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Volcano quiet for 400 years erupts in Indonesia (AP)

August 29th, 2010

Villager wear mask to protect their respirations from volcanic ash from Mount Sinabung in Karo, North Sumatera, Indonesia, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. The volcano blew up thick smoke and materials on Friday causing hundreds of people fled their villages despite the absence of evacuation order from authorities. Indonesia has 500 volcanoes, more than any other countries in the world. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)AP - A volcano in western Indonesia spewed hot lava and sand high into the sky early Sunday in its first eruption in 400 years.


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Religious minorities in Indonesia push back (AP)

August 16th, 2010

Indonesian Christians have their mouths taped as Indonesian national Red-White flags are waved at half-mast during a protest against rising violence by Islamic hard-liners in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. Several hundred people from the Forum for Religious Freedom Solidarity held a rally, protesting what they said was the government's inaction in dealing with the hard-liners. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)AP - Tired of government inaction, Christians and other religious minorities in Indonesia are pushing back against rising violence by Islamic hard-liners.


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Video sheds light on Indonesia military actions (AP)

August 3rd, 2010

FILE - In this June 5, 2007 file photo, Papuan protesters wearing tribal dress takes part in a rally demanding an independence referendum outside the U.S. embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia has made tremendous strides toward democracy since emerging from decades of dictatorship under Gen. Suharto in 1998. But government critics in Papua are still given lengthy prison terms for peacefully expressing their views, organizing rallies or simply raising separatist flags. Many say they have been tortured in detention with electric shocks, beatings and cigarette burns. The central government, which granted Papua special autonomy in 2001, denies such atrocities still take place. An Amnesty International report cited incidents of torture, excessive force and executions by security forces in Papua last year. (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah, File)AP - The jumpy video shows a prisoner lying in a jungle clearing in eastern Indonesia moments after troops allegedly sliced open his abdomen with a bayonet, sending intestines tumbling…

Powerful quake hits eastern Indonesia (AP)

August 3rd, 2010

AP - The U.S. Geological Survey says a powerful earthquake has hit waters off Indonesia’s eastern coast.

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Strong quakes in Indonesia kill 3, collapse homes (AP)

June 16th, 2010

AP - A series of powerful earthquakes rattled Indonesia on Wednesday, killing at least three people, triggering landslides and demolishing dozens of homes. A tsunami warning sent panicked residents fleeing…

Strong quake rocks eastern Indonesia; no damage (AP)

June 16th, 2010

AP - Several powerful earthquakes hit eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, triggering a brief tsunami warning and sending panicked residents fleeing from buildings to high ground. There were power blackouts in…

Celeb sex-tape scandal hits taboos in Indonesia (AP)

June 14th, 2010

In his July 14, 2009 photo, pop singer Nazril Irham, better known as Ariel, left, and his girlfriend top model and actress Luna Maya, right, are mobbed by reporters in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesians grappled with their first-ever celebrity sex tape scandal in June 2010, casting aside social taboos as they swarmed around office computers and mobile phones to watch explicit clips allegedly showing the popular singer having sex with his girlfriend and another one with his equally famous ex-girlfriend Cut Tari. (AP Photo)AP - Indonesians grappled with their first-ever celebrity sex-tape scandal, casting aside social taboos as they swarmed around office computers and mobile phones to watch clips allegedly showing a much-loved…

Tomb protest turns bloody in Indonesia capital (AP)

April 14th, 2010

A municipal police officer kicks an Indonesian youth during a violent protest in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 14, 2010. The protest over a historic tomb on government land in the Indonesian capital turned bloody Wednesday, with 90 wounded in clashes between riot police and hundreds of demonstrators armed with machetes and sticks. The protesters believed city officials were trying to remove the tomb of an Arab cleric who helped spread Islam in North Jakarta in the 18th century. (AP Photo) A protest over a historic tomb on government land in the Indonesian capital turned bloody Wednesday, with 90 wounded in clashes between riot police and hundreds of demonstrators armed with machetes and sticks. The protesters believed city officials were trying to remove the tomb of an Arab cleric who helped spread Islam in North Jakarta in the 18th century. (AP Photo)AP - Protesters wielding machetes, sticks and petrol bombs clashed with riot police in a series of running battles Wednesday over a Muslim cleric’s tomb near the Indonesian capital’s main…

CAPITAL CULTURE: Indonesia remembers young Obama (AP)

March 16th, 2010

AP - Somewhat bluntly, Barack Obama’s former teacher sums up the neighborhood thinking when the future American president turned up with his family in Indonesia’s capital more than 40 years…

Australia and Indonesia Find It Hard to Make Up (Time.com)

March 13th, 2010

Time.com - After a tense decade, Indonesia’s president made a historic visit to Canberra this week. Will the goodwill last?

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