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- Japanese ship foils pirate attack
  Posted by Billbar from Guardian UK
  An attempted pirate attack on a Japanese cargo vessel off Indonesia on Tuesday has alarmed shipping companies plying the Malacca Strait, a bottleneck where about half of the world's traded oil passes.
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- Two trapped after Indonesia volcano erupts
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  Rescuers dug through volcanic debris Thursday to reach two people trapped when Mt. Merapi, Indonesia's most volatile volcano, erupted, nearly enveloping a village with a searing gas cloud and forcing thousands of residents to flee.
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- The man who browbeat Rumsfeld.
  Posted by Billbar from Slate
  Yesterday, Donald Rumsfeld found himself in an unusual position for an American secretary of defense: being browbeaten publicly by the defense minister of Indonesia. He—and other American Cabinet officers—had better get used to this treatment.
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- Indonesian quake death toll passes 4,300
  Posted by Billbar from Yahoo News!
  After sleeping outside in streets and fields, Indonesian earthquake survivors scavenged their wrecked villages Sunday for food, clothing and anything of use as the death toll rose to more than 4,300. Some 200,000 people were left homeless. Waves of aftershocks compounded the terror of the magnitude-6.3 quake, which flattened villages and towns on densely populated Java island early Saturday.
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- UN pulls staff from E Timor chaos
  Posted by Billbar from BBC News
  About 390 people will be flown out, starting this weekend, leaving about 50 staff to keep the UN mission to East Timor (Unmiset) running. Militias armed with guns and machetes have rampaged though the capital, Dili, torching houses and vehicles. Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri said the country was facing a coup attempt, but did not know who was behind it.
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- Quake kills at least 2,900 in Indonesia
  Posted by Billbar from Yahoo News!
  A powerful earthquake flattened homes and hotels in central Indonesia early Saturday as people slept, killing at least 2,900 and injuring thousands more in the nation's worst disaster since the 2004 tsunami. The magnitude-6.2 quake struck at 5:54 a.m. near the ancient city of Yogyakarta, 250 miles east of the capital, Jakarta. It was centered about six miles below the surface.
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- Merapi volcano erupts with gas and ash
  Posted by Billbar from Reuters
  Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupted with clouds of hot gas and rained ash on surrounding areas on Monday, sending some nearby villagers who had been reluctant to leave scurrying for safety.
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Indonesia

Japanese ship foils pirate attack

Two trapped after Indonesia volcano erupts

The man who browbeat Rumsfeld.

Indonesian quake death toll passes 4,300

UN pulls staff from E Timor chaos

Quake kills at least 2,900 in Indonesia

Merapi volcano erupts with gas and ash

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