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Lion Air CEO Rusdi Kirana dreams of roofs and runways
Rusdi Kirana has dropped a record $22 billion on the table for Boeing jets and rubbed shoulders with President Barack Obama, but that's not even dinner conversation for the boss of Indonesia's Lion Air, who is obsessed with a far more modest project. The 49-year-old former typewriter salesman, who wowed the Singapore Airshow by finalizing the record order on Tuesday, is more anxious to discuss a plan

Trial opens for top suspect in 2002 Bali bombings

The Muslim militant suspected of building the bombs used in the 2002 Bali attack went on trial Monday on terrorism charges, a year after he was captured in the same Pakistani town where Osama bin

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Indonesia to host EPL Masters Cup
Indonesia will host an indoor football competition May 27, called the EPL Masters Indonesia Cup, featuring star players from the English Premier League (EPL).

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Bali bomb made with 'rice ladle, scale' in Pak
An Indonesian terror suspect known as "Demolition Man" has told interrogators that he used a rice ladle and a kitchen scale to build the massive bomb that ripped apart Bali nightclubs in 2002.

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A look at major terror attacks in Southeast Asia
-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group and their allies from the regional terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah.

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Indonesian arrested for not believing in god
Jakarta: A 30-year-old Indonesian civil servant has been arrested on charges of blasphemy after he created a Facebook page that said he did not believe in god. The man, identified as Alexander,

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