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Indonesia police kill 4 sword-wielding assailants, capture another
May 16, 2018 07:42Police in Indonesia have gunned down four of five men who attempted to attack officers with samurai swords after driving their car into the police headquarters on Sumatra Island.
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Indonesian volcano erupts, sparking evacuations
May 11, 2018 08:40Indonesian villagers living in the shadow of one of the world's most active volcanoes fled to safety Friday as Mount Merapi erupted, sending a cascade of ash and smoke some 5,000 meters (16,400 feet) into the sky.
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Deadly hostage crisis ends in Indonesia jail: Police
May 10, 2018 02:42Police in Indonesia say a hostage crisis at a high-security prison on the outskirts of the capital, Jakarta, has ended, three days after scores of inmates conducted “an act of terror” against guards in the detention center, killing a number of police personnel.
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Indonesia prosecutors seek 16 years prison for ex-speaker
Mar 29, 2018 12:32Indonesian prosecutors Thursday demanded 16 years of imprisonment for former parliament speaker Setya Novanto in one of the graft-riddled country's biggest corruption cases.
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Iran to export first wheat cargo to Indonesia
Feb 24, 2018 10:49Iran plans its first ever wheat shipment to Indonesia in a turnaround after years of being a major importer of the strategic staple crop.
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Indonesian woman mauled to death by crocodile
Feb 24, 2018 04:58A 66-year-old woman was mauled to death by a huge crocodile on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra, police said Saturday.
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Five killed, 15 missing in Indonesia landslide
Feb 22, 2018 12:56At least five people have been killed and 15 are still missing after a landslide cascaded down the terraced slopes of a rice field on the Indonesian island of Java on Thursday, officials said.
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Huge fire displaces over 2,000 in Indonesia
Jan 27, 2018 13:04An estimated 2,400 people have been displaced after fires spread through residential areas in Krukut, in west Jakarta's Taman Sari district, on Saturday.
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Measles outbreak kills hundreds of kids in Indonesia's Papua
Jan 25, 2018 13:01Some 800 children have been sickened by a measles-and-malnutrition outbreak in Indonesia's remote Papua province, officials said Thursday, with as many as 100 other people, mostly toddlers, feared to have been killed.
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Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung makes biggest 2017 eruption
Dec 29, 2017 13:39Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano experienced its biggest eruption of the year this week, spewing clouds of gas and showering ash into the sky, a local official said Friday.