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Thirty-six houses damaged by SE Maluku whirlwind

Some 36 houses in Tepa and Depur, Southeast Maluku regency, had been damaged by a whirlwind on March 23, 2012, ...

Mt Marapi spews volcanic ash

Mount Marapi in West Sumatra spewed volcanic ash up to 100 meters into the sky on Saturday afternoon. The ...

Indonesia to send up to 10,000 for UN peacekeeping mission

Indonesia intends to send up to 10 thousand personnel to join UN peacekeeping missions, becoming one of the 10 largest ...

Ban Ki-moon presents blue helmet to Yudhoyono

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon presented a blue helmet to President Susilo Yudhoyono as a symbol of ...

Pamekasan natural disaster victims reach 1,050 families

Some 1,050 families had become victim of natural disasters in Pamekaswan as of January 2012, head of the Pamekasan ...

Communications network back to normal after Bali quake

The cellular phone networks which was previously cut off in most parts of Bali after the 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit ...

Bali quake had no impact on Mt Agung`s activity

The 6.8-magnitude earthquake that rattled Bali and environs on Thursday afternoon had no impact on the activity of ...

Bali earthquake damages 19 buildings in Denpasar

Denpasar city`s Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) here on Thursday said 19 buildings were damaged due to 6.8 ...

Bali rocked by magnitude-6.8 earthquake

Bali was shaken by an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale on Thursday morning. The earthquake located ...

Six RI volcanoes on alert status

A total of six volcanoes in Indonesia are on alert status and being closely watched by the Volcanology and ...

New seismograph installed on mount Lewotobi

A seismograph near the top of Mount Lewotobi was damaged in a recent forest fire but has now been replaced, a local ...

news focus: No need to worry about this year`s drought

The current drought which had caused water crises and affected 95,891 hectares of rice fields in the country is ...

Drought escalates to all districts in E Java

The Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has recorded that the drought in East Java has spread to 29 districts ...

Mt Lokon erupts 14 times saturday morning

Mt Lokon in North Sulawesi erupted 14 times on Saturday morning. "We categorized them as small eruptions and were ...

RI's reforestation program to absorb 47.6 bln tons of carbon gases

Indonesia is resuming its reforestation program this year, having set itself the target of planting at least 1.7 ...