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NEWS ABOUT: Jakarta

Jakarta stories: 17 news summaries

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

(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

(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) - Al Qaeda is weak militarily and “has been rejected by a great majority of Muslims,” Steve Coll writes in the New Yorker, but the terrorist organization and its affiliates can still create a “shock” like today's bombings in Jakarta. Despite the group's apparent inability to pull off... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • Dick Cheney • terrorism • US foreign policy • bombing • Osama bin Laden • Jakarta • al-Qaeda • terrorist attack • Obama administration • patience

(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

 Burst Jakarta Dam Kills 50 

'Mini-tsunami' destroys sleeping neighborhood

Mar 27, 09 2:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 50 people were killed today when a Jakarta dam burst, unleashing a 10-foot-high "mini-tsunami" that destroyed a neighborhood, reports the Times of London. The dam burst before dawn as people slept. The toll is expected to soar as more bodies are discovered. One neighbor recalled how she... More »

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Indonesia • tsunami • dam • Jakarta • flash floods

 Real Buddhists 
 Protest 
 Buddha Bar 

Peaceful protesters blast 'defamation of religion'

Mar 5, 09 6:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Indonesian Buddhists yesterday protested the opening in Jakarta of the latest in a popular chain of Buddha Bars established by a Parisian restaurant-lounge enterprise. The bar, which features a giant Buddha, is the first to be built in Southeast Asia. "It's impossible to put the exalted name" of Buddha... More »

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religion • protests • Jakarta • protesters • Buddha Bar

 Clinton in Jakarta, 
 Eye on Muslim World 

Students from Obama's school welcome secretary of state

Feb 18, 09 5:47 AM CST
(AP) - Hillary Clinton arrived today in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim nation, where the secretary of state is continuing the Obama administration's efforts to rehabilitate America's image abroad. In Jakarta, Clinton intends to announce plans to step up US engagement with Southeast Asia, stressing the growing importance of a region that... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Indonesia • Asia • secretary of State • Jakarta • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet

Cops Probe
US Embassy
Bomb Threat

Indonesia tightens security ahead of Bali bombers' execution

Nov 4, 08 3:09 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Indonesia • execution • Jakarta • bomb threat • US Embassy • Bali

 Indonesia Torch Run Stays
 Inside Stadium 

15-mile relay scaled back to a few laps before hand-picked crowd

Apr 22, 08 10:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Olympic torch passed through Indonesia today with little incident and less fanfare, the BBC reports. What was originally supposed to be a 15-mile relay was abbreviated to a few laps around a Jakarta stadium before a crowd of 5,000 carefully credentialed spectators. Outside, police broke up a pro-Tibet... More »

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Indonesia • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Jakarta • Olympic torch • Olympic protests • torch relay

Indonesian Floods Kill 12

Jakarta streets inundated; landslides on Sumatra

Feb 1, 08 8:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Heavy trains have triggered floods and landslides across the Indonesian archipelago, killing at least 12 people and displacing thousands, Reuters reports. Jakarta's 14 million citizens are wading through knee-high water, and the country's president was forced to abandon his bulletproof car after getting stuck. On Java, more than 10,000... More »

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Indonesia • flood • rain • landslide • Jakarta • Susilo Yudhoyono

Indonesia Mourns Suharto

Former dictator's sins take backseat as nation grieves

Jan 27, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Suharto's critics kept quiet today as Indonesia mourned the former dictator on the streets and around TVs, the New York Times reports. Crowds swarmed an ambulance transporting his body, television channels ran nostalgic accounts of his life, and President Susilo Yudhoyono called on the nation to pray for Suharto, saying,... More »

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Indonesia • obituary • dictatorship • Jakarta • Suharto • Susilo Yudhoyono • Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana

Suharto
Suffers Multiple Organ Failure

Former Indonesian dictator takes critical turn for the worse

Jan 12, 08 11:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Longtime Indonesian dictator Suharto's health worsened yesterday as he suffered multiple organ failure. Suharto's condition improved slightly as workers rushed to prepare for what they believed to be his imminent funeral, AFP  reports. Suharto, 86, was forced from power a decade ago after ruling Indonesia with an iron fist for... More »

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Indonesia • corruption • dictatorship • Jakarta • Suharto

Fourth Quake in 2 Days Wracks Indonesia

Nine dead in latest burst of seismic activity under Indian Ocean

Sep 13, 07 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - The fourth in a string of violent earthquakes and more than 60 lower-level tremors rattled Indonesia late today, at a magnitude of 6.2. With its epicenter two miles deep in the Indian Ocean, 65 miles west-northwest of Bengkulu, the government issued, then canceled, another tsunami warning. Nine have died... More »

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Indonesia • tsunami • Indian Ocean • natural disaster • Jakarta • Bengkulu • earthquake

Tsunami Warning as Quake Rocks Indonesia

Powerful tremor registers 7.9

Sep 12, 07 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Indonesia has been hit by a magnitude 7.9 earthquake—triggering widespread tsunami warnings. Buildings swayed in Jakarta, and an official warning has been issued for much of the region surrounding the Indian ocean. More »

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Indonesia • tsunami • Indian Ocean • Jakarta • earthquake

Earthquake Rattles Indonesia

7.5 quake scares residents, but no casualties have been reported

Aug 8, 07 4:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - A massive undersea earthquake off the Indonesian coast rocked the capital of Jakarta today. Though no casualties have been reported, the quake hit 7.5, shaking the city's tall buildings and leaving its inhabitants in shock. But the earthquake occurred 180 miles under ground, nixing the possibility of a tsunami... More »

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Indonesia • natural disaster • Jakarta • Pacific • earthquake

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