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| 1) Indonesian volcano erupts again; strongest yet | | An Indonesian volcano shot a towering cloud of black ash high into the air Tuesday, dusting villages 15 miles (25 kilometers) away in its most powerful eruption since awakening last week from four centuries of dormancy. | | Monday, 6 September 2010 20:37:07 |
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| 2) Indonesian Muslims protest plan to burn Quran | | Thousands of Indonesian Muslims rallied outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta on Saturday to denounce an American church's plan to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by burning copies of the Quran. | | Saturday, 4 September 2010 11:42:13 |
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| 4) Indonesia's smoking toddler kicks the habit | | Indonesia's smoking toddler has kicked the habit. Footage of 2-year-old Aldi Rizal — who smoked up to two packs a day — puffing away circulated the Internet in May and sparked an international outcry. His parents said he'd throw tantrums every time they tried to stop him from lighting up. | | Friday, 3 September 2010 10:38:22 |
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| 5) Indonesia urged to increase anti-piracy patrols | | An international maritime group urged Indonesia on Thursday to increase patrols in the South China Sea after pirates attacked nine vessels in less than three weeks. | | Thursday, 2 September 2010 08:11:57 |
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| 7) Indonesian volcano spews new burst of ash | | An Indonesian volcano that was quiet for four centuries shot a new, powerful burst of hot ash more than 10,000 feet (three kilometers) in the air Friday, sending frightened residents fleeing to safety for the second time this week. | | Sunday, 29 August 2010 03:50:07 |
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| 8) Deep-sea images reveal colorful life off Indonesia | | Scientists using cutting-edge technology to explore waters off Indonesia were wowed by colorful and diverse images of marine life on the ocean floor — including plate-sized sea spiders and flower-like sponges that appear to be carnivorous. | | Thursday, 26 August 2010 09:32:08 |
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| 9) 21 suspected militants go on trial in Indonesia | | Twenty-one suspected Islamist militants went on trial Thursday on charges of plotting attacks on foreign aid workers and others in Indonesia's Aceh province following a deadly tsunami. | | Thursday, 26 August 2010 00:01:15 |
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| 10) Indonesian train now has women-only carriages | | As the train rattled into Indonesia's capital, 19-year-old Wiwit Wahyuningsih leaned back in a soft, pink-cushioned seat in a carriage newly designated exclusively for women. | | Friday, 20 August 2010 06:26:42 |
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| 11) Indonesia's coral reefs dying at alarming rate | | Coral that survived the 2004 tsunami is now dying at one of the fastest rates ever recorded because of a dramatic rise in water temperatures off northwestern Indonesia, conservationists said, warning Wednesday that the threat extends to other reefs across Asia. | | Wednesday, 18 August 2010 13:35:08 |
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| 13) Warning: All animals at Indonesian zoo in danger | | All of the animals at Indonesia's largest zoo — many of them critically endangered — could be dead within five years unless strong action is taken to change the culture of neglect and corruption that permeates the facility, a zoo official said Saturday. | | Saturday, 14 August 2010 07:40:01 |
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| 14) 'Eat Pray Love' fortuneteller hospitalized | | The Balinese fortuneteller featured in Elizabeth Gilbert's best-selling memoir "Eat Pray Love" has been hospitalized because of a heart ailment — just days before a movie adaptation starring Julia Roberts hits U.S. theaters, his doctor said Thursday. | | Thursday, 12 August 2010 09:41:49 |
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| 15) Singapore's SingTel 2Q profit drops 0.2 percent | | Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. said its profit dropped slightly last quarter as higher revenue from its local and Australian mobile operations offset lower earnings in India, the Philippines and Indonesia. | | Thursday, 12 August 2010 04:26:08 |
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| 16) New research suggests orangutans not so solitary | | When British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace arrived in Borneo's jungles 150 years ago, one of his great hopes was to see orangutans. Even he was surprised at his success, spotting the red apes feeding along river banks, swinging between branches, and staring down from trees almost the moment he arrived. | | Thursday, 12 August 2010 00:06:49 |
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| 17) Terrorism charges filed against Indonesian cleric | | Indonesia's best-known radical cleric was charged Wednesday with helping plan terrorist attacks in the world's most populous Muslim nation — a crime that carries a maximum penalty of death, police said. | | Wednesday, 11 August 2010 10:14:31 |
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| 20) Radical Indonesian cleric arrested in terror plot | | A radical Islamic cleric was back in jail Monday after police said they had evidence he not only inspired al-Qaida linked militants with his fiery sermons but helped set up a new terror cell that was plotting attacks on hotels and embassies in Indonesia's capital. | | Monday, 9 August 2010 02:55:42 |
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| 21) Indonesia volcano spews lava, gas; 4 feared dead | | One of Indonesia's most active volcanos erupted Friday, sending lava and a searing gas cloud tumbling down its slopes. At least four family members were swept away and feared dead, officials said, and several others were badly hurt. | | Friday, 6 August 2010 11:01:33 |
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| 22) Indonesian cargo ships collide; 9 missing | | Rescuers saved 11 people, including a 1-year-old girl, from choppy waters off central Indonesia but searched Thursday for nine others still missing from a ship that sank after colliding with another cargo vessel. | | Thursday, 5 August 2010 11:59:09 |
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| 24) Religion News in Brief | | The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America lost almost 91,000 members and 48 congregations last year, but saw a slight increase in per-congregant giving. | | Wednesday, 4 August 2010 18:33:20 |
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