On April 24, 2011, Westwood regained the number one position following a victory in Indonesia ; but on May 29, 2011, Luke Donald took the world number one spot from Westwood by defeating him in a sudden death playoff for the BMW PGA Championship.

Croatia has its non-resident embassy for the FSM in Indonesia.

The History of Indonesia was shaped by its geographic position, its natural resources, the series of human migrations, contacts, economy and trade, conquests and politics.

The last significant non-Muslim kingdom, the Hindu Majapahit kingdom, flourished from the late 13th century, and its influence stretched over much of Indonesia.

The Suryadi faction went through with its sacking of Megawati, and the demonstrations manifested themselves throughout Indonesia.

Since the late 1980s, Indonesia has made significant changes to its regulatory framework to encourage economic growth.

Indonesia has had a complex history of communications due to its spread over an extended archipelago-the importance on non-electronic means in the past has given away to a considerable infrastructure of telecommunications in the contemporary Indonesia.

After gaining Independence, Indonesia started to develop its own communication system, generally following the rest of the world.

The invasion of East Timor by Indonesia in December 1975 and its annexation in 1976 and the referendum on independence of East Timor from Indonesia in August 1999 strained Indonesia's relations with the international community.

Indonesia also was one of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement ( NAM ) and has taken moderate positions in its councils.

As such, Indonesia, alongside its Malaysian neighbor, conducts its foreign relations with Israel through Singapore.

Indonesia claimed all territories of the former Dutch East Indies, and previously viewed British plans to group the Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States, the Unfederated Malay States, Sarawak and British North Borneo into a new independent federation of Malaysia as a threat to its objective to create a united state called Greater Indonesia.

Java is the world's most populous and most densely populated island which is located in Indonesia and home to 60 % of its population.

Together with its subsidiaries and associates, Jardine Cycle & Carriage employs some 137, 000 people across Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam.

Extending approximately 15, 500 kilometres ( 9, 600 mi ) from the Bering Sea in the Arctic to the northern extent of the circumpolar Southern Ocean at 60 ° S ( older definitions extend it to Antarctica's Ross Sea ), the Pacific reaches its greatest east-west width at about 5 ° N latitude, where it stretches approximately 19, 800 kilometres ( 12, 300 mi ) from Indonesia to the coast of Colombia – halfway across the world, and more than five times the diameter of the Moon.

Pakistan is the second largest Muslim country in terms of percentage of population ( after Indonesia ), and its status as a declared nuclear power, being the only Islamic nation to have that status, plays a part in its international role.

His New Order administration garnered the favour of the West whose investment in Indonesia was a major factor in the subsequent three decades of substantial economic growth.

A range of economic reforms were introduced in the late 1980s including a managed devaluation of the rupiah to improve export competitiveness, and de-regulation of the financial sector, Foreign investment flowed into Indonesia, particularly into the rapidly developing export-oriented manufacturing sector, and from 1989 to 1997, the Indonesian economy grew by an average of over 7 %.

Although Indonesia continued to have the advantages of a large labor force, abundant natural resources and modern infrastructure, private investment in new projects largely ceased during the crisis.

Japan's share of total foreign investment in ASEAN countries in the same period ranged from 70 to 80 percent in Thailand to 20 percent in Indonesia.

Although Indonesia did make substantial investment in infrastructures during its occupation in East Timor, the dissatisfaction remain widespread.

His state visit to Indonesia as invited by President Soeharto to discuss Indo-Japanese trade relations was protested by a number of local anti-Japanese sentiments denying international investment, which occurred on January 15, 1974.

Measures implemented to encourage foreign investment in Indonesia included the privatisation of natural resources, labour laws favourable to multinational corporations, and soliciting funds for development from institutions including the World Bank, western banks, and friendly governments.

Ever since Indonesia opened its mineral and natural resources for foreign investment in 1970s, East Kalimantan province has experienced major boost of timber, petroleum and other exotic forest products.

Claims of severe environmental damages caused by the company's engagements in the Grasberg mine in Indonesia has led The Government Pension Fund of Norway, the world's largest pension fund, to exclude Freeport-McMoRan from its investment portfolio, after a recommendation from the fund's ethical council.

Tri Polyta is an insolvent Indonesian chemicals manufacturer, which has acquired some notoriety in investment circles due to its default on a large 1996 bond issue, and its success in persuading a court in Indonesia to protect it from the enforcement of its bond obligations.

February 2011: L ' Oreal will have the largest factory in the Jababeka Industrial Park, Cikarang, Indonesia with total investment of US $ 50 million and it will be ready in October 2011.

Based in Toronto, Canada, Sun Life and its partners provide insurance, retirement and investment solutions for individuals and businesses around the world including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China and Bermuda.

Walmart discontinued their investment in Indonesia after the riot.

In 2011, Lafarge SA will build a cement plant in Langkat, North Sumatra, Indonesia with investment up to Rp. 5 trillion ($ 585 million ).

It is engaged in the investment of exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas in China, Kazakhstan, Oman, Peru, Thailand, Azerbaijan and Indonesia.

In that capacity, from 1979 to 1985, he provided investment, export and tourism promotion counsel to the governments of Indonesia, Turkey, the Netherlands and Austria, financial relations advice to the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Crédit Agricole of France, UBAF-Arab American Bank, and energy sector intelligence to OPEC.

During Mr. Weatherall's period in charge the company defended itself against Brandes Investment Partners who proposed the company break itself up to release extra shareholder value and Jardines undertook large scale strategic investment in Astra International of Indonesia via the Singapore company Jardine Cycle & Carriage.

In Indonesia, middle school includes grade 7 through 9.

* BOPF — Broken Orange Pekoe Fannings: Main grade in Ceylon, Indonesia, Southern India, Kenya, Mozambique, Bangladesh, and China.

The Sycamore 5th / 6th grade team competed in the spring 2010 Knowledge Masters Open contest, and Sycamore, ranked first in the state of Indiana, finished third in the nation out of 368 schools, including some schools in Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, and Korea.

The 14 September, 2008, Political and Economic Risk Consultancy ( PERC ) survey reported Hong Kong and Singapore have the best judicial systems in Asia, with Indonesia and Vietnam the worst: Hong Kong's judicial system scored 1. 45 on the scale ( zero representing the best performance and 10 the worst ); Singapore with a grade of 1. 92, followed by Japan ( 3. 50 ), South Korea ( 4. 62 ), Republic of China on Taiwan ( 4. 93 ), the Philippines ( 6. 10 ), Malaysia ( 6. 47 ), India ( 6. 50 ), Thailand ( 7. 00 ), People's Republic of China ( 7. 25 ), Vietnam's ( 8. 10 ) and Indonesia ( 8. 26 ).

The 14 September, 2008, Political and Economic Risk Consultancy survey reported Hong Kong and Singapore have the best judicial systems in Asia, with Indonesia and Vietnam the worst: Hong Kong's judicial system scored 1. 45 on the scale ( zero representing the best performance and 10 the worst ); Singapore with a grade of 1. 92, followed by Japan ( 3. 50 ), South Korea ( 4. 62 ), Taiwan ( 4. 93 ), the Philippines ( 6. 10 ), Malaysia ( 6. 47 ), India ( 6. 50 ), Thailand ( 7. 00 ), China ( 7. 25 ), Vietnam's ( 8. 10 ) and Indonesia ( 8. 26 ).

The 14 September 2008 Political and Economic Risk Consultancy ( PERC ) survey reported Hong Kong and Singapore have the best judicial systems in Asia, with Indonesia and Vietnam the worst: Hong Kong's judicial system scored 1. 45 on the scale ( zero representing the best performance and 10 the worst ); Singapore with a grade of 1. 92, followed by Japan ( 3. 50 ), South Korea ( 4. 62 ), Taiwan ( 4. 93 ), the Philippines ( 6. 10 ), Malaysia ( 6. 47 ), India ( 6. 50 ), Thailand ( 7. 00 ), China ( 7. 25 ), Vietnam's ( 8. 10 ) and Indonesia ( 8. 26 ).

Its highest rating in Indonesia was 50. 8 %, beating the highest rating of Full House which was 50. 5 %.

* 1999 – East Timor voted for independence from Indonesia in a referendum.

seasonal smoke / haze resulting from forest fires in Indonesia

The earliest bronze archeological finds in Indonesia date from 1 – 2 BCE, including flat plates probably suspended and struck by a wooden or bone mallet.

The Dutch subsequently re-settled the islands with imported slaves, convicts and indentured labourers ( to work the nutmeg plantations ), as well as immigrants from elsewhere in Indonesia.

Most of the present-day inhabitants of the Banda Islands are descended from migrants and plantation labourers from various parts of Indonesia, as well as from indigenous Bandanese.

Over the centuries, the Comoro Islands were settled by a succession of diverse groups from the coast of Africa, the Persian Gulf, Indonesia, and Madagascar.

Saman Dance from Gayo people of Sumatra, Indonesia

Datsun models will be sold in Indonesia, Russia and India from 2014.

The last batch of sawnwood from the Peat swamp forest | peat forest in Indragiri Hulu, Sumatra, Deforestation in Indonesia | Indonesia.

In 1954, Ike articulated the domino theory in his outlook towards communism in Southeast Asia and also in Central America ; he believed that if the communists were allowed to prevail in Vietnam, this would cause a succession of countries to fall to communism, from Laos through Malaysia and Indonesia ultimately to India.

* 1957 – Sukarno expels all Dutch people from Indonesia.

Rainfall shifts from the western Pacific toward the Americas, while Indonesia and India become drier.

* 2001 – Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Indonesia, that will ultimately result in more than 500 deaths and 100, 000 Madurese displaced from their homes.

" This ranges from ritual nicking of the clitoris — the main practice in Indonesia — to stretching the clitoris or labia, burning or scarring the genitals, or introducing harmful substances into the vagina to tighten it.

Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, an island arc with an estimated area of 14, 300 km² extending east from the Java island of Indonesia.

Indigenous warrior from Ende, Indonesia | Ende, Flores.

Oceania, island group in the northern Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia

The original inhabitants of Guam are believed to be descendants of Austronesian people originating from Southeast Asia as early as 4, 000 BC, having linguistic and cultural similarities to Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

She compared what she found with recordings of non-Christian rituals from Africa, Borneo, Indonesia and Japan.

There was also a conflict with Indonesia, which ended with the Dutch withdrawing completely from their former colonies there in 1961.

Many people from Indonesia and Suriname, and later from other countries as well, moved to the Netherlands, which resulted in the transformation of the country into a multicultural society.