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Saturday, December 27, 2014

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Floodwaters start to recede, aid distribution lacking

The floods in Bandung, West Java, and Cilacap, Central Java, have begun receding, but a large number of evacuees have yet to receive assistance from local administrations.

Decade later, Aceh moves on

Tears are shed, prayers cited as survivors of the 2004 tsunami, along with the loved ones of victims and former relief volunteers from around the world, gathered to mark the…

Graft blocks war on illegal fishing

A meeting held between the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has shed light on potential graft that may hamper the ministry’s efforts to tackle…

A decade on, Aceh raking over the ashes

Exactly 10 years ago, modern history’s biggest natural disaster struck the Indian Ocean and nowhere was the devastation and loss of life worse than in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam.

RI observes peaceful Xmas

The country observed a peaceful Christmas on Thursday, which was marked by an unusually large number of Muslim government officials publicly sending “Merry Christmas” wishes to Christians nationwide, a move…

Sri Lanka train guard mourns tsunami dead 10 years on

Wanigaratne Karunatilleke knew nothing about tsunamis before a wave of water slammed into his train on the Sri Lankan coast a decade ago, killing more than a thousand people.

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