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Indonesian tsunami hits small hoteliers hard

Lilianti Bachtiar may abandon the hotel business completely after the tsunami that smashed into Indonesia’s Java coast recently, badly damaging her 26-room hotel. The killer…

Tsunami death toll hits 525

The death toll from a tsunami that hit the southern coast of Indonesia’s main island of Java on Monday has reached 525, according to the country’s national coordinating body for…

Search for tsunami survivors amid rising death toll

Rescuers on Tuesday desperately sifted through wreckage for survivors of a tsunami that killed more than 340 people and left scores missing when it slammed into Indonesia’s Java…

Australian troops bring calm to East Timor

East Timor’s capital was returning to normal on Friday after Australian troops took to the streets to restore order and stop bloody clashes between the Timorese military and…

Indonesia records 24th bird-flu death

An eight-year-old Indonesian girl who died last year has been confirmed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the nation’s 24th bird-flu fatality, a health ministry official…

‘Car jockeys’ cash in on Jakarta’s traffic snarl

Standing astride a fume-choked footpath in the Indonesian capital, her year-old baby perched on a hip, Dewi bin Suparno signals cars with a surreptitious finger. Suparno is among…

Indonesian police almost arrest top terror suspect

Indonesian police came close on Friday to arresting one of Asia’s most-wanted terror suspects, a police source said, as the hunt for the Bali bombing masterminds intensified. The…

Indonesia hunts Bali bomb suspects

Indonesian police on Monday were hunting the suspects who helped suicide bombers attack the resort of Bali, leaving at least 19 dead and raising fears of more violence from…

Indonesians rally to protest fuel-price hike

Hundreds of people rallied in a third day of demonstrations across Indonesia on Saturday to protest a government decision to more than double fuel prices to keep an economic…

Poor Jakartans say no to chicken as bird flu spreads

For many poor residents of Indonesia’s densely populated capital, Jakarta, having chicken on the dinner table is a luxury that seldom comes. Now many are forcing themselves to…

Quake toll soars as new panic causes flight

The death toll on earthquake-hit islands in north-west Indonesia soared to an estimated 1 300 on Friday as panic that another disaster was imminent sent thousands of people…