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Even in the capital, Sanaa, there were high-profile killings of foreigners earlier this year and a suicide attack against the U.S. embassy in 2008. When executives from the French energy giant Total, which built the new Balhaf gas plant, decided to go sightseeing in Sanaa's ancient quarter after...
Demonstrators from around Indonesia amassed in central Jakarta on Sunday to show their support for the government's embattled anticorruption commission and two of its members who were recently detained by police. Hundreds turned up in the blistering heat to pressure the government to bring to justice those believed to...
The pervasiveness of corruption led President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to set up the KPK in 2004 as part of his commitment to elevate Indonesia from its status as one of the world's most corrupt countries. In his drive to attract billions of dollars in investment capital, SBY, as the...
That could take a while, but it is what investors need to hear and, as some economists are warning, will also need to see put into practice if the country is to attract badly needed foreign capital. In the meantime, Anggodo Widjojo, a businessman and one of the men caught...
At a time when SBY hopes to attract $200 billion in foreign capital each year to improve the country's crumbling infrastructure, any delays in resolving this latest scandal could prove a serious setback. Anger is mounting toward those believed to be above the law (a giant poster of businessman...