Jakarta  - An Indonesian court on Monday sentenced to two years in prison the pilot of a Garuda Indonesia jetliner that crash-landed at Central Java's Yogyakarta airport two years ago, killing 21 people.

The majority of a panel of five judges at Central Java's Sleman District Court found Marwoto Komar guilty of negligence that caused deaths, the state-run Antara news agency reported.

Jakarta  - An airplane belonging to the Indonesian Air Force crashed Monday afternoon in West Java capital of Bandung, claiming some lives, news reports and officials said.

The Fokker airplane crashed at about 12:30 pm (0530 GMT) at Bandung's Hussein Sastranegara airport, reported detik. com online news portal.

An official at Bandung's Hassan Sadikin hospital said that an ambulance carrying eight body bags had been sent to the airport, but she was not sure how many people have been killed in the accident.

Banda Aceh, Indonesia  - Just four years ago, Yahya Muad and his comrades were hiding in the jungle while fighting a guerrilla war against the Indonesian army for an independent Aceh.

Now, sitting in a literally smoke-filled room in the headquarters of the Aceh Party, of which he is secretary general, he talks about democracy and peace under "a united Indonesia."

Jakarta  - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono looks poised for re-election this year in the absence of a credible challenger, but his popularity could wane as Indonesians begin to feel the effects of the global financial crisis, analysts said.

Opinion polls show Yudhoyono is a hands-on favourite in the July 8 presidential election, be the second time for a president to be directly elected by the people, with about 50 per cent of the vote.

Kuala Lumpur - An Indonesian man was crushed to death when an 8-metre-long slab of concr

Jakarta- Indonesia's dozens of political parties ended Sunday their nationwide campaigns for the April 9 parliamentary elections, to be followed by presidential elections in July.

More than 171 million voters are eligible to elect some 18,000 national, provincial and district legislators across the country as well as the regional representatives council.