Friday 3rd September, 2010

• Indonesian volcano erupts again

  Breitbart

  An Indonesian volcano spewed ash thousands of metres into the air Friday in its most violent eruption since rumbling back to life earlier this week for the first time in 400 years. Thousands of peo...

• Indonesia's smoking toddler kicks habit

  Yahoo! News

  JAKARTA (AFP) – A two-year-old Indonesian boy who smoked about 40 cigarettes a day has kicked the habit after receiving intensive specialist care, a child welfare official said Thursday. Ardi...

• Steep Hike In Pirate Attacks Off Indonesia: IMB

  Quote.com

  (RTTNews) - Armed pirates intensified attacks in a shipping lane off Indonesia over the last fortnight, says an international maritime watchdog.Noel Choong, head of the International Maritime Bureau ...

• Volcano spews in Indonesia, sends villagers fleeing

  CNN Asia

  Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- A volcano erupted again in Indonesia early Friday in northern Sumatra, sending hundreds of villagers fleeing as it unleashed tremors and spewed powerful bursts of hot ash a...

• Indonesian maid arrested for murder

  West Australian

  An Indonesian maid who went on the run after being accused of murdering her Malaysian employer's baby son has been arrested after coolly lining up an interview for a new job, police said on Friday...

• Villagers flee as Indonesia volcano erupts again

  West Australian

  SURBAKTI (Reuters) - An Indonesian volcano that lay dormant for 400 years erupted yet on Friday, shooting a mushroomed-shape plume of smoke 3 km (2 miles) into the air and prompting the second evacuat...

• Indonesian volcano spews new burst of ash

  eTaiwan News

  Mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke as seen from Tanah Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The eruption of the volcano that has been dormant for four hundred years over the weeken...

• Jakarta Stocks May Bounce Back On Friday

  General Sources

  (RTTNews) - The Indonesian stock market has finished lower in two of three trading days since the end of the three-day losing streak in which it had given away more than 60 points or 2 percent. Coming...

• Actress sent to jail for assault

  General Sources

  JAKARTA, Indonesia - South Jakarta prosecutor's office sent actress Andi Soraya to Pondok Bambu women prison in East Jakarta on Tuesday despite her protest, kompas.com reported. Andi will serve h...

• Indonesia police officers on trial for 'Al-Qaeda' arms sales

  General Sources

  JAKARTA - Two Indonesian police officers went on trial on Thursday charged with selling firearms to alleged Islamist extremists from a group dubbed "Al-Qaeda in Aceh", which plotted a series...

• INDONESIA: Lack of incentives stalls investment in textile industries

  Bharat Textile

  This is the last of four stories on Indonesia as an emerging hotspot for foreign direct investment. Poor infrastructure and a lack of government incentives make Indonesia less appealing to foreign tex...

• U.S., Indonesia Build Scientific Partnerships for Climate, Health

  America.org

  Washington ― A digital videoconference flickered to life early in the morning of August 26 in Washington and just after sunset in Jakarta, where Indonesian scientists and government officials gather...

• RIM Threatened With Shutdown In Indonesia Over Content -Reports

  Morning Star

  Communication and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring, a vocal anti- pornography campaigner, said banning digital content deemed pornographic is in line with a law

• Indonesian police on terror charges

  West Australian

  Two Indonesian policemen and a civilian went on trial on Thursday on charges of conspiring with terrorists who were plotting attacks on foreigners and Western embassies in the country.The police are a...

• "Pesantren" great asset of Indonesian culture, says Japanese ambassador

  Antara

  Bogor, West Java (ANTARA News) - The traditional Muslim school (Pesantren) is a great asset that has enriched and diversified the Indonesian culture, Japanese Ambassador Kojiro Shiojiri said on Thursd...

• Court orders closure of Buddha Bar in Indonesia

  Buddhist Channel

  -- An Indonesian court Wednesday ordered the local branch of Paris-based Buddha Bar to close after convicting the licence holder of blasphemy, a lawyer said.

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