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The island that forever changed science
When we think of evolution, we think of Charles Darwin. Yet on a tiny, volcanic, Indonesian island, a little-known naturalist formulated a theory that would shape the world of science. The Indonesian island of Ternate, like its neighbour Tidore, is almost all volcano. It sprouts from the sea, an almost-perfect, yet truncated cone, wreathed in steamy clouds and fringed with a narrow strip of flatlands and beach that house an airport, a city and an around-the-island road.
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Malaysia joins Indonesia in attempted Starbucks boycott
Malaysia has joined Indonesia in an attempted boycott on giant coffee chain Starbucks over its support for LGBT rights. Last week Indonesia’s second-largest Muslim organisation in Indonesia, Muhammadiyah, urged followers to boycott Starbucks. Anwar Abbas, who made the calls for the boycott, also leads the semi-governmental Indonesian Ulema Council which is responsible for Halal certification in the country.
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Australian meat sales plunged 15pc over cattle cruelty, court told
Australian meat sales plunged 15 per cent due to public "revulsion" over animal cruelty in Indonesian abattoirs, a court has been told. Former agriculture minister Joe Ludwig's lawyers have argued their client's decision to suspend live cattle exports to Indonesia was necessary to protect the wider industry's reputation. Mr Ludwig ordered the suspension in 2011, following a Four Corners investigation.
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Indonesian woman, 30, hospitalised after 100 lashes for adultery
An Indonesian woman was hospitalised after a Sharia court inflicted her with 100 lashes because she dared to be near a man who was not her husband. Dressed in a Burberry-style headscarf, the 30-year-old can be seen kneeling on a public stage in Banda Aceh in front of a huge crowd. According to the barbaric Islamic law, which rules over the region, she was guilty of adultery for merely being in the presence of a man who she was not married to.
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Indonesia’s Owl Trade Jumps 10,000% Thanks To Harry Potter
You remember Hedwig from Harry Potter, right? – Harry Potter’s mail-fetching Owl companion. Well, a tragic downside to JK Rowling’s wizard phenomenon is the increase in wild-caught birds being used as pets – particularly Owls like Hedwig.
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Bali on high alert after tremors around Mount Agung volcano
Indonesian authorities have raised the alert level for Mount Agung volcano in Bali to its highest degree after a surge in seismic activity around the mountain sparked fears of an eruption. Approximately 10,000 villagers had left their homes around the volcano, officials said. It was the third time in little more than a week that the alert level had been raised.
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Fearing eruption, thousands in Bali flee from Mount Agung
Thousands of villagers on the Indonesian resort island of Bali huddled Saturday in temporary shelters, sports centers and with relatives, fearing Mount Agung will erupt for the first time in more than half a century. Authorities raised the volcano's alert status to the highest level Friday following a "tremendous increase" in seismic activity. Its last eruption in 1963 killed 1,100 people.
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Thousands flee 'imminent' Bali volcano eruption
Thousands of people are fleeing Bali's Mount Agung precinct in eastern Indonesia, with the volcano threatening to erupt at any moment. The warning was raised to the maximum level four on Friday night, which means a hazardous eruption is imminent for the first time in 54 years. This could happen within 24 hours.
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Indonesian official: More than 120,000 flee Bali volcano
More than 130,000 people have fled the region around the Mount Agung volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali, fearing it will soon erupt, an official said Thursday. The disaster mitigation agency's command post in Bali said the number of evacuees has swelled to about 134,200. The figure is more than double the estimated population within an immediate danger zone but people further away are leaving too.
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Indonesians eat defeated giant python
A giant python in Indonesia met an unfortunate end when it was eaten after it lost a battle with a local man. Security guard Robert Nababan encountered the snake on a palm oil plantation road in Sumatra's Batang Gansal district on Saturday. Mr Nababan tried to catch the python, reports say, which was 7.8m (26ft) long. It attacked him, and man and reptile fought until Mr Nababan killed it with the help of some villagers.
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Indonesian Keeper Dies After Penalty Area Collision
Choirul Huda, the keeper for Indonesian soccer team Persela FC, collided brutally with teammate Ramon Rodrigues while rushing forward on a ball in the 18-yard box. The collision left both players hurt, but Huda took the collision to his upper body—Rodrigues’s knee seems to drive Huda’s arm violently into the side of his head, and Huda is driven hard into the pitch. Huda’s condition deteriorated rapidly, and he was carried from the field and taken to the hospital, where he died early this morning.
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Declassified US files reveal new details of Indonesia's mid-60s mass killings
US had early, detailed and ongoing knowledge of anti-communist purge in which army and Muslim groups massacred hundreds of thousands
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US knew about Indonesia 1960s massacres
The US knew people were being "delivered for slaughter" during a political purge in Indonesia during the 1960s, declassified documents reveal. At least 500,000 people were killed between 1965 and 1966, after the army and local Muslim militia went on a rampage following an attempted coup. It was one of the worst massacres of the 20th century, but, at the time, Washington remained silent.
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No, US Didn’t ‘Stand By’ Indonesian Genocide—It Actively Participated
That’s a handy attitude to cultivate for the next time you want to sell a “humanitarian” war. By Jim Naureckas.
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Suspicion that LGBT rights are 'Western agenda' fuels Indonesian crackdown
Jakarta: Suspicion that gay rights is a "Western agenda" aimed at destroying Indonesian culture has helped fuel an unprecedented crackdown on the nation's LGBT community.
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Some Indonesian Guy Named Terens Puhiri Is Apparently The Fastest Man In The World
I don’t know much about Indonesian soccer, not even enough to be properly impressed when Wikipedia describes 21-year-old Borneo FC forward Terens Puhiri as “The Next Boaz Solossa,” but what I do know is what fast looks like. And this guy sure is fast.
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Indonesia fireworks factory explosion kills 30, injures dozens: official
Two explosions tore through a fireworks factory on the outskirts of Indonesia’s capital on Thursday, killing at least 47 people and injuring dozens. It was one of Indonesia’s worst industrial disasters and is likely to cast a new spotlight on lax afety standards in the Southeast Asian country, where rules are often ignored or weakly enforced.
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Bali volcano's alert status lowered after decreased activity
Indonesian authorities lowered the alert status of Bali's Mount Agung volcano from the highest level on Sunday, following a significant decrease in activity in recent days. More than 140,000 people fled the area around the mountain after its alert status was raised to the highest level on...
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One in five Indonesian students support Islamic caliphate: survey
Nearly 20 percent of high school and university students in Indonesia support the establishment of a caliphate in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country over the current secular government, a new survey showed this week.
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Indonesian Museum Removes Hitler Wax Model Following Public Outcry
Indonesia’s De ARCA Statue Art Museum in the city of Jogjakarta (Yogyakarta) has removed a Nazi-themed exhibit after receiving a large number of complaints from people across the globe. The museum exhibit showed a life-sized wax model of Adolf Hitler, the former Nazi dictator, standing near Auschwitz concentration camp. The exhibit also displayed the slogan “Arbeit Macht Frei” that appeared at the entrance of all Nazi camps where millions of people were killed.
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