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Indonesia orders 100,000 to evacuate from volcano zone, shuts Bali airport
Nov 27, 2017 08:36Some 100,000 people must evacuate from the danger zone around a rumbling volcano on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, officials said Monday after warning of an imminent eruption.
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Tornado in Indonesia injures 35, damages hundreds of homes
Nov 23, 2017 10:42A tornado has ripped through a densely-populated area in Indonesia's East Java province, injuring 35 people and damaging more than 600 homes.
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Indonesia to roll out 1,000 ‘eco-mosques’ by 2020
Nov 17, 2017 10:49Worshippers in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country, are set to go green with a new initiative that aims to establish 1,000 eco-mosques by 2020.
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Papua separatists in Indonesia take hostages in 2 villages
Nov 10, 2017 08:04A group of armed separatists were occupying two villages near a huge US-owned copper mine in Indonesia's eastern Papua Province, police said Friday, as they sought to end the tense standoff.
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Death toll from Indonesia factory fire rises to 47
Oct 27, 2017 11:42The death toll from a fire that ravaged an Indonesian fireworks factory on Thursday has risen to 47, police said, as the owner is being questioned.
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Indonesia fireworks factory explosion kills at least 30, injures dozens
Oct 26, 2017 11:08An explosion and a fire at a fireworks factory on the western outskirts of Indonesia's capital killed at least 30 people and injured dozens on Thursday, officials said.
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Indonesia asks why US blocked military chief’s travel amid public anger
Oct 23, 2017 08:40Jakarta has called on Washington to urgently explain why it barred its military chief from travelling to the US, amid simmering public anger in Indonesia over the diplomatic incident.
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Saudi Arabia seeking ‘regime change’ in Qatar: Foreign minister
Oct 18, 2017 11:34The Qatari foreign minister says Riyadh has been pursuing “regime change” in Doha, stressing that a siege laid by Saudi Arabia and its allies on the Persian Gulf nation is meant to “bully” the nation.
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Rumbling volcano forces thousands more to flee Bali
Sep 29, 2017 09:02A rumbling volcano on the holiday island of Bali is spewing steam and sulphurous fumes with more intensity, heightening fears of an eruption as officials said the number of evacuees had topped 144,000.
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Over 75,000 evacuated in Bali amid fears of volcano eruption: Indonesia
Sep 26, 2017 09:03Indonesia’s disaster agency says more than 75,000 people have fled the Mount Agung volcano on the tourist island of Bali because of fears of an eruption.