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      More lava spills from Indonesian volcano

      Posted by Billbar from Reuters

      Lava flowed on Friday from Indonesia's rumbling Mount Merapi, which experts say could erupt at anytime. Several thousand people have moved away from Gunung Merapi -- or Fiery Mountain -- which has been simmering for weeks, but officials put the total number of residents on and near the country's most active volcano at around 14,000.

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      Indonesian volcano spews smoke and lava

      Posted by Billbar from MSNBC

      Mount Merapi is spewing smoke and lava, and scientists warn it could erupt anytime. Authorities have been ordered to prepare for the possible evacuation of the thousands of people who live close to Merapi, which last erupted in 1992, sending out a searing cloud of gas that burned 60 people to death. About 1,300 people were killed when it erupted in 1930.

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    • Massive fraud hits tsunami aid

      Posted by Billbar from Times Online

      “We calculate that 30% to 40% of all the aid funds, Indonesian and international, have been tainted by graft,” said Akhiruddin Mahjuddin, an accountant. The betrayal is all the more cruel because it has been committed, in the main, by the Acehnese themselves.

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      Tame Playboy sparks excitement in Muslim Indonesia

      Posted by Billbar from Go.reuters

      Although the pictures inside showed less skin than U.S. issues 50 years ago, copies were being passed from desk to desk in Jakarta offices, high demand was reported, and newspapers and broadcasters dwelt at length on the Indonesian issue. No nipples were exposed in the photos, let alone anything approaching full nudity.

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      Papua protest leaves four dead

      Posted by Billbar from BBC News

      Protesters outside the university in the provincial capital, Jayapura, are demanding the closure of a huge gold mine in Indonesia's Papua province and have beaten to death three policemen and a soldier.

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