Indonesia's Suharto in Critical Condition

Related Newser Stories

• Long-Lost 'Furby' Species Found

  Nov 20, 08 4:21 CST
  Scientists on a remote Indonesian mountaintop have discovered a pocket-sized primate not seen alive since the 1920s, CNN reports. The giant-eyed, two-ounce pygmy tarsier had been thought extinct until one was found dead in a rat trap, inspiring a professor from Texas A&M University to lead an expedition to Sulawesi. She was delighted to find the Furby-like creatures still living in the island cloud forest.
  More »

• Indonesia Executes Bali Bombers

  Nov 8, 08 5:19 PM CST
  Indonesia executed three Islamic militants today for helping plan and carry out the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, many of them foreign tourists, lawyers and relatives said. Imam Samudra and brothers Amrozi Nurhasyim and Ali Ghufron were executed at 11:20 p.m. several miles from their high security prison on Nusakambangan island, said Qadar Faisal, one of their attorneys. More »

• Cops Probe US Embassy Bomb Threat

  Nov 4, 08 3:09 CST
  Indonesian police are investigating a text-messaged threat to blow up the American and Australian embassies in Jakarta if convicted Bali bombers are executed, Reuters reports. Three Islamic militants convicted of playing a role in Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people six years ago have exhausted their avenues of appeal and are expected to be executed by a firing squad within days.
  More »

• Borneo Threatened by Green Gold Rush

  Oct 27, 08 1:16 PM CDT
  Borneo, the Texas-sized island whose rain forests are astonishingly rich in biodiversity, has been plundered for its other riches—everything from rhino horns to coal to oil—for centuries. Now, with the market for palm oil, dubbed green gold, booming, oil-palm plantations threaten the remaining forest, Mel White writes in National Geographic. "Borneo's future may well be the most critical conservation issue on our planet," he writes.
  More »

• Kraft, Mars, Cadbury Hit by Chinese Tainting Scandal

  Sep 29, 08 9:48 CDT
  Kraft and Mars are investigating claims by the Indonesian government that products including Oreos, M&Ms, and Snickers imported from China are tainted with melamine, PerthNow reports. The company notes that the products tested melamine-free elsewhere in Asia, and suggests that they could be counterfeit. Still, the firms are supporting a recall. Meanwhile, Cadbury is pulling 11 chocolate products from Hong Kong shelves, the BBC reports.
  More »