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Indonesia mine toll rises to nine
RESCUERS have recovered the bodies of four more workers from a collapsed underground room at a giant gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to nine. Nineteen other workers were missing and feared dead. The Big Gossan underground training facility at the PT Freeport Indonesia mine collapsed last Tuesday when 38 workers were undergoing safety training. Ten injured ...
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UMY students invent blood vessel-detecting device
Three students of Yogyakarta Muhammadiyah University (UMY) have invented a device that can help detect blood vessels on children under five and reduce the risk of inaccurate needle insertion which can damage blood vessels."Children's blood vessels are very fragile and they can be damaged by failure in inserting the injection needle," said Ade Pajar Pirdianto, a student of the ...
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Police criticized for detaining cop with fat bank accounts
The National Police Commission (Kompolnas) has deplored the measures taken by the National Police (Polri) which has detained a low-ranking police officer Adj.First Insp. (Aiptu) Labora Sitorus with fat bank accounts. It is also considered by the commission that Polri has exaggerated the number of transactions Labora has made."There has been a public falsehood here. There is data, concerning ...
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Pakistan holds re-vote in Karachi despite killing
In this undated photo released by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI, Movement for Justice) party press office in Karachi, Zohra Shahid, center, a senior member of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh, poses with unidentified women at an unknown location in Pakistan. Police said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Shahid outside her home on ...
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Afghanistans Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid tensions with Pakistan
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to discuss potential arms deals with Indian officials during a trip to New Delhi this week, officials said, at a time when tensions are running high on Afghanistan's disputed border with ...
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Video Indonesia healthcare buckling under strain
As Indonesia scrambles to implement universal health care reforms, crowded hospitals in Jakarta feel the brunt, faced with more patients than they can handle. Sarah Charlton ...
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History tour held to mark 15th anniversary of May riots
R. Subiyanto, 68, (left), shows a picture of his son who died during the May 1998 riots, in the commemoration of the tragedy in front of Djarum Mei monument in Kampung Jati Selatan, Klender, East Jakarta, on Sunday. To commemorate the 1998 tragedy and the 15th anniversary of the reform movement in Indonesia, the National Commission on Violence against Women held a tour to a number of key sites ...
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Tanzania Shein Roots for Strong Ties With Indonesia Denmark
President Ali Mohamed Shein has said that Zanzibar needs stronger relations with development partners including Indonesia and Demark to achieve its development goals. In separate meeting with Indonesia ambassador Mr Zakaria Anshar, and Denmark envoy Mr Johnny Flento, Shein said Zanzibar has been recording admirable progress in development programmes but support remains important. According to ...
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Universal ideals camaraderie bind Indo-StarTrek
Growing up with the Cold War, the space race and watching men landing on the Moon, Berthold Sinaulan found himself captivated when he first saw Star Trek on television."I was a junior high school student when I saw the show, then aired by [government broadcast company] TVRI. It was on a black-and-white television, but it was very colorful to me," 54-year-old Berthold told The Jakarta ...
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Tourist dies in Indonesia after drinking tainted alcohol
Supplied A British backpacker has died while trekking through the Indonesian jungle after she drank suspected tainted alcohol, police say. Cheznye Emmons, 23, was travelling with a fellow Briton through lush rainforest on Sumatra island, where many tourists go to see endangered orangutans, according to a police report into the incident. The pair, accompanied by a third tourist, drank four ...
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Government Officers Depart To UK And Indonesia
Bandar Seri Begawan - Two senior officers from the office of the Malay Islamic Monarchy (MIB) Executive council Secretariat have left for Indonesia to attend an international seminar entitled 'Historical Awareness through Strengthening the National Pillars towards a Smart and Civilised ...
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Gunmen seize elderly father of Syria’s deputy FM
The office of Syria’s deputy foreign minister says gunmen have abducted his elderly father in the southern Daraa province. The office says Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad’s … Full News here ...
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Rescuers spot bodies say chances of finding survivors declining at collapsed Indonesian mine
In this photo taken and released by PT Freeport Indonesia Friday, May 17, 2013, the Indonesian unit of Arizona-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc, rescuers gather inside a tunnel that collapsed on Tuesday morning as they continue their attempt to rescue trapped workers at Big Gossan mining area in Mimika, Papua province, Indonesia. Mining activities at a giant U.S.-owned gold and ...
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Egypt Muslim-Christian clashes leave 1 dead
CAIRO -; Egyptian security officials say clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria left one man dead of a heart ...
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Fired Mancini thanks City fans in newspaper advert
View Photo FILE - A Saturday, May 14, 2011 photo from files showing Manchester City's manager Roberto Mancini holding aloft the English FA Cup Trophy as he celebrates ...
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Jakarta water issues a reflection of bad planning.
Jakarta residents have little access to fresh water from the city’s water system, a reflection of bad planning on the part of city management rather than a lack of funds.
An article posted on the Jakarta-Indonesia-Urban blog reflects a serious situation facing the capital city of the country, “Already there is more waste water generated and dispersed today than at any other time in the history of our planet: more than one out of six people lack access to safe drinking water, namely 1.1 billion people, and more than two out of six lack adequate sanitation, namely 2.6 billion people.” This is a statement on the world situation, but it hits uncomfortable close to home for many Jakartans, in fact, almost a majority of them. Read more
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