East Java in Miss Indonesia 2008.
How many men taught the Javanese their Islam, how far they succeeded and whether the Javanese are really just heathens.
Timdog enthuses over the brothel district of "Dolly" in Surabaya.
The arrest of politician Al Amin Nur Nasution on corruption charges.
Locking up the underpants of female massage parlor workers.
Artistic Surabaya women make statements by decorating their bras.
On whether women, in this case Khofifah Indar Parawansa, are suitable for regional leadership positions.
Government efforts to regulate the internet and block access to porn websites.
Some of Abu Bakar Bashir's village musings have Australians upset.
Google insults the people of Indonesia with their sub-par maps.
A new government agency to tackle internet porn in the villages of Java.
Foreign efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Indonesia's relationship with Israel.
Girls and women in Surabaya, East Java, looking for a relationship.
Why there are so many attacks on churches in western Java.
Compulsory Javanese speaking in schools.
Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama duke it out in Banyuwangi.
An LDII mosque is attacked in Jember.
The Wahidiyah movement is attacked in Tasikmalaya.
Muslim-Christian live-in programs.
A 3gp sex movie in Madura has clerics calling for tighter laws against pornography.
Indonesia ranks highly for internet sex searches.
Parliamentarians fear that foreigners are spreading disease in Indonesia.
Abu Dujana was almost caught by anti-terror police.
Rates of violence against women.
The provincial backwaters of Java are awash with homemade student sex videos.
Maria Eva, deeply religious woman and star of the Golkar porn flick, a hive of contradictions.
Another new political party, the Partai Kebangkitan Nasional Ulama (PKNU), a split off from the PKB.
An official from a body that seeks to educate the public on elections says many local and regional elections are marred by candidates use of religious symbols and language.
The campaign to make the island of Madura a stand-alone province, separate from East Java, continues to gather steam. It finds most of its support from conservative Islamic groups and figures.
The nature of the 1965-66 pogroms in Indonesia as they occurred in East Java province.
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