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Six dead, dozens buried in Indonesia mine collapse
Feb 28, 2019 11:35At least six people are dead and dozens more are still trapped beneath the rubble of an illegal gold mine that collapsed in Indonesia, officials said Thursday, as rescuers frantically searched for survivors.
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Scores killed after floods, landslides, tornado hit Indonesia
Jan 27, 2019 12:28At least 68 people have been killed and nearly 7,000 forced to take refuge in emergency shelters after floods, landslides and a tornado battered the Indonesian island of Sulawesi in the past week, authorities said on Sunday.
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Indonesia finds crashed Lion Air jet’s cockpit voice recorder
Jan 14, 2019 09:28Indonesia has found the cockpit voice recorder from a Lion Air plane more than two months after the Boeing Co 737 MAX jet crashed into the sea near Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board, search officials said on Monday.
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Search launched for survivors after deadly landslide hits Indonesia
Jan 01, 2019 11:49Search and rescue teams are searching for survivors after heavy rain triggered a landslide in western Indonesia, killing at least five people and leaving dozens unaccounted for.
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Indonesia raises alert, reroutes flights around erupting Anak Krakatau volcano
Dec 27, 2018 07:12Indonesia on Thursday raised the alert level for the erupting Anak Krakatau volcano to the second-highest, and ordered all flights to steer clear, days after it triggered a tsunami that killed at least 430 people.
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Death toll from Indonesia tsunami hits 429
Dec 25, 2018 14:32The number of people killed by a tsunami that hit Indonesia has jumped to 429, and Indonesian rescuers expect the figure to rise as the search expands.
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Drone footage shows tsunami aftermath as death toll continues to climb
Dec 24, 2018 09:10Drone footage of Villa Stephanie & Resort and Carita Beach shows the devastation from the tsunami which hit the area Saturday night.
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Death toll from Indonesia's tsunami soars to 168
Dec 23, 2018 06:43A tsunami following a volcanic eruption killed at least 168 people when it slammed without warning into popular beaches around Indonesia's Sunda Strait on Saturday night, cutting a swathe of destruction and triggering mass panic as it swept inland.
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Saudi-Indonesia ties boil over migrant’s execution
Dec 08, 2018 19:12Saudi Arabia’s recent execution by beheading of Indonesian maid Tutu Tursilawati defied President Joko Widodo's repeated entreaties to King Salman bin Abdul Aziz for leniency, says John McBeth in his article for Asia Times titled: “Saudi-Indonesia ties boil over migrant’s execution.”
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20 Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution reach Indonesia
Dec 04, 2018 13:03Twenty Rohingya Muslims on a boat have arrived at the northeastern shore of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, amid a fresh wave of refugee departures from Myanmar and Bangladesh.