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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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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...
made popular Jun 16 2009
Library. A girl is pretending to search for her lost mobile phone, in a sensuous way. She needs the man’s smell phone to find out hers. She makes a call from his cell...
made popular Jun 15 2009
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...
made popular May 7 2009
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The chief of Indonesia’s anti-corruption watchdog was arrested Monday and named a suspect in the murder of a prominent state company official, police and his...
made popular May 4 2009
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Manchester United will play in Indonesia for the first time since 1975 as part of the European champion’s offseason tour of Asia.
made popular May 1 2009
You thought crap is bad? Well, think again! Cow crap won the students of Prasetiya Mulya Business School in Indonesia first prize of $25,000, at the tenth annual Global...
made popular May 1 2009
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Indonesia’s government ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to shut its office in Papua province after staff members visited suspected rebels in...
made popular Apr 23 2009
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Indonesia’s top court cleared Time magazine of defaming ex-dictator Suharto by alleging in a cover story that his family amassed a fortune during his rule. It...
made popular Apr 16 2009
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Indonesia’s top court cleared Time Magazine of charges it had defamed former dictator Suharto in a cover story, saying Thursday the publication would not have to...
made popular Apr 16 2009
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Orangutans are still being captured for pets in Indonesia, further threatening the survival of the critically endangered great apes, conservationists said Thursday,...
made popular Apr 16 2009
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The U.S. Geological Survey says a strong earthquake has shaken parts of western Indonesia.
made popular Apr 15 2009
12 years doesn’t seem much for plotting to take the lives and killing innocent people, but that’s what 3 Islamists in Indonesia received. Sugianto, Heri...
made popular Apr 10 2009
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Indonesia, the largest economy in Southeast Asia, is coming under increasing strain from the financial crisis with new projections showing plummeting exports and...
made popular Mar 20 2009
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A Muslim cleric whose marriage to a 12-year-old girl triggered controversy in Indonesia has been detained for violating child protection laws, police said Wednesday.
made popular Mar 18 2009
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Indonesia has submitted its bid to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup, a bid official said Saturday.
made popular Mar 14 2009
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President Barack Obama telephoned the leaders of Indonesia and the Philippines on Friday to discuss working together on the world’s economic crisis, among other...
made popular Mar 13 2009
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Time and space are running out for the Javan Rhinoceros _ the most endangered mammal in the world.
made popular Mar 6 2009
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Indonesian police are scratching their heads after six armed men stole thousands of condoms and birth control pills from a women’s reproductive health office....
made popular Mar 4 2009
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Four Indonesians have died of bird flu, bringing the death toll in the country hardest hit by the disease to 119, an official said Tuesday.
made popular Mar 3 2009
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Orangutans are still being captured for pets in Indonesia, further threatening the survival of the critically endangered great apes, conservationists said Thursday,...
made popular Apr 16 2009
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Orangutan numbers have declined sharply on the only two islands where they still live in the wild and they could become the first great ape species to go extinct if...
made popular Jul 5 2008
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Indonesia has begun a 10-year program to save endangered orangutans from extinction by protecting tropical jungle habitat from logging, mining and palm oil plantations,...
made popular Dec 10 2007
We choose Oil palm plantations instead of orangutans, quick bucks over later losses. Even as their limited habitats are destroyed, they cling precariously to life. From...
made popular Sep 4 2007
The world is going crazy for Biofuel considering its eco-friendliness and the money that is at stake. We all know that the world of tomorrow will require organic fuels...
made popular Aug 20 2007
A study on Orangutans has let scientists propose that humans have been walking on two legs much earlier than expected.
The idea has been proposed by three British...
made popular Jun 1 2007
There occurred a population collapse in the Bornean orangutan. A three year genetic study by wildlife geneticists from Cardiff School of Biosciences has shown this....
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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...
