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/ 17 November 2005
A hooded Islamic militant thought to be one of Asia’s most wanted men has warned Western nations to expect more attacks in a video found in his slain colleague’s hideout and aired in Indonesia. A balaclava-clad man, believed by Vice President Jusuf Kalla to be Malaysian Noordin Mohammad Top, threatened Western nations in a recording recovered from the bomb-packed hideout.
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/ 5 September 2005
A Boeing 737-200 jetliner crashed on Monday into a densely populated suburb of the northern Indonesian city of Medan and burst into flames minutes after take-off, killing at least 137 people. The Mandala Airlines jet bound for Jakarta was carrying 117 passengers and crew when it slammed into the ground. At least 15 passengers survived.
Guarded optimism prevailed in the capital of Indonesia’s Aceh province after the signing on Monday of a peace pact that Acehenese hope will end nearly three decades of war and suffering. Thousands of people jostled for a glimpse of televisions beaming the signing ceremony in the Finnish capital, Helsinki.
Indonesian scientists have placed 11 volcanoes under close watch after a series of powerful quakes increased the chances of a major eruption. Tens of thousands spent a third night in temporary camps after fleeing the slopes of Mount Talang on Sumatra island, where hot ash has been raining down since Monday, more volcanoes began rumbling into life.
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/ 21 February 2005
Almost 150 people are believed to have died under hundreds of tonnes of garbage and earth when heavy seasonal rain unleashed a massive landslide in Indonesia on Monday, police said. The landslide struck in the early hours when people were asleep and flattened up to 70 homes built in the shadow of a dumpsite.
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/ 26 December 2004
At least 500 people were killed and hundreds more were missing and feared dead on Sunday after a huge earthquake off northern Indonesia triggered giant tidal waves and flash floods across western Asia. The quake, which Indonesian seismologists said measured 6,8 on the Richter scale, struck in the Indian ocean, southwest of Aceh province on Sumatra island, and unleashed massive destruction throughout the region.
Uncluttered by tenses, prepositions and grammatical quirks, Indonesia’s national tongue was once a gift to travellers who quickly grasped the basics. Now a bizarre passion for acronyms is threatening to engulf the language, leaving visitors and even locals lost in translation as more phrases are mangled into this ugly alphabet soup.