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Indonesia suspects human trafficking is behind the increasing number of Rohingya refugees
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's government blames a surge in human trafficking for the increasing number of Rohingya Muslims that have entered the country over the past few weeks, the Indonesian president said Friday. President Joko Widodo said in a televised news conference...
Indonesia's youth clean up trash from waterways, but more permanent solutions are still elusive
BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — At a lake in the West Javan city of Bogor, children and teenagers paddle toward piles of floating trash, pick it up and store it in their kayaks, before passing it to friends sorting it onshore. The group of around 20 youngsters started off as a team of one,...
Indonesian maleo conservation faced setbacks due to development and plans for a new capital city
MAMUJU, Indonesia (AP) — A pair of tall birds with black feathers and pinkish breasts crossed a noisy road to reach a quiet part of a sandy tourist beach in the outskirts of Mamuju, a small town at the westernmost part of Indonesia’s Sulawesi island. There the maleos took turns...
Indonesia ends search for victims of eruption at Mount Marapi volcano that killed 23 climbers
BATU PALANO, Indonesia (AP) — The search has ended for any more victims among climbers who were caught by a weekend eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano that killed 23 people and injured several others, officials said Thursday. About 75 climbers started up the nearly...
More bodies found after sudden eruption of Indonesia's Mount Marapi, raising confirmed toll to 23
BATU PALANO, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia's Mount Marapi volcano found the last body of climbers who were caught by a surprise weekend eruption, raising the number of confirmed dead to 23, officials said Wednesday. About 75 climbers started...
UN warns that 2 boats adrift in the Andaman Sea with 400 Rohingya aboard desperately need rescue
BANGKOK (AP) — An estimated 400 Rohingya Muslims believed to be aboard two boats adrift in the Andaman Sea without adequate supplies could die if more is not done to rescue them, according to the U.N. refugee agency and aid workers. The number of Rohingya Muslims fleeing by boats...
Indonesia's Marapi volcano erupts for the second day, halting search for 12 missing climbers
PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities halted the search for 12 climbers after Mount Marapi volcano erupted again Monday, spewing a new burst of hot ash as high as 800 meters (2,620 feet) into the air, officials said. The bodies of 11 climbers were recovered earlier in the...
UN warns that 2 boats adrift in the Andaman Sea with 400 Rohingya aboard desperately need rescue
BANGKOK (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency on Monday sounded the alarm for about 400 Rohingya Muslims believed to be aboard two boats reported to be out of supplies and adrift in the Andaman Sea. The UNHCR is worried that all aboard could die without efforts to rescue them, said Babar...
Eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi strands and injures climbers and blankets villages with ash
PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's Mount Marapi erupted with white-and-gray ash plumes Sunday, stranding and injuring climbers and spreading volcanic ash over several villages. Two climbing routes were closed after the eruption and residents living on the slopes of Marapi were...
1 person is dead and 11 missing after a landslide and flash floods hit Indonesia's Sumatra island
MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers recovered the body of a man buried under tons of mud and rocks from flash floods and a landslide that crashed onto a hilly village on Indonesia’s Sumatra island. Officials said Sunday that 11 people are still missing. Tons of mud, rocks and trees...
