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Perched halfway up a tree near a bend in the Seumayan River, a young orang-utan lounges on a branch, eating fruit. In the distance, smoke rises from an illegal fire, one of dozens lit to wipe out the virgin rainforest and replace it with oil palm...
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Torrential rains triggered a series of landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 14 residents and burying many more, a local official said...
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On Oct. 18, a rickety boat emitted signals of distress from the Sunda strait, a body of water sandwiched between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra. Local...
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The first day of school was a special one last month for the 15 children from the Mai Hoa orphanage here. They are infected with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, and...
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Local disaster management officials put the death toll from the quakes at 535.
Earlier U.N. figures that put the death toll at 1,100 were just estimates, said...
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Across this coastal provincial capital, hardest hit by the latest earthquake to devastate Indonesia, mourners, survivors and rescue workers alike clawed through heaps...
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A second powerful earthquake rocked western Indonesia on Thursday as rescuers struggled to reach survivors of the previous day’s quake, which killed more than 500...
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A powerful underwater earthquake rocked western Indonesia Wednesday, toppling buildings, bringing down bridges, starting fires and sending panicked residents out of...
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Aceh, Indonesia’s northernmost province, has this month been compared to Somalia, Nigeria and even Iraq. So it goes when lawmakers decide that death by stoning is an...
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Indonesian police say that Noordin Mohammad Top, the alleged mastermind of the July 17 hotel bombings in Jakarta has been killed during a police raid.
Indonesian...
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Indonesia — Lawmakers in a devoutly Muslim Indonesian province voted unanimously that adulterers can be sentenced to death by stoning, just months after voters...
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Indonesia is in news again by forces beyond the common. A shallow earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 hit east Indonesia on Wednesday morning, triggering panic but with...
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“They are cheerful-looking and photogenic, but close to all have a very sad story,” said Budi Soehardi, founder of the West Timor orphanage.
“Some of...
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The death toll from a powerful earthquake and several strong aftershocks continued to rise Thursday and Indonesian officials said the figure was likely to increase...
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A major earthquake struck Indonesia on Wednesday — initially categorized as magnitude 7.4 before being downgraded to 7.0 by geological officials.
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The Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta received a bomb threat set to explode at 11.a.m today, sending the staff panicking but only discovering it to be foul play in the end....
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He was killed during an 18-hour firefight with an Indonesian anti-terrorism unit, Detachment 88, in Indonesia’s Central Java town of Temanggung, a security forces...
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Indonesia’s security minister says nine people have been killed and 50 wounded in hotel blasts in downtown Jakarta.
The minister says a New Zealander was among...
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A country not known for its transparent practices in business, politics and many other areas, Indonesia is pressing ahead in its long-running anti-corruption drive by...
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The City Police on Monday detained chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Antasari Azhar due to his alleged roles in the murder of state-owned director...
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This photo released by the Great Ape Trust shows Rocky, a 3-year-old orangutan on July 12, 2008, at the Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa. He and his 19-year-old mother, Katy, have had parts in several movies but recently came to Iowa as part of an...
