Indonesian School Has Second Thoughts on Expelling Rape Victim

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 11, 2012 A private school in Depok City, Indonesia, reportedly has reversed a decision to expel a 14-year-old girl the school said had “tarnished the institution’s image” by being kidnapped and raped by members of a human trafficking syndicate. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Indonesian Atheist Sentenced to Two and a Half Years in Prison

Staff / Truthdig Jun 14, 2012 An Indonesian civil servant was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on charges of blaspheming and violating Indonesian Internet laws when he professed his atheism on Facebook. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Russian Jetliner Disappears in Indonesia

Staff / Truthdig May 9, 2012 Ground control lost contact with a demonstration model of a new Russian passenger jet as the plane flew over a mountainous area of Indonesia on Wednesday. The 50 people aboard, many of them prospective buyers, are missing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Why Does Obama Suddenly Want a War With China?

William Pfaff / Truthdig Nov 23, 2011 One might think that a bitter Central Asian war in Afghanistan and an ambiguous commitment to Iraq would be enough for President Barack Obama to cope with. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Indonesia Frees ‘Playboy’ Editor

Staff / Truthdig Jun 24, 2011 We've been tracking the fate of Erwin Arnada since 2006, when the editor launched a PG version of Playboy in the world's most populous Muslim country After all these years, the Indonesian high court has invalidated the indecency charges on which Arnada was convicted It's a big day for swimsuits in Bali. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama’s ‘Singular’ Mother

By Ann Gerhart May 12, 2011 The key to understanding the disciplined and often impassive 44th president is his mother, as Janny Scott, a reporter for The New York Times, decisively demonstrates in her new biography, "A Singular Woman."The key to understanding the disciplined and often impassive 44th president is his mother. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Global Food Supplier to Profit Enormously While Food Prices Soar

Staff / Truthdig May 10, 2011 Switzerland-based Glencore -- one of the world's largest suppliers of food and other commodities -- could make as much as $11 billion by going public this year. The sale of its shares will add hundreds of people to the international roster of millionaires and billionaires while rising food prices continue to gouge the world's poor. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fear Not the Muslim Brotherhood Boogeyman

Juan Cole / Truthdig Feb 15, 2011 The hysteria in American media about Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is not only ignorant and demagogic, it is hypocritical. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama in the Company of Killers

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Nov 10, 2010 If a volcano kills civilians in Indonesia, it's news. When the government does the killing, sadly, it's just business as usual, especially if an American president tacitly endorses the killing, as President Barack Obama just did with his visit to Indonesia. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Reaches Out to Muslims on Indonesian Trip

Staff / Truthdig Nov 10, 2010 Listen closely and you'll hear the sound of Glenn Beck frothing at the mouth. What's today's reason? Well, on Tuesday, President Obama was in Indonesia(!), where he expressed the need to "build trust" with Muslim societies(!!). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tsunami Kills at Least 282 in Indonesia

Staff / Truthdig Oct 28, 2010 On Wednesday, two days after an earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the shores of Indonesia's Mentawai Islands, local officials reported problems with an alert system that should have warned islanders of the incoming tidal wave. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ex-Editor of Playboy Indonesia Jailed

Staff / Truthdig Oct 9, 2010 The former editor of Playboy Indonesia has begun a two-year prison stint for publishing images of scantily clad women. Playboy Indonesia began circulation in 2006, but Islamic hard-liners found issue with the magazine's ethos and started legal proceedings against its editor. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )