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Papuans Observe Fifth Anniversary Of Arrest
Source: AlterNet.org

Papuans are demonstrating in Jakarta over the fifth year anniversary of the arrest of a Papuan demonstrators. The crime for which the demonstrators were arrested five years ago was hoisting a Papuan flag in public.

Greenpeace: Indonesian Sinar Mas logging and palm oil company, "climate criminal"
Source: Greenpeace News

Greenpeace activists demanding a logging halt were attacked when they led a peaceful protest at the headquarters of Indonesia's largest logging and palm oil company, the Sinar Mas Group, in Jakarta today.

Quake sparks tsunami alert, panic in Indonesia
Source: msnbc.com

A powerful earthquake caused buildings to sway in Indonesia's capital Wednesday and prompted a regional tsunami alert.

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Bomber not dead, say Indonesians
Source: BBC News

DNA tests identified the man as one of Noordin's accomplices in the attacks on the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta on 17 July, police said.

Jakarta Hotel Bombings & Indonsian Security

For many years I havelived and worked in Indonesia and find the People & the Country are very beautiful and humble. However the security risk that all foreigners face is real as Indonesia has no real control over any security forces wether public or private.

Hotel explosives 'identical' to Bali - NewsRunner
Source: newsrunner.com

Explosive material recovered from the scene of two suicide bombings at hotels in the Indonesian capital is "identical" to that used by the Southeast Asian terrorist network Jemaah Islamiah in earlier attacks, police say.

Fugitive terrorist linked to Jakarta bomb attacks
Source: Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed

Suspicions hardened yesterday that the fugitive leader of a southeast Asian terrorist group masterminded suicide bomb attacks on two hotels in Indonesia's capital of Jakarta that killed seven people.

Bali suspect linked to Jakarta bombings
Source: newsrunner.com

Jakarta bombings "clearly linked" to Bali Three Australians killed in strikes Families prepare to identify bodies 'I heard the second one go off' End of terror-free years THE deadly twin hotel bombings in Jakarta were "clearly linked" to a Malaysian-born extremist wanted for the …

Hardliners suspected of re-energizing Jemaah Islamiah | International | Reuters
Source: Reuters

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The splintered radical Islamic Jemaah Islamiah is widely suspected of carrying out Friday's bombings in Jakarta, with one security report predicting only a day earlier that the group may be poised to strike.

JW Marriott & Ritz-Carlton hotels bombs kill 9, wound 42: Reuters
Source: Reuters

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Near-simultaneous bomb blasts ripped through the JW Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta's business district on Friday, killing nine people and wounding 42 others including foreign businessmen, police said.

East Java: Muslims block the construction of a home for disabled children
Source: Asianews

Local Islamic groups fear it is a "front" for proselytizing. The house was designed by a well-known secular women's group that cares for autistic children, with mental retardation and multiple disabilities.

BERNAMA - Susilo Claims Enemies Dabbling In Black Magic
Source: bernama.com

JAKARTA, July 4 (Bernama) -- Incumbent president and presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is facing, yet another 'adversary', apart from a challenge by a vice-president and a former president in the run-up to the presidential elections on July 8.

World's poor overwhelmed by rubbish
Source: Guardian Unlimited

dramatic scenes of garbage defining life for our slumdwellers in many of our cities

Landslide at Indonesian mine kills 4; 11 missing
Source: msnbc.com

A landslide at a gold mine killed four workers and left 11 missing on the Indonesian island of Lombok, a Health Ministry official said Sunday.

Rare rhino calves found in Indonesian jungle
Source: Yahoo! News

The Javan rhino, which is distinguished by its small size, single horn and loose skin folds, is likely the most endangered large mammal on the planet, according to WWF.

Barack Obama Never Affiliated with Islam - Associated Press Provides Facts
Source: danielpipes.org

I know that Obama supporters will dismiss this because it will seriously look like "egg" on their face for stating that they the media and Republicans are providing these lies but the Associated Press uncovered this registration document from the school that Barack Obama (Barry S …

AFP: Indonesia to execute Bali bombers in Nov
Source: Agence-France Presse

JAKARTA (AFP) — Indonesia said on Friday it will execute the three convicted Bali bombers in early November after years of delays, raising fears of a violent backlash from their radical Islamist supporters.

Christian Students Driven Off-Campus By Radical Islamists
Source: FOXNews.com

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Hundreds of Christian theology students have been living in tents since a mob of angry Muslim neighbors stormed their campus last month wielding bamboo spears and hurling Molotov cocktails.

Skateboard police to fight traffic jams in Indonesian capital
Source: en.rian.ru

Traffic police on skateboards will began patrolling the Indonesian capital from July 1, the Koran Tempo newspaper reported on Friday.

(Graphic Photo) 'Tree Man' Gets Second Chance at Life
Source: ABC News

Dede Koswara, popularly known across Indonesia as "Tree Man," has been living in a tropical hospital for months, where a team of doctors has been sawing away at the barklike growths that have slowly encased his entire body.

Indonesia spray paints commuters
Source: BBC News

Rush-hour trains in Jakarta are sometimes so packed that people are forced to hang in the open doorways - clinging to life by their fingertips. Another option is to get up on the roof and crouch below the black electric pylons until you reach your stop.

Colour Spray to Help Nab Indonesian Train Roof Riders
Source: Times of India

Indonesian commuters riding on the roofs of trains will be sprayed with coloured liquid so that security officers can identify and arrest them, a report said Saturday.

Train roof riders fear deterrent to dye for
Source: CNN

The risk of being jolted by 1,500 volts of electricity hasn't scared them off. Neither have fears of falling off the speeding electric trains.

Train roof riders to be sprayed
Source: Reuters

"Indonesian commuters riding on the roofs of trains will be sprayed with colored liquid so that security officers can identify and arrest them, a report said Saturday.

Tree man 'who grew roots' may be cured
Source: Telegraph

An Indonesian fisherman who feared that he would be killed by tree-like growths covering his body has been given hope of recovery by an American doctor - and Vitamin A.

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