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Over 500 orangutans on trade in Indonesia annually

JAKARTA - More than 500 Kalimantan`s orangutans (Pongo Pygmaeus), one of the endangered species included in appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), are illegally traded in...

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Japanese tourists top list of tourist arrivals to Bali

DENPASAR, Bali - A total of 359,827 Japanese tourists visited Bali in 2008, accounting for 18.06 percent of the total number of foreign tourists coming to the resort island that year.The number of Japanese tourists visiting Bali last year represented a 2.21 percent increase...

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Mystery man gives away cash in New York

New York - He won't say his name, hides his face, and he hands out cash to anyone who asks in the middle of New York. The mystery benefactor known only as Bailout Bill sat Wednesday behind a counter in the heart of Times Square giving money to hundreds of people waiting in...

created by flankers-23 | 41 wks ago
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Malaysia to send 100,000 Indonesian workers home

KUALA LUMPUR - Nearly 100,000 Indonesian workers in Malaysia will be laid off and sent home by the end of the year as the economic downturn hits, a report said Wednesday.Malaysia has already banned the hiring of new foreign workers in factories, stores and restaurants due to...

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Eight named suspects after provincial speaker dies in mob attack

MEDAN, Indonesia - Eight protesters have been declared suspects by police and could face jail over a mob attack that caused the death of the speaker of a local parliament in Indonesia, police said Wednesday. Azis...

created by flankers-23 | 41 wks ago
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Worlds apart: Satellite spots exoplanet dubbed "sauna planet"

PARIS - An orbital French observatory has spotted a distant world beyond the Solar System -- similar in size to Earth but boilingly hot -- that could be dubbed a "sauna planet," astronomers reported on Tuesday.The exceptional find is just twice that size of Earth and may also...

created by flankers-23 | 41 wks ago
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Iraqi woman who recruited 80 suicide bombers arrested

Baghdad - Iraqi police have arrested a woman who has confessed to recruiting more than 80 female suicide bombers and who orchestrated dozens of attacks, a senior officer said on Tuesday.Samira Jassim, 51, admitted that she had mentally prepared the women for martyrdom...

created by flankers-23 | 41 wks ago
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University contributes 180 volunteers to help fight rabies

DENPASAR, Bali - Udayana University (Unud) has mobilized 180 volunteers comprising 150 students and 30 lecturers to take part in a drive to vaccinate people against rabies and round up stray dogs in Denpasar and Badung district."We are ready to mobilize even more volunteers,...

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Myanmar migrants say cast adrift by Thais: Indonesia navy

IDI RAYEUK, Indonesia - Myanmar boat people found off Indonesia said Tuesday they had been towed out to sea and set adrift by Thai forces, fuelling allegations which have severely embarrassed Bangkok.About 200 men from Myanmar's minority Muslim Rohingya community were found...

created by flankers-23 | 41 wks ago
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Seven missing mountain climbers found alive

BOGOR, West Java - Seven mountain climbers from Jakarta-based Yarsi University who had been reported missing were found alive by search and rescue (SAR) workers on top of Mount Salak in Bogor on Tuesday morning.Gunung Halimun Salak National Park (TNGHS) spokesman Bambang...

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Sarcophagus discovered in Gianyar

DENPASAR, Bali - Keramas Village in Gianyar subdistrict, Bali, discovered estimated 2.500 years old Sarcophagus, Sunday (Feb 1).This ancient article was discovered at Subak Abang, Keramas village, after the first one found on January 12, 2009.The 60 centimeters long and 57...

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Landslides kill six in Indonesia: police

JAKARTA - Six people have died in landslides triggered heavy rain on the main Indonesian island of Java, police said Saturday."We have found all six bodies. It was hard to find them as we only used hands and...

created by flankers-23 | 42 wks ago | updated 42 wks ago
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Javanese language is fading away these days

Semarang, C Java - In welcoming the international Mother Tongue Language Day on February 14, 2009, Javanese as a native language is getting abandoned by its society, an expert said."As a mother tongue, Javanese quality is fine, but its quantity is declining," an expert in...

created by flankers-23 | 42 wks ago
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Pelita Air helicopter crashes at Pondok Cabe Airport

TANGERANG, Indonesia - A helicopter of Pelita Air crashed at Pondok Cabe airport in South Jakarta at 10 on Thursday morning, an airport official has said. The official said two attendants of a gas station...

created by flankers-23 | 42 wks ago
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Mud deposit causes hot steam at Mataloko

Kupang (ANTARA News) - Hot steam rising at the geothermal power plant on Mataloko, Bajawa, Central Flores, which has caused more than 1,000 locals suffering respiratory problmes, could be triggered by mud deposit...

created by flankers-23 | 42 wks ago | updated 41 wks ago
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