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Indonesia stories: 75 news summaries

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Veiled Women Nabbed in $12.5M Jakarta Drug Bust

Iranians arrested in record airport drug haul

Oct 21, 09 3:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eight veiled women were among a group of 10 Iranians arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling at Indonesia's main airport today. The $12.5 million haul of methamphetamines found in their hand baggage is the biggest drug bust in the airport's history, authorities say. Indonesian authorities have never seen veiled... More »

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Indonesia • Islamic veil • Muslim • methamphetamine • Jakarta • drug smuggling

 Landslides Wipe Out 
 4 Indonesian Villages 

Another 640 people feared dead in remote areas

Oct 3, 09 11:26 AM CDT
(AP) - At least four Indonesian villages were obliterated by earthquake-triggered landslides that buried as many as 644 people under mountains of mud and debris. Most of the victims were members of a communal wedding party. It's not clear exactly when the landslides occurred, but the full extent of Wednesday's 7.6-magnitude... More »

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Indonesia • landslide • Padang • Sumatra • disaster recovery • disaster

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 Miracle Rescue Lifts Hopes 
 for 3,000 Trapped in Quake 

Hopes dim as new emergency teams arrive in Indonesia

Oct 2, 09 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rescue teams racing to find earthquake survivors in Indonesia pulled a young woman alive from the rubble of a collapsed school today, a rare glimmer of hope in the 2-day-old search. More than 1,000 people are reported dead, and difficult conditions in Padang are making it hard to reach... More »

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Indonesia • survivors • Padang • Sumatra • earthquake • disaster • rescue mission

 Indonesia Quake 
 Toll Passes 1,000 

Samoa tsunami cleanup effort begins in earnest

Oct 1, 09 1:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - The death toll in Indonesia has reached 1,100 and is expected to keep rising. Rescue workers are scrambling to find earthquake survivors under trapped buildings, with "many hundreds more" injured or missing, says a top UN relief official. Rescue efforts have been hung up over a shortage of... More »

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Indonesia • South Pacific • tsunami • Pacific Ocean • Padang • Sumatra • earthquake • disaster • rescue mission • Samoa • American Samoa

 Indonesian Quake Toll 
 Passes 500, May 
 Hit Thousands 

Rescuers scramble to save victims trapped by two massive shakers

Oct 1, 09 3:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The final death toll in two massive Indonesia earthquakes may reach into the thousands as rescuers scramble to free victims still trapped in crushed buildings. "We need aid as soon as possible. We need food and medicine. Our houses have collapsed," said a resident of the bustling port... More »

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Indonesia • tsunami • death toll • Padang • Sumatra • earthquake

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More Quakes Slam Indonesia, Still Counting Its Dead

Witness describes crumbled, burning wreckage in Padang

Sep 30, 09 9:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Indonesia, still counting the dead and searching for the missing from yesterday’s 7.6 earthquake, was rattled by two more earthquakes this morning local time. The US Geological Survey recorded a 6.8 quake 140 miles from Padang, the western Sumatran city nearest yesterday’s epicenter; just 20 minutes... More »

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Indonesia • death toll • Padang • Sumatra • US Geological Survey • earthquake • disaster • rubble

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 Indonesia Quake Toll 
 Hits 75; Thousands Trapped 

Death toll at 75 and rising quickly

Sep 30, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(AP) - The powerful earthquake that rocked western Indonesia today has trapped thousands under collapsed buildings—including two hospitals—and triggered landslides. At least 75 people were killed on Sumatra island, and the death toll was expected to climb sharply. The magnitude 7.6 temblor comes a day after a quake in... More »

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Indonesia • natural disaster • Sumatra • earthquake

 Tsunami Toll Reaches 100, 
 Obama Sends Disaster Aid 

Second earthquake near Indonesia triggers new wave warnings

Sep 30, 09 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The death toll from the tsunami triggered by last night's 8.3-magnitude earthquake near Samoa has risen to more than 100, with fatalities reported across a number of islands. Barack Obama declared American Samoa a disaster area and has pledged "swift and aggressive" aid to the territory, where at... More »

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Indonesia • tsunami • natural disaster • Sumatra • Pacific Tsunami Warning Center • earthquake • disaster • Samoa • American Samoa

  Bali Bombing Mastermind 
 Killed in Java Raid 

This time, it's really him—they have fingerprints to prove it

Sep 17, 09 7:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Indonesian police say they’ve killed their most-wanted terrorist, Noordin Muhamed Top, and this time, they’re really sure. The last time they declared Noordin dead, after an August raid in Central Java, they later admitted he had actually escaped. But this time they say they’ve done a fingerprint... More »

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Indonesia • terrorist • Java • Bali • Jemayah Islamiya • Noordin Top

(Newser) - A powerful 7.4 earthquake today swayed buildings 125 miles south in Indonesia's capital city of Jakarta and triggered a tsunami alert, reports AP. There were no immediate reports of large waves, but several buildings in the town closest to the epicenter, Tasikmalaya, were damaged. More »

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Indonesia • tsunami • Jakarta • Pacific Tsunami Warning Center • earthquake

Thieves Kill Sumatran Tiger, Swipe Pricey Fur, Bones

Sales of endangered species persist despite tough laws

Aug 23, 09 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thieves at an Indonesian zoo slaughtered an endangered tiger and swiped most of its body in a caper officials believe was motivated by greed, the AP reports. “It was sadistic,” said the director of the zoo, where staffers found the remains of the female tiger yesterday. “The... More »

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endangered species • Indonesia • theft • zoo • Sumatran tiger • strange stuff

 Asian Terror Kingpin Killed  


Aug 8, 09 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Indonesian security forces have confirmed the death of the country's most wanted terrorist, ABC reports. Noordin Top, believed to have masterminded every terror attack in the country since 2002, including that year's Bali bombings and last month's Jakarta hotel bombings, was found dead after a 17-hour standoff and gun battle... More »

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Indonesia • Islamic extremists • bombing • terrorist • Java • Jemayah Islamiya • Noordin Top

(Newser) - Two people were killed today in the latest attack near a US-owned gold mine in Indonesia's Papua province, the AP reports. At least 12 people have been killed or wounded in ambushes near the mine in recent weeks. Authorities blame separatist rebels, who have been waging an insurgency in the... More »

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Indonesia • mine • Freeport McMoRan • gold mine • Papua • indigenous peoples • West Papua

(Newser) - Indonesian officials are fairly certain the wanted terrorist who masterminded the 2002 and 2005 Bali bombings is also responsible for yesterday's attacks in Jakarta, the BBC reports. There are “strong indications” that Noordin Mohamed Top—a financier for al Qaeda-linked terror group Jemaah Islamiah who is thought to have... More »

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Indonesia • bombing • Jakarta • Bali • al-Qaeda • terrorist attack • Jemayah Islamiya • Noordin Top • mastermind

(Newser) - Today's terror attack in Jakarta appears to be the work of a group Indonesia thought it had put out of business years ago, experts tell ABC News. The twin attacks on luxury hotels that killed 8 people and injured at least 50 are being blamed on Jemayah Islamiyah, a group... More »

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Indonesia • suicide bombing • bombing • Jakarta • terrorist attack • terror attack • Jemayah Islamiya • Noordin Top

(AP) - A pair of powerful bombs exploded at two luxury hotels in an upscale Jakarta business district, killing 8 and wounding at least 50, officials said. The blasts at the neighboring Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels blew out windows and scattered debris and glass across the street. Both hotels are strong draws... More »

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Indonesia • bombing • Jakarta • hotels • terror attack

(AP) - An Indonesian military plane carrying 112 people crashed and burst into flames today, killing at least 68, officials said. Dozens of people were injured and more were feared dead, with local television flashing footage of fire engulfing the wreckage and soldiers carrying bodies on stretchers. The C-130 Hercules was on... More »

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 Island 'Hobbits'  
 Separate Human Species 

Separate species may have evolved from homo erectus

May 7, 09 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two new reports forward the theory that the tiny people who roamed an Indonesian island 8,000 years ago were a separate species of human, the BBC reports, not just pygmy versions of homo sapiens. The biggest clue is the feet of the “hobbits,” which are distinctly primitive... More »

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evolution • Indonesia • homo sapien • Homo erectus • skeleton • hobbits • Homo floresiensis

Anthropology Book By Obama's Mom to Hit Shelves

Study of Indonesian craftsmen will hit shelves 14 years after her death

May 5, 09 5:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's mother died before she finished revising her Ph.D dissertation for publication, but two of her fellow anthropologists have now completed the job, reports the Chicago Tribune. Stanley Ann Dunham's Surviving Against the Odds: Village Industry in Indonesia—the study of blacksmiths and other rural craftsmen she completed... More »

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Barack Obama • Indonesia • Duke University • anthropology • book • Stanley Ann Dunham Soetoro

(Newser) - Countries are tightening borders and stepping up containment methods as the swine flu body count continues to rise, the New York Times reports. The disease is suspected in 152 deaths, all in Mexico; 50 US cases are now confirmed from California to New York City. Health officials in Japan and... More »

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China • Russia • Indonesia • Japan • Mexico • France • Taiwan • Hong Kong • United States • public health • Britain • borders • pork • pandemic • swine flu

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