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Four more bodies recovered from collapsed tunnel
The bodies of four more victims of a tunnel collapse at the Big Gossan underground training facility at the PT Freeport Indonesia mine have been recovered by the company's Emergency Response Group (ERG).The victims were identified as Aris Tikupasang, Hengki Hendambo, Jhoni Tulak and Viktor Sanger.Jhoni's body was brought out at around 10 p.m. local time on Saturday; it was subsequently ...
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Police criticized for detaining cop with fat bank accounts
The National Police Commission (Kompolnas) has deplored the measures taken by the National Police (Polri) which has detained a low-ranking police officer Adj.First Insp. (Aiptu) Labora Sitorus with fat bank accounts. It is also considered by the commission that Polri has exaggerated the number of transactions Labora has made."There has been a public falsehood here. There is data, concerning ...
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Pakistan holds re-vote in Karachi despite killing
In this undated photo released by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI, Movement for Justice) party press office in Karachi, Zohra Shahid, center, a senior member of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh, poses with unidentified women at an unknown location in Pakistan. Police said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Shahid outside her home on ...
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Video Indonesia healthcare buckling under strain
As Indonesia scrambles to implement universal health care reforms, crowded hospitals in Jakarta feel the brunt, faced with more patients than they can handle. Sarah Charlton ...
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History tour held to mark 15th anniversary of May riots
R. Subiyanto, 68, (left), shows a picture of his son who died during the May 1998 riots, in the commemoration of the tragedy in front of Djarum Mei monument in Kampung Jati Selatan, Klender, East Jakarta, on Sunday. To commemorate the 1998 tragedy and the 15th anniversary of the reform movement in Indonesia, the National Commission on Violence against Women held a tour to a number of key sites ...
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Tanzania Shein Roots for Strong Ties With Indonesia Denmark
President Ali Mohamed Shein has said that Zanzibar needs stronger relations with development partners including Indonesia and Demark to achieve its development goals. In separate meeting with Indonesia ambassador Mr Zakaria Anshar, and Denmark envoy Mr Johnny Flento, Shein said Zanzibar has been recording admirable progress in development programmes but support remains important. According to ...
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Universal ideals camaraderie bind Indo-StarTrek
Growing up with the Cold War, the space race and watching men landing on the Moon, Berthold Sinaulan found himself captivated when he first saw Star Trek on television."I was a junior high school student when I saw the show, then aired by [government broadcast company] TVRI. It was on a black-and-white television, but it was very colorful to me," 54-year-old Berthold told The Jakarta ...
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Indonesia and Singapore: model of inter-dependence?
Indonesia is a regional power in South East Asia, but lacks the development and economic wealth of smaller nations, such as the tiny state of Singapore. Hence, it makes sense for the two countries to cooperate closely with one another as Indonesia has natural resources Singapore needs and Singapore has the financial strength Indonesia needs.
Indonesia is the sleeping giant of South East Asia. With a population of 288 million, a land mass the size of Mexico and territorial waters that could fill half of China, it’s an immense country and a regional power within the geopolitical organization known as ASEAN (the Association of South East Asian Nations). Indonesia takes up almost half the area occupied by the ASEAN countries and accounts for one third of its GDP. Read more
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