News focus: RI, Timor Leste express remorse over Dili atrocities

"The two governments expressed their regret in a joint statement signed by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, his Timor Leste counterpart Ramos Horta, and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao in Bali on Tuesday. Both governments signed the 14-point joint...

Both Indonesia, Timor Leste have responsibility for rights violations

Don't make the new wound... "He said what had happened in Timor Leste in September 1999 must be accepted with responsibility where both governments must expressed regret to their peoples. Juwono added that besides the principles, the CTF finding must also be responded...

Yudhoyono calls for stepped-up trade, partnerships among D-8 countries

...G-8 needs D-8, but D-8 needs more G-8..." Yudhoyono said the more than 900 million people living in D-8 countries were an enormous market for their products and offering a multitude of business opportunities. Therefore, he added D-8 countries should strengthen...

Indonesia to remind advanced nation about Bali Road Map

D-8. G-8. What's next?" "I will remind all parties about our common consensus on the Bali Road Map . I will tell both developing and developed nations to carry out their common obligations based on the responsive capability principle," the President said on the sidelines of...

President Yudhoyono to hold bilateral talks with PM Badawi

Communication.. communication.. communication.. and then the topic of the problem"Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to hold talks with Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi here on Monday. The meeting will take place...

Government ready to face house`s inquiry

Could the price increase of this oil be cancelled? " "We are ready... the government will respond to it," he told reporters. The government is now doing "various things" to prepare itself for the House inquiry. But he said he was not sure whether President Susilo Bambang...

Yudhoyono says world oil price could reach US$200 per barrel

Indonesia President now as economic analyst, too." "The world crude oil price could well reach US$160 to US$200 per barrel," the head of state said. The president said the government recently increased domestic fuel oil prices by an average of 28.7 percent as it had...

President to sign two govt regulations on education soon

The teacher is the hero without the decoration.. ""God willing, I will sign two government regulations on the funding of education and on compulsory education," the president said here on Tuesday night when opening the 20th congress of the Indonesian Teachers Association...

President: Police must remain neutral in 2009 elections

In Indonesia, Police and Army has no right to vote." "The Police must be ready to secure and maintain public order in the process of the general elections in 2009, ... keeping in mind lessons from the 2004 general elections, the Police should always be proportional and...