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Indonesian ferry sinks; 15 dead, some 230 rescued

AP - 1 hour 32 minutes ago

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Rescuers saved more than 230 people aboard an Indonesian passenger ferry that sank Sunday in rough waters off Sumatra island, but at least 15 people have died, officials said. More »

  • Scores dead as Indonesian ferry sinks

    Scores dead as Indonesian ferry sinks

    AFP - 1 hour 33 minutes ago

    JAKARTA (AFP) - - Twenty-one people were killed and another 232 were plucked to safety after a ferry sank in heavy seas off Indonesia's Sumatra island on Sunday, an official said.

  • Indonesian ferry sinks; 9 dead, some 230 rescued

    AP - 2 hours 55 minutes ago

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - Rescuers saved more than 230 people aboard an Indonesian passenger ferry that sank Sunday in rough waters off Sumatra island, but at least nine people have died, an official said.

  • Overloaded Indonesian ferry sinks; 4 dead, most survive

    Reuters - Monday, November 23

    By Karima Anjani

  • Indonesian passenger ferry sinks with 242 aboard

    AP - Monday, November 23

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - An Indonesian passenger ferry with almost 250 people aboard sank in rough waters off Sumatra island Sunday, killing at least one, police said, while a second ferry ran aground in nearby waters.

  • Report: Indonesian passenger ferry sinks with 228

    AP - Sunday, November 22

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian television says a passenger ferry with more than 200 people onboard sank in rough waters near Sumatra island.

  • Indonesia seizes 75 tons of explosive material

    AP - Saturday, November 21

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - Officials say they have confiscated 75 tons of an explosive material being shipped from Malaysia to Indonesia and are investigating possible links to terrorism.

  • Clerics cringe as Indonesians flock to doomsday film

    Clerics cringe as Indonesians flock to doomsday film

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    JAKARTA (AFP) - - Hollywood's latest doomsday offering "2012" has caused a storm in Indonesia, with conservative clerics condemning it Thursday as a "provocation against Islam".

  • Jakarta halts deforestation in Sumatra's Kampar Peninsula

    Jakarta halts deforestation in Sumatra's Kampar Peninsula

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    JAKARTA (AFP) - - Environmentalists claimed a small victory on Thursday after Indonesia ordered one of the country's biggest pulp and paper companies to halt forest clearing in the Kampar Peninsula.

  • Indonesia sending 1,125 peacekeepers to Lebanon

    AP - Friday, November 20

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia is deploying more peacekeepers to Lebanon to join a U.N. mission monitoring a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah militants.

  • Indonesia's anti-terrorism unit warns of new cells

    Reuters - Friday, November 20

    By Olivia Rondonuwu

  • Indonesia must free flag protesters: rights group

    Indonesia must free flag protesters: rights group

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    JAKARTA (AFP) - - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should intervene to free three Papuan protesters sentenced to years in prison for raising a separatist flag, a rights group said Thursday.

  • Indonesia urged to free imprisoned flag wavers

    AP - Thursday, November 19

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia should release three men imprisoned for raising a banned separatist flag because the harsh punishment undermines the country's democratic values, a prominent rights groups said Thursday.

  • Indonesia deports journalists covering Greenpeace

    AP - Thursday, November 19

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia has deported two foreign journalists covering a Greenpeace demonstration against forest destruction on the western island of Sumatra _ bringing to 15 the number of people kicked out of the country over the protest.

  • Corruption scandal tests Indonesia's Yudhoyono

    Corruption scandal tests Indonesia's Yudhoyono

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    JAKARTA (AFP) - - Indonesian leader Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is days away from a decision on a corruption scandal that will test his election pledge to fight rampant graft and possibly define his presidency.

  • Sri Lankan refugees sit at a detention center in Tanjung Pinang on the Indonesian Island of Bintan after transported from a ship Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Dozens of Sri Lankan asylum seekers on Wednesday left an Australian customs vessel anchored off Indonesia, ending a monthlong standoff about where to settle a rising number of people fleeing countries of conflict. (AP Photo/Saefulloh)

    Standoff with Sri Lankan asylum seekers ends

    AP - Thursday, November 19

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - Dozens of Sri Lankan asylum seekers on Wednesday left an Australian customs vessel anchored off Indonesia after they were promised they would be resettled, ending a monthlong standoff.

  • Asylum seekers leave Australian ship

    Asylum seekers leave Australian ship

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    TANJUNG PINANG, Indonesia (AFP) - - Dozens of Sri Lankan asylum seekers left an Australian customs ship in Indonesia on Wednesday, ending a three-week protest over their claims for refugee status.

  • Indonesian commission lays blame on police

    Indonesian commission lays blame on police

    AFP - Wednesday, November 18

    JAKARTA (AFP) - - Indonesia's president should censure senior police and prosecutors accused of leading a conspiracy against the anti-corruption agency, an independent fact-finding team recommended Tuesday.

  • Indonesia leader urged to make anti-graft reforms

    AP - Wednesday, November 18

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - A presidential fact-finding team has advised Indonesia's leader to initiate deep reforms to tackle corruption after it found that senior law enforcers tried to frame anti-graft officials on fabricated charges of bribery and blackmail.

  • Indonesia detains 41 more Afghan migrants

    AP - Monday, November 16

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian officials say they have detained a group of 41 Afghan asylum seekers suspected of trying to reach Australia.

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