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Eight killed in ferry boat accident

Eight people were killed after the ferry boat in which they were traveling sank in Sunda Strait early Wednesday, ...

Magnitude 5.4 earthquake jolts south Bengkulu

An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted southern part of Bengkulu at 10.09 on Tuesday morning, ...

Flow of vehicles in merak port runs smoothly ahead of Idul Fitri

The flow of vehicles here on Monday at Merak port, Banten province, connecting Java to Sumatra island, is running ...

Sunda Strait Bridge to be constructed in 2014

Coordinating Minister for Economy, Hatta Rajasa said here on Sunday that the construction of Sunda Strait Bridge (JSS) ...

TNKS, BKSDA plan rehabilitation of 6,295 ha forests this year

Kerinci Seblat National Park Audience Hall (BB TNKS) said this year it is planning to rehabilitate 6,295 hectares ...

Yogyakarta vespa collector to visit Italy by land

After four years of planning to visit Italy, 37-year-old Andy Leeano, a resident of Wirosaban village in Yogyakarta, ...

Opposition to Lady Gaga expands to other cities

A number of members of different organizations in several cities in Indonesia, including Pamekasan, Solo, Bandung and ...

NOAA satellite detects 12 hotspots in Riau

The US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) satellite has detected 12 hotspots at six districts in ...

Sunda Strait Bridge Project To Boost Economic Growth

Indonesia is likely to start construction on its most ambitious project - the 31-km-long Sunda Strait Bridge that will ...

BMKG detects six new hotspots in Riau

The Pekanbaru station of Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has detected through the National ...

Orangutan number declining in Sumatra island

The number of Orangutans living in the wild in Sumatra island has gone down from 1,000 in early 2000 to less than 200 ...

Java island`s power plant to stop using fuel oil

The government aims to stop using fuel oil for electricity power plants situated in Java island by June 2012. "In ...

President receives report on Aceh quake management

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has received the report on the government response to the powerful earthquake which ...

West Aceh needs more sirens for tsunami warning system, BNPB

Chief of Aceh Disaster Mitigation Agency Teuku Ahmad Dadek said West Aceh district needs more sirens for tsunami early ...

No casualties in Aceh quake

No casualties were reported in the magnitude-8.9 earthquake that struck Simeulue district, Aceh Province, last ...