World's largest social networking site, Facebook has attracted a massive 40 million users in the South-East-Asian country of Indonesia. The country has the third largest community of Facebook users in the and interesting, to many users, Faebook is all they use on the Internet. The cheap mobile phones with internet access has made it possible for the users to use the social network with the push of a button without even realizing that they are actually using internet.

Bali (Indonesia), Nov. 18 : Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, who met Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the 19th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit here on Friday, said New Delhi seeks a harmonious and cooperative relationship with Beijing and the two countries must cooperate on regional, bilateral and global issues.

Bali (Indonesia), Nov. 18 : Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Friday said that New Delhi has gone some way in responding to US firms concerns on the country''s nuclear liability law and rules.

Bali, Nov. 18 : Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh met United States President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the 19th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit at Bali, Indonesia, on Friday, where both pitched for strengthening bilateral strategic ties and for enhanced cooperation at multilateral forums.

The GMR Infrastructure witnesses a growth after it entered into a stake deal with PT Golden Energy Mines Tbk, a Sinar Mas Group company in Indonesia.

The company’s index rate increased by 1.68% at Rs. 30.35 at 11:33 IST on Bombay Stock Exchange, after the commencement of the deal.

The company revealed the information after the closure of index on Thursday, 11 august 2011.

On the other hand, the BSE Sensex was marked at a fall by 11.06 points, or 0.06%, to 17,048.34.

On Tuesday, India has signed an extradition treaty with Indonesia. It has signed 18 agreements worth $15.1 billion.

The agreements are related to the different sectors such as mining, transportation and manufacturing.

In a business meeting Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stated that he is very confident of increase in trade between the two countries, after signing of 18 business MoUs.

Bajaj Auto, the second-largest producer of two-wheelers in the Indian market has recently moved to completely knocked-down (CKD) at its Indonesia unit hat produces and markets the Pulsar.

While the company had been operating under the semi knocked down mode for quite some time now, the recent move will attract lower Customs duties for the two-wheeler major. It is to be mentioned here that the subsidiary in the Indonesia region was incorporated in 2006-07 with an issued and subscribed capital of $ 12.5 million (Rs 56 crore).

Leighton Holdings Ltd, a project development and contracting company in Australia, announced today that it has been awarded contracts worth $A1.5 billion in Australia and Indonesia.

Leighton said that its subsidiaries Leighton Asia and Thiess Services won the contract in Indonesia and Australia respectively. The shares of Leighton Holdings rose by more than 4% on the news today.

Reliance Power Ltd. has announced that it has acquired three coal mines from Indonesia's Sugico Group. It will be combined with reserves of two billion tons. This has been another success for the Indian company to acquire an international company in this quarter.

A senior Reliance Power executive has informed that the company is looking forward to set up its ultra mega power plant at Krishnapatnam in southern India.

Moreover, the acquisition will be done by the Reliance Coal Resources Ltd.  Reliance Coal Resources Ltd. has signed an agreement with the foreign company, Sugico.

Company executives have said that U. S. automakers Ford and General Motors have their eyes on Indonesia as a car market with growing potential.

He was "very, very optimistic" that the Indonesian market would blossom this year, said President of GM International Operations Tim Lee.

The Detroit Free Press reported on Tuesday that Will Angove, president of Ford Motor Indonesia said, "There's a stable democratic government in place, which is in its second term (and) interest rates are at an all-time low."

Yahoo has taken Koprol. com, an Indonesian mobile location-based-services Web company similar to Foursquare in the U. S. aiming to serve its users with added services.

This deal will shape Yahoo expertise in location-based mobile services that will eventually lead in helping people find nearby local businesses complete with reviews, on their mobile phones as well as locate their peers and friends and keep a tab on their activities.

Thousand years old Chinese treasure has been planned to be auctioned in Jakarta in Indonesia. The auction organizers believe that the auction could raise around $80 millions of fund. If that happens, it will become one of the biggest bids in any of the auctions in the country.

But the issue is the organizers have included one rule for the auction i. e. the buyer has to deposit $16million to participate in the auction. For this reason, the interest from the buyers for this auction has been not that encouraging.

The U. S. Geological Survey has reported that a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck northern Sumatra, Indonesia on Wednesday.

The USGS has said that the quake struck about 5:15 a. m. local time. It was centered about 525 miles west of Kuala Lumpur and about 125 miles west-northwest of Sibolga, Sumatra.

Authorities assessed the quake to be of magnitude 7.8, but the figure was subsequently revised.

No immediate information was available about injuries or property damage.

Officials have said that a strong earthquake shook the north-eastern Indonesian province of North Malaku on Sunday but there appeared to be no tsunami potential.

The Indonesian news agency Antara reported that the earthquake measured 7.0 on the Richter scale when it hit South Halmahera. He had not yet gotten a report about casualty and material damage, South Halmahera deputy district head Rusi Wally said.

The people in Labuha scrambled out of their homes for fear of an aftershock or tsunami, Rusi added.

Leaders from Singapore have expressed shock over the demise of former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid, terming him a visionary and very efficient politician of the country.

Top Singapore leadership including President S R Nathan, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and some other ministers had conveyed condolence to the bereaved family.

Jakarta, Dec 31: The US embassy in Jakarta Thursday warned of a possible attack on New Year's Eve on Indonesia's resort island of Bali.

The embassy said in a circular posted on its website that the information was received from Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika.

"There is an indication of an attack to Bali tonight," the warning said, quoting the governor's message.

"Please don't panic, but put your security system to full alert," the warning said.

Jakarta, Dec 31 : Thousands of Indonesians came out on the streets to bid farewell to late President Abdurrahman Wahid, who died on Wednesday at the age of 69.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono led the memorial service before Wahid’s burial in his East Java hometown, Jombang. Five thousand people lined the streets to welcome his motorcade.

Weeping admirers lit candles and incense and said prayers at vigils held at mosques, churches, temples, schools and landmarks.

Jakarta, Dec 31 : Former president Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesia's first elected leader after the 1998 fall of the Suharto regime, died Wednesday after long-term illnesses, relatives said. He was 69.

Wahid's brother, Solahuddin Wahid, confirmed to the private television station MetroTV that Indonesia's fourth president, who served from 1999 to 2001, died at a Jakarta hospital.

Abdurrahman Wahid, known by his nickname Gus Dur, which means Honoured Holiness Abdurrahman, suffered from heart failure among other ailments, Akmal Taher from Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital said.

Jakarta, Dec 29 :  An Indonesian woman found a brother who had been missing for more than three decades through the popular social networking site Facebook, a report said Tuesday.

Nurlianti Dehi was separated from her elder brother Anton in 1974 when he left their hometown in Central Sulawesi province for neighbouring North Sulawesi, according to the online edition of the Media Indonesia daily.

Anton maintained contact with his family for the first two years but later cut off communication completely, she told the newspaper.

Jakarta, Dec 26 - An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale Saturday jolted the Maluku province in eastern Indonesia, the country's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said.

No tsunami warning was issued, Xinhua reported.

The quake occurred at 0815 GMT with the epicentre 152 km northwest of Tual area in Maluku province.

Indonesia sits on a vulnerable quake-hit zone called the "Pacific Ring of Fire". (IANS)