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Migrant ship sinks off Indonesia; over 200 missing

Rescuers battled high waves on Sunday as they searched for 200 asylum seekers still missing after their wooden ship sank off Indonesia's main island of Java. So far only 33 people have been plucked al

Indonesian sharia stronghold 'rehabilitates' punks

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Indonesian sharia police are ‘morally rehabilitating’ more than 60 young punk rock fans in Aceh province on Sumatra island, saying the youths are tarnishing the province's image.

Since being arrested

Manmohan Singh meets Barack Obama

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama met on Friday and declared their intention to push the Indo-US cooperation both at bilateral and at multilateral forums.

Singh and Obama,

PM meets Wen; says India wants 'best of relations' with China

Weeks after war of words between India and China over the exploitation of South China Sea resources, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao met on Friday and agreed on th

Indonesia's Lion Air to buy 230 Boeing 737s

As private carriers in India continue to suffer from bad business weather, Indonesia's Lion Air has scored what's being touted as Boeing's biggest-ever commercial order, ever.

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Doctors pull 28 nails from Indonesian girl's body

Doctors in eastern Indonesia have removed the last of 28 nails found embedded in a three-year-old girl's legs and back in a horrific case some residents and officials blamed on witchcraft.

Doctors in

Strong quake causes panic in Indonesia's Bali

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A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Bali Thursday, causing panic in tourist areas as people fled buildings that cracked as they shook violently in the tremor.

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Plane wreck found in Sumatra, with hope for 18 on board

Rescuers held out hope on Friday that some of the 18 people aboard a plane that crashed in the mountains of western Indonesia may be alive, after spotting the aircraft intact with one of its doors ope

Military rescue helicopter missing in Indonesia

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A rescue helicopter was feared to have gone down in Indonesia's remote province of Papua during a mission to find two foreign pilots whose plane crashed, the military said Sunday.

The military choppe

Seven dead as ferry sinks in Indonesia

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Seven people were killed and several others were believed to be missing after a ferry sank in Indonesia on Saturday, an official said.

The ferry sank 15 miles (24 kilometres) from Kolaka in Southeast

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