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Indonesian rescuers race to find 12 missing after eruption
AFP, Published on 05/12/2023
» AGAM (INDONESIA) - Hundreds of Indonesian rescuers were racing Tuesday to find a dozen hikers who went missing after a volcano eruption killed 11 people.
Hikers evacuated as Indonesia volcano spews ash tower
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» PADANG (INDONESIA) - A volcano in western Indonesia erupted Sunday, belching a column of ash around three kilometres into the sky and forcing the evacuation of dozens of hikers, officials said.
Indonesia firefighters extinguish deadly fuel storage depot fire
AFP, Published on 04/03/2023
» JAKARTA - At least 14 people were killed and dozens injured in Indonesia's capital Friday, after a massive blaze broke out at a state-run fuel storage depot before firefighters brought it under control, the military said.
EU begins vaccine rollout as new virus strain spreads
AFP, Published on 26/12/2020
» PARIS - The European Union began a vaccine rollout Saturday, even as countries in the bloc were forced back into lockdown by a new strain of the virus, believed to be more infectious, that continues to spread from Britain.
Raincoats and donations: Indonesia's doctors battle virus surge
AFP, Published on 16/04/2020
» Reduced to sharing goggles and cheap raincoats, Indonesia's under-equipped doctors are battling a tide of coronavirus infections that is overwhelming its creaky health-care system -- and killing their colleagues.
Indonesian air traffic controller hailed as quake hero
AFP, Published on 30/09/2018
» JAKARTA: An Indonesian air traffic controller is being posthumously hailed as a hero for refusing to leave his post despite devastating earthquakes so that he could guide a passenger jet safely off the ground.