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Riau`s air quality hazardous to people`s health

Ten air pollutant standard index devices installed in several districts and cities in the Riau Province showed that ...

Haze disrupts oil palm production in Riau

Haze from the ongoing forest fires in the Riau province had disrupted the harvest of oil palm fruits, a local farmer ...

Handle forest, plantation fires with every possible way: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered all relevant ministers and the officials in Riau province to handle the ...

Russian Kamov helicopter deployed to help fight Riau forest fires

A Russian-made Kamov helicopter is to be deployed to join in the efforts to combat fires now raging in forests, ...

Vietnamese PM orders non-stop searching for missing Malaysian Airlines

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung orders its entire search and rescue team to work around the clock to search ...

Haze reduces visibility in Pekanbaru to 50 to 70 meters

Haze from forest and plantation fires reduced the visibility in Pekanbaru to around 50 and 70 meters on Sunday. ...

Pekanbaru`s air very unhealthy due to haze

Haze triggered by forest and plantation fires has caused the air quality in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, polluted and ...

Racing against time to save Riau`s biosphere reserve from fires

Sumatras Riau Province is badly hit by forest and plantations fires, and the largest number of the hotspots detected ...

Basarnas must give top priority to safety and humanity: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono stated on Wednesday that the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) must give ...

Strict law enforcement ordered against forest fire perpetrators

As haze shrouded Sumatras cities over the past two months, President Yudhoyono has ordered strict law enforcement to ...

More assistance for Mt Sinabung evacuees from US

U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Robert O. Blake Jr. provided an additional US$200 thousand dollars for logistic support ...

Government to initiate restoration work on damaged infrastructure

The government will commence stage-wise restoration work on flood-affected infrastructure in March 2014 and will ...

Floods claim two lives in Tangerang

Two inhabitants of Tangerang, Banten Province, died after being caught in flood waters that inundated the city in ...

18,412 Refugees from Sinabung Eruption Celebrate Christmas Away from Home

As many as 18,412 refugees from the Mount Sinabung eruption in North Sumatra wake up to Christmas at refugee camps ...

Sinabung emergency response extended until January 4

The emergency response to the eruption of Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra has been extended until January 4, 2014 as ...