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The Act of Killing forces Indonesia to confront its bloody past

 

Oscars Joshua Oppenheimer's film The Act of Killing, up for Best Documentary Feature at the Oscars 2014, shows the perpetrators of Indonesia's mass killings re-enacting their crimes

01 Mar 2014

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Australia's gone too far spying on shrimp trade talks, Indonesia says

 

Indonesian foreign minister says shrimp exports has nothing to do with security, spying was 'mind-boggling'

17 Feb 2014

Scuba divers found alive after three days adrift

 

Five of seven divers who went missing on Friday have been found alive drifting off the coast of a small island near Bali

17 Feb 2014

Seven Japanese female divers go missing near Bali

 

Relatives of the women arrive on the Indonesian island as poor weather complicates search efforts

17 Feb 2014

John Kerry: climate change world's 'most fearsome' weapon of mass destruction

 

US secretary of state compares climate change sceptics to people who believe the Earth is flat

16 Feb 2014

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Indonesians evacuate as volcano erupts

Thousands of people in Indonesia are evacuated after Mount Kelud on densely populated Java island erupted, spewing ash and gravel onto nearby towns and cities

14 Feb 2014

100,000 evacuated as Indonesia's Mount Kelud erupts

Three people killed, airports closed and skies blackened as Mount Kelud in Indonesia erupts twice in one day

14 Feb 2014

Last of the Sea Nomads

Photography The Bajau Laut are some of the world's last sea nomads but destructive fishing in the Coral Triangle is threatening their way of life. Photographer James Morgan captures this centuries-old Malay culture.

13 Feb 2014

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Australian drug smuggler Schapelle Corby released from Bali prison

Australian and beauty student and convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby hides her face as she is freed from prison in Bali, following a nine-year saga that has captivated the nation

10 Feb 2014

Mount Sinabung's deadly eruption

Indonesian volcano erupts one day after residents were allowed back into an exclusion zone.

03 Feb 2014

Sinabung volcano erupts killing 16

Emergency services work to recover bodies, after Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano erupts killing at least 16 people

02 Feb 2014

Death toll from Indonesian volcano rises

Mount Sinabung claims another two lives in Indonesia as charred remains of another victim found near volcano and critically injured student dies in hospital, taking the death toll to 16

02 Feb 2014

At least 14 dead in Indonesian volcano eruption

Group of four schoolchildren on sightseeing trip are among the dead, as ash clouds smother nearby villages

01 Feb 2014

Chinese New Year

Preparations for the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Horse, across Asia.

30 Jan 2014

Bridge collapses into Indonesian river

At least two children are killed when a bridge collapses over a river in Indonesia

22 Jan 2014

Dramatic footage of volcanic lightning

Multiple eruptions send lava and searing gas tumbling out of the volcano in North Sumatra, Indonesia

21 Jan 2014

Thousands displaced in Indonesia as torrential rains batter capital

Over 30,000 people have been evacuated from Jakarta after flood waters in some districts reached three metres deep

20 Jan 2014

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Volcano destroys crops and houses in Indonesia

Indonesia's Mount Sinabung continues to spew volcanic ash, destroying crops of residents who have been evacuated from their villages

07 Jan 2014

Indonesian police kill six suspected militants

Indonesia's counter-terrorism unit involved in gun battle with suspected militants on New Year's Eve, killing six and arresting another

01 Jan 2014

Commuter train bursts into flames in Indonesia

At least seven people are now believed to have died after a commuter train collided with a truck carrying fuel in Indonesia

09 Dec 2013

$1 trillion global trade deal reached

Deal to boost global trade approved by 159 member economies of World Trade Organisation

07 Dec 2013

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Volcano erupts in Indonesia

A volcano has erupted in Indonesia, sending hot ash spewing more than half a mile into the air

05 Dec 2013

Indonesia volcano spews smoke

One of Indonesia's most active volcanoes, Mount Sinabung, unleashes a huge plume of ash into the air as the government raises the alert status

25 Nov 2013

Locals flee as Indonesia volcano erupts eight times

Mount Sinabung, erupting intermittently since September, goes in to overdrive and rains rocks down from series of rapid explosions, forcing thousands to flee

24 Nov 2013

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Indonesia 'downgrading' Australia ties amid spying row

Indonesia could reduce its diplomatic personnel in Canberra as a result of the spying revelations

20 Nov 2013

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