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EARTH WIRE -- Four Sumatran elephants died in Riau in 2016: WWF

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has said that four Sumatran elephants died in 2016 in Riau Province, a decline ...

Security forces stationed at Cathedral to assure Christmas security

A total of 116 security forces from the police, military and city administration police have been stationed at Jakarta ...

Densus 88 arrests more suspected terrorists in four regions

Indonesian polices anti-terrorist unit Densus 88 arrested another suspect in Batam, Riau province, on Wednesday after ...

Yearender - Indonesia successfully fights forest fires in 2016

Many inhabitants of Riau Province have a fleeting sense of relief since, for the first time in the past 18 years, they ...

Rescuers recover 54 bodies of boat accident in Batam

The joint rescue team on Friday recovered the bodies of 54 passengers of a boat which sank on Batam waters of Riau ...

Palembang`s swimmer breaks ASEAN records in Para Games

South Sumatras swimmer M Bejita broke two records at the ASEAN Para Games, winning a gold medal each in the 100 ...

Attica Zoological Park inaugurates Sumatran tiger exhibit

The Attica Zoological Park in Athens, Greece, announced the inauguration of its new Sumatran tiger exhibit on October ...

Earth Wire -- NASA satellites detect 48 hotspots across Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua satellites of NASA detected 48 hotspots across Sumatra Island on Wednesday morning. Of the ...

Earth Wire -- Environment and forestry officials confiscate sumatran tiger skin

The officials of Environment and Forestry Ministry (KLHK) for Sumatran region apprehended two men in possession of a ...

Earth Wire -- Poaching rate of Sumatran tiger remains alarming

The poaching of Sumatran tigers across the island of Sumatra for trading remains at an alarming rate, though the ...

40 new records created in 19th National Sports Week

As many as 40 new records have been created since the 19th National Sports Week (PON) kicked off on September 17, a ...

PON 2016 - Host West Java remains atop medal standings

Host West Java left its close rivals far behind in the medal standings on the second day of the 19th National Sports ...

Satellite detects 63 hotspots on Sumatra Island

NASAs satellite detected 63 hotspots on Sumatra Island on Friday, a sharp increase from the 14 found on the previous ...

29 hotspots detected across Sumatra island

As many as 29 hotspots were detected across Sumatra Island in the morning of Wednesday. "Three hotspots were ...

Police chief orders arrest of forest fire perpetrators

National Police chief General Tito Karnavian has ordered the arrest of the perpetrators of forest and land fires. ...