7 protesters arrested hours before Islamic leaders meeting opened.

BOGOR, Police arrested seven protesters in front of Bogor Palace in West Java hours before President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was scheduled to open a two-day international meeting of Islamic leaders in the city.

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Trial begins for Christians accused of double murder in Poso.

Twelve Christian men are being tried at the South Jakarta District Court for the murder of two Muslims in Poso, Central Sulawesi, and could face the death penalty if convicted.

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Indonesia must embrace nuclear power.

As Greenpeace members picketed outside, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro told an international energy workshop Monday that Indonesia would have to turn to nuclear power as fossil fuels dwindled.

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7 Suspected Terrorists Taken to Jakarta.

Police have decided to interrogate seven suspected terrorists at the Indonesian Police Headquarters in Jakarta. Therefore, today (04/03) police are planning to relocate the suspects as well as the evidence in Jakarta. “All processes of investigation will be centered in Jakarta,” said Head of the Department of Criminal Investigation at the Indonesian Police Headquarters Commissioner General Bambang Hendarso Danuri in Jakarta, yesterday (04/02).

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