Indonesia
Three charged over Christmas Island shipwreck
January 25, 2011Australia has charged three Indonesian men with people-smuggling offences, following the death of nearly 50 people in a shipwreck off Christmas Island. The three men were among up to 100 people on board the flimsy boat when it smashed into rocks on...
Indonesia: Volcano eruption kills 13
October 26, 2010An erupting volcano in Indonesia poured hot ash and searing clouds of hot gases into surrounding villages, killing at least 13 people. Mount Merapi, Indonesia’s most active volcano, began erupting late Tuesday, after days of rumbling and scientists...
100 people confirmed dead after tsunami, 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Western Indonesia
October 26, 2010Deadly tsunami hits islands in Western Indonesia By Sara Schonhardt Residents flee their homes to higher ground after a strong earthquake is felt in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. The powerful earthquake hit off western Indonesia late Monday,...
Scientists create 700-year model of Asian monsoons
April 23, 2010Half the world's population is affected by Asian monsoons, yet the rainy seasons are notoriously hard to predict. But U.S. researchers have put together a 700-year record of the Asian monsoons they hope will guide forecasters. Every summer, India, East...
Australia Foils Al-Qaeda-Linked Terror Plot
August 04, 2009Australian federal police have taken into custody four men they accuse of planning a commando-style suicide raid on a Australian Army base. The men, Australian citizens of Lebanese and Somali descent, are alleged to have been in contact with the Somali...
Mount Kelud eruption threat rises
October 23, 2007Indonesia’s Mount Kelud could erupt any time but some people living in the East Java volcano’s danger zone refused to evacuate. Tuesday had been set as the deadline for villagers within a 6-mile radius of the volcano’s crater to...
Indonesia hit with fifth strong quake
September 14, 2007There were no immediate reports of injuries Friday morning in the fifth strong earthquake to hit Indonesia in three days. The 6.4-magnitude earthquake was centered about 75 miles west-southwest of Sumatra's Bengkulu province and 405 miles west-northwest...
Bird flu kills teenagers in Indonesia and Cambodia
April 06, 2007The bird flu virus racing through Asia killed a teenager in hardest-hit Indonesia and a young girl from Cambodia, both after being admitted to hospitals in serious condition, health officials said Friday. The 15-year-old girl from Indonesia's bustling...
Indonesia to resume supplying UN health agency with bird flu virus samples
February 20, 2007Indonesia has agreed to resume supplying the United Nations health agency with viruses from its bird flu outbreak, a vital tool in tracking possible mutations into a deadly human pandemic and producing vaccines, while the agency will seek to ensure equitable...
Search begins for missing Indonesian plane with 102 people aboard
January 02, 2007Jakarta (dpa) - Rescue workers have begun their search for an airplane with 102 people on board missing since Monday afternoon during bad weather in eastern Indonesia, officials and news report said Tuesday. "There is still no new information...