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Bali volcano alert raised to highest level
Fears of an imminent major eruption of Bali's Mount Agung have increased and the evacuation zone around the volcano has been widened. Indonesian authorities have raised the state of alert to its highest level. The island's airport has now closed, leaving thousands stranded in the tourist hotspot. Authorities say dark smoke and ash have been billowing up to 3,400m (11,150ft) above the mountain's summit, which has also been emitting fire.
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Mount Agung eruption imminent on Bali island
Thousands of people living near the Mount Agung volcano on Bali have been ordered to evacuate as fears of an eruption continue to grow. Residents living within a 10km radius have been told to leave the area as Mount Agung might erupt for the first time in 54 years. So far, about 40,000 people have been evacuated, almost half of the planned 100,000 people that are supposed to move because of the risk of an eruption.
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Earthquake hits Indonesia's Java island, deaths reported
A strong earthquake shook the Indonesian capital Thursday and other cities on the country’s most populous island of Java, killing an unknown number of people amid reports of collapsed buildings.
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Jakarta Is Sinking So Fast, It Could End Up Underwater
Rasdiono remembers when the sea was a good distance from his doorstep, down a hill. Back then he opened the cramped, gaily painted bayside shack he named the Blessed Bodega, where he and his family sell catfish heads, spiced eggs and fried chicken. It was strange, Rasdiono said. Year by year, the water crept closer. The hill gradually disappeared. Now the sea loomed high over the shop, just steps away, held back only by a leaky wall.
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Bali beaches buried in rubbish as Indonesia battles oceans of plastic
It's the monsoon season, which means Bali's iconic beach in Kuta is vomiting rubbish.
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Groups call for shutdown of brutal Indonesia animal markets
Campaigners are calling for the closure of Indonesian animal markets touted as tourist attractions where dogs are bludgeoned by the thousands and blow-torched alive. One of the markets on the island of Sulawesi, known as Tomohon Extreme Market, was previously listed on TripAdvisor as a top attraction until animal welfare groups complained. Local tour operators and officials continue to promote the markets as destinations.
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Queen Maxima battles the elements in Indonesia
The Argentine-born royal, 46, giggled as a sudden breeze blew her hair into disarray while meeting farmers in Sumatra's Lampung province, Indonesia, on Monday.
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Indonesia issues volcanic ash flight warnings after Mount Sinabung erupts
Indonesia has raised flight warnings around the Mount Sinabung volcano to their highest level after it sent a plume of ash more than 7km (4.4 miles) into the air, turning day into night for people nearby. Areas around the crater of the volcano, located about 1,900km north-west of the capital, Jakarta, on the island of Sumatra have been off-limits for several years because of frequent volcanic activity.
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Indonesia's Mount Sinabung Volcano Erupted Today and the Photos Are Spooky as Hell
The photos and video emerging from the Indonesian island of Sumatra right now are absolutely terrifying. Thankfully, no one has been hurt, but the smoke and ash bubbling from Mount Sinabung after an eruption earlier today is like watching some kind of mythical monster slowing taking over the sky. By Matt Novak.
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Mount Sinabung Erupts
School children walk as Mount Sinabung erupts in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Feb.19,2018
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'Plastic, plastic, plastic': British diver films sea of rubbish off Bali
A British diver has captured shocking images of himself swimming through a sea of plastic rubbish off the coast of the Indonesian tourist resort of Bali. A short video posted by diver Rich Horner on his social media account and on YouTube shows the water densely strewn with plastic waste and yellowing food wrappers, the occasional tropical fish darting through the deluge.
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Sinking Shoreline Threatens Millions in Indonesia
Nur Anisa Rahmadani has to wade through shin-deep seawater to get to her primary school in Pantai Bahagia village on the north coast of Indonesia's Java island.
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Rising Above Scenic Mount Cereme
A farmer tends to an onion crop on the slopes of Mount Cereme, Majalengka, West Java, Indonesia.
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Indonesia Threatens to Shut Down Facebook If Privacy Breached
An Indonesian cabinet member has threatened to shut down Facebook Inc. if there is any evidence the personal data of citizens is being harvested or the social media giant fails to crack down on "fake news" during upcoming elections. Amid continuing fallout over revelations the data of 50 million Facebook users was obtained by a firm that helped U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign, there’s growing fears in Indonesia that its presidential race could be corrupted.
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'It's hard being white': Indonesia's albino village
An isolated village in western Java has possibly one of the highest rates of albinism in Indonesia — and nobody seems to know why.
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Exclusive New Video From Greenpeace Reveals Massive Deforestation in Indonesia
A palm oil supplier to Mars, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever is destroying rainforests in Papua, Indonesia, a new investigation by Greenpeace International has revealed. Satellite analysis suggests that around 4,000 hectare of rainforest were cleared in PT Megakarya Jaya Raya concession between May 2015 and April 2017—an area almost half the size of Paris.
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Calls for death penalty for Islamic cleric 'behind Indonesia attacks'
Indonesian prosecutors today demanded the death penalty for a radical Islamic cleric who is accused of ordering attacks across the country. Aman Abdurrahman, who police believe is a key ideologue for Islamic State militants in Indonesia, is accused of orchestrating a January 2016 suicide bombing and gun attack in the capital Jakarta that killed four civilians and four attackers.
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Mesjid Dian Al Mahri - Mesjid Berkubah Emas
Masjid Dian Al Mahri adalah sebuah masjid yang dibangun di tepi jalan Raya Meruyung-Cinere Kecamatan Limo, Depok, Jawa Barat. Masjid ini selain sebagai sebagai tempat ibadah sholat bagi umat muslim sehari-hari, kompleks masjid ini juga dapat berfungsi menjadi kawasan wisata keluarga yan menarik perhatian banyak orang karena kubah-kubahnya yang dibuat dari emas.
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A woman went to check her corn — and was swallowed by a python
For the second time in barely more than a year, an Indonesian villager has been swallowed whole by a python. Wa Tiba, 54, left her home on Muna island to visit her cornfield Thursday night, according to the Jakarta Post. The field was about a half mile from her house, surrounded by cliffs, caves and a certain number of reticulated pythons, the longest snakes in the world.
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Why no-one speaks Indonesia's language
Bahasa Indonesia was adopted to make communication easier across the vast Indonesian archipelago, but its simplicity has only created new barriers.
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