Second storm slams into northern Philippines
MANILA, Philippines - Typhoon Parma slammed into the Philippines on Saturday, ripping off roofs, toppling power pylons and swelling rivers in the country's mountainous north. At least two people were killed, an official said.
Nations:Philippines Taiwan Cambodia Indonesia Source:(AP)
2009-10-03
Quake landslides wipe out 4 villages in Indonesia
PADANG, Indonesia - At least four Indonesian villages were obliterated by earthquake-triggered landslides that buried as many as 644 people including a wedding party under mountains of mud and debris, officials said Saturday.
Nations:Indonesia Denmark Switzerland Netherlands South Korea Australia Source:(AP)
2009-10-03
Indonesian quake toll at 1,100, thousands missing
PADANG, Indonesia - As rescue workers searched for survivors in the wreckage of a four-story school Thursday, Mira Utami's mother clawed away, too -- looking for the shoes missing from her daughter's body. Mira was taking a high school English final when the quake hit, flattening the school in seconds and killing her a week before her 16th birthday.
Nations:Indonesia New Zealand Malaysia People:Barack Obama Source:(AP)
2009-10-01
2nd quake shakes Indonesia after temblor kills 529
PADANG, Indonesia - Rescue workers used excavators Thursday to pull out victims, some screaming in pain, from the heavy rubble of buildings felled by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 529 people. The death toll was expected to rise.
Nations:Indonesia New Zealand Singapore Malaysia Source:(AP)
2009-10-01
Federal officials rush to help tsunami victims
APIA, Samoa - Federal disaster officials say "tens of thousands" of people on American Samoa and Samoa will need their help after a lethal tsunami in the South Pacific.
Nations:New Zealand Indonesia U.S. Tonga Australia Source:(AP)
2009-09-30
DNA shows body of slain militant not Noordin Top
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A suspected militant slain during a 16-hour siege with counterterrorism forces last week was not Indonesia's most-wanted militant Noordin Muhammad Top, police said Wednesday.
Nations:Indonesia Source:(AP)
2009-08-12
Big quake hits off India's Andamans, no tsunami
PORT BLAIR, India (Reuters) - A major earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck in the Indian Ocean off India's Andaman Islands early on Tuesday, but a tsunami alert for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh was later canceled.
Nations:India Myanmar Thailand Indonesia Source:(Reuters)
2009-08-11
Indonesia police: bomb attacks have JI hallmark
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police said on Sunday that deadly attacks on two Jakarta hotels used the same methods and equipment as previous bombings by the militant Jemaah Islamiah group.
Nations:Indonesia Canada India Netherlands South Korea Source:(Reuters)
2009-07-19
Officials: Jakarta hotel blasts kill 9, wound 50
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A pair of powerful explosions at two luxury hotels killed nine and wounded at least 50 people in an upscale Jakarta neighborhood Friday morning, sending debris and glass flying onto the streets.
Nations:Indonesia Source:(AP)
2009-07-16
98 killed in Indonesian military plane crash
MAGETAN, Indonesia - An Indonesian military plane carrying troops and their families crashed into a row of houses and burst into flames Wednesday, killing at least 98 people, the latest in a string of accidents plaguing the beleaguered air force.
Nations:Indonesia Source:(AP)
2009-05-20
East Asia sets up emergency $120 bln fund for crisis
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Thirteen East and Southeast Asian countries agreed on Sunday to set up a $120 billion emergency fund for use in an economic downturn, the first independent move by Asia to shield itself from financial crisis.
Nations:Japan China Indonesia Cambodia Philippines South Korea Activities:Global Financial Crisis Source:(Reuters)
2009-05-03
Asia urged to rethink growth policies amid crisis
BALI, Indonesia - Asia's governments must spend more on social safety nets and reduce their reliance on export-driven growth as they grapple with an economic meltdown that will keep tens of millions trapped in poverty, finance officials said Sunday.
Nations:Japan China Uzbekistan Indonesia South Korea Nepal Activities:Global Financial Crisis Source:(AP)
2009-05-03
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