Food woes at refugee camps

'If there are no foreigners who came to help, we would surely have died of hunger here. This is a fact,' said Nirwanzah, a young mother.

Man places ad to find runaway dad

Bambang Lesmana's ad in an Indonesian business newspaper had an unusual request: help me find my dad #8211; and the woman he ran off with.

Indonesia committed to phasing out exit tax

Indonesia has committed to phasing out its exit tax laws. And as a first step, it is expected to reduce by half its 1mil rupiah (RM451) exit tax by the end of the year.

Seahawk crashes in Aceh

A US helicopter on a tsunami relief mission crashed yesterday in Indonesia, injuring all 10 servicemen aboard and briefly suspending operations, while strong aftershocks and security concerns provided more challenges for aid workers two weeks after the killer waves hit.

Aid groups say hard to gauge if remote areas are getting relief

Concerns remained yesterday that an unknown number of tsunami survivors in Aceh have not received any aid, two weeks after the disaster that killed more than 104,000 people in the province.

Jakarta to reopen schools in devastated Aceh as soon as possible

Indonesian authorities are aiming to have some schools in the devastated areas of Aceh open again within weeks despite at least 1,000 teachers killed in the tsunami disaster, officials said on Wednesday.

Banks reopen, inflation sets in

B>Shahanaaz Habib in Indonesia:/b>Azhar Kassim loved his wife so much that he would hand her his whole paycheck of 700,000 rupiah (about RM285) every month.

Tremors usher in New Year

Minutes after the New Year was ushered in, the ground here trembled and buildings shook from yet another aftershock. Shahanaaz Habib reports from Banda Aceh.

Indon forces to lose firms

Indonesia's military, undergoing phased reforms intended to bring it under civilian control, may soon lose all its major businesses, although legislators said yesterday the move would not go far enough.

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