Indonesia
# indonesia - Saturday 18 May, 2013
British woman dies after drinking ‘tainted alcohol’
The 23-year-old was travelling with a fellow Briton through rainforest, when they drank four bottles of local whiskey.
# indonesia - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
Rescuers use saws, wheelbarrows in dig to free trapped miners
The mine collapse took place at a gold and copper mine in Indonesia yesterday.
# indonesia - Saturday 20 April, 2013
Scientists decode DNA of ‘living fossil’ fish believed extinct for 70 million years
This all changed, however, when a South African fishing trawler caught a living specimen in 1938, earning it the “living fossil” nickname.
# indonesia - Monday 25 March, 2013
Two dead as asylum-seeker boat carrying 95 capsizes
A woman and a young child have died after an overloaded boat carrying 95 asylum-seekers travelling to Australia sank in the Indian Ocean.
# indonesia - Monday 25 February, 2013
Indonesian wins rare victory against noisy mosque
Man in Banda Aceh claims volume of call to prayer was lowered after his complaint.
# indonesia - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
British grandmother gets death sentence for drugs in Indonesia
An Indonesian court has sentenced Lindsay Sandiford, 56, to death for smuggling cocaine worth $2.5 million into the resort island of Bali.
# indonesia - Monday 10 December, 2012
Earthquake hits Indonesia’s Banda Sea
There is not said to be a tsunami threat after the earthquake.
# indonesia - Tuesday 30 October, 2012
Tensions rise over ad that reads “Indonesian maids now on sale!!”
Indonesia had previously banned women from travelling to Malaysia to work as maids due to poor pay and abuse.
# indonesia - Friday 12 October, 2012
Victims remembered on 10th anniversary of Bali bombings
Survivors and loved-ones paid tribute to the 202 victims of the nightclub bombings on the Indonesian island of Bali, carried out by religious extremists in 2002.
# indonesia - Monday 8 October, 2012
Volcano erupts in Indonesia
Mount Lokon is one of the country’s most active volcanoes – eruption could be heard more than 5km away.
# indonesia - Monday 17 September, 2012
Two die in Pakistan as film violence spreads
Protests have taken place across the Arab World against the US-produced ‘Innocence of Muslims’.
# indonesia - Saturday 15 September, 2012
Teeth, taxes and Junior Certs: the week in numbers
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# indonesia - Tuesday 11 September, 2012
Indonesia tops ‘league of shame’ as world’s most prolific smokers
Two-thirds of all men over the age of 15 smoke in Indonesia – making them the world’s heaviest smokers.
# indonesia - Wednesday 29 August, 2012
Search for sinking asylum seeker boat called off
Indonesian officials received an alert from Australian authorities but have been unable to locate the vessel.
# indonesia - Saturday 21 July, 2012
‘I’ll take a 10% pay cut,’ says FAI chief John Delaney
The association boss informed AGM delegates that his annual salary will be reduced from €400,000 to €360,000.
# indonesia - Thursday 21 June, 2012
90 missing after boat carrying asylum seekers heading to Australia capsizes
The boat, which is thought to be from Sri Lanka, was on its way to the Australian territory of Christmas Island.
# indonesia - Sunday 27 May, 2012
Lady Gaga abandons Indonesian gigs after security threat from Islamic group
The Islamic Defenders Front had threatened “chaos” if Gaga – described as “the Devil’s messenger” – came to perform.
# indonesia - Wednesday 16 May, 2012
Indonesia pulls Lady Gaga concert, saying she’ll corrupt kids
A permit for a June concert by the popstar has been denied, amid fears her sexy clothes and dance moves will harm children.
# indonesia - Thursday 10 May, 2012
Bodies found at Russian jet wreckage in Indonesia
All 45 people on board are feared dead after the discovery of bodies at the site.
# indonesia - Wednesday 9 May, 2012
Russian plane disappears during demonstration flight
Plane carrying 46 people has lost contact with air traffic controllers while flying in western Indonesia.
# indonesia - Wednesday 11 April, 2012
The Daily Fix: Wednesday
All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as the few bits and pieces you might not have seen.
The 5 at 5: Wednesday
5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock…
Tsunami warnings lifted after two earthquakes off Indonesian coast
The earthquake was measured initially as 8.9 magnitude but has since been revised downwards to 8.6 as tsunami warnings were issued in over a dozen countries. Some have since been lifted.
# indonesia - Sunday 22 January, 2012
Ten-year-old girl eaten by crocodile as father looked on
Only pieces of the girl’s clothing were found after the reptile attacked near a river in Indonesia.
# indonesia - Friday 20 January, 2012
Monkey long-believed to be extinct discovered in Indonesia
A team of scientists hoping to capture footage of leopards and orangutans on Borneo island last summer got much more than they bargained for…
# indonesia - Tuesday 10 January, 2012
Indonesia on brief tsunami alert after 7.3-mag offshore earthquake
The quake struck around 220 miles off the coast of Sumatra, the province most devastated by the 2004 tsunami.
# indonesia - Thursday 22 December, 2011
The Daily Fix: Thursday
In tonight’s Fix: Are we the most miserable people in the EU? Plus wage reforms for many workers… and the most adorable polar bear cub you’ll see this week.
Girl dragged away by tsunami finds her way back home – seven years later
An Indonesian girl who was carried away by violent flooding in 2004 has made her way back to her home village – alone – to be reunited with her family.
# indonesia - Sunday 18 December, 2011
Two hundred feared dead after asylum seeker boat sinks off Indonesia
Two children, aged eight and ten, were among a few survivors found clinging to wreckage.
# indonesia - Wednesday 14 December, 2011
Hard-line Indonesian police shave punks’ mohawks
Conversative police raided a punk-rock concert and shaved the punks’ heads due to the perceived threat to Islamic values.
# indonesia - Wednesday 7 December, 2011
The Daily Fix: Wednesday
In tonight’s fix: why the government is rowing back on one budget pledge already; toilet-based austerity; and Trapattoni lands another cat in the sack…
Lip-syncing Indonesian cop fired after becoming a YouTube sensation
Norman Kamaru stole the nation’s hearts but then he didn’t show up for work, here’s why…
# indonesia - Wednesday 30 November, 2011
WATCH: Robbie scores for LA Galaxy in Indonesia
The striker scored his side’s only goal in the opening match of their Asian tour.
# indonesia - Tuesday 22 November, 2011
Football fans burn down ticket booths over sold out match
Disappointed fans wanting to see a final between Indonesia v Malaysia had a novel way of expressing their frustration…
# indonesia - Thursday 13 October, 2011
6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes Bali
At least 50 people were injured in the earthquake which was felt on neighbouring Indonesian islands.
# indonesia - Thursday 29 September, 2011
Search for Sumatra plane crash site as 18 feared dead
The small plane sent a distress signal halfway into its 30-minute flight and is believed to have crashed.
# indonesia - Thursday 14 July, 2011
Erupting volcano forces Indonesian villagers to flee homes
Mount Lokon in north Sulawesi province has a history of violent eruptions; its last major eruption in 1991 killed a Swiss hiker.
# indonesia - Wednesday 13 July, 2011
Nike workers in Indonesia say they are kicked and slapped
In one factory producing Converse runners, workers have described being hit and called names, and made to stand in the blazing sun.
# indonesia - Monday 13 June, 2011
Sixteen arrested in Jakarta over food poisoning terrorist plot
Police in Indonesia are calling the plot to poison police food with cyanide a “new model of terror attack”.
# indonesia - Saturday 7 May, 2011
No one likely to have survived Indonesian plane crash
An official said that the passenger plane had been carrying 27 people including an infant and two children, adding that it was difficult to say if there were any survivors.
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