Powerful Indonesian quake kills 7; dozens treated in hospitals, buildings severely damagedJAKARTA, Indonesia — A powerful earthquake in Indonesia has killed at least 7 people and injured dozens of others. Indonesia cancels tsunami warning after 7.3 magnitude quakeJAKARTA - Indonesia briefly issued a tsunami warning after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake Wednesday afternoon rocked Java Island, including the capital Jakarta, triggering panic among residents. Southern Indonesia rattled by strong quake followed by Tsunami alert
Strong quake jolts Indonesian capital, tsunami warning issuedJAKARTA - Indonesian authorities Wednesday issued a tsunami warning after an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale rocked Java island, including the capital Jakarta. Powerful earthquake makes buildings sway in Indonesian capitalJAKARTA, Indonesia — A powerful earthquake caused buildings to sway in Indonesia’s capital Wednesday, damaging buildings and prompting a regional tsunami alert, witnesses and media said. Indonesian police chief says terror suspect infiltrated national airline in attack plotJAKARTA, Indonesia — A suspect wanted in connection with hotel suicide bombings in the Indonesian capital infiltrated the national airline in a plot to carry out a “bigger attack,” the police chief said Monday. Death toll from Indonesian ship sinking rises to 19, up to 15 missing and presumed deadJAKARTA, Indonesia — The death toll from an Indonesian ferry accident two days ago has risen to 19, while the bodies of up to 15 missing people were believed to be trapped in the sunken ship, officials said Sunday. Overcrowded ferry sinks off Indonesia’s Borneo island; 10 dead, at least 12 missingJAKARTA, Indonesia — An overcrowded ferry sank in Indonesia, leaving 10 people dead and at least 12 others missing, police and media reports said Saturday. Overcrowded ferry sinks off Indonesia’s Borneo island; 5 dead, at least 18 missingJAKARTA, Indonesia — An overcrowded ferry sank off the coast of Indonesia, leaving five people dead and at least 18 others missing, police and media reports said Saturday. Indonesia police name suspect as possible courier of al-Qaida funds for hotel bomb attackJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian police on Tuesday widened their investigation into last month’s bombing of two Jakarta hotels, naming a suspect who may have served as a courier for al-Qaida to fund the attacks. Thieves kill rare tiger in Indonesian zoo, steal most of its bodyJAKARTA, Indonesia — A group of thieves killed an endangered tiger in an Indonesian zoo and stole most of its body, zoo officials said Sunday, a theft police suspect was motivated by the animal’s valuable fur and bones. Dump truck overturns, killing 25 Indonesian plantation workers and their familiesJAKARTA, Indonesia — A dump truck packed with more than 60 Indonesian plantation workers and their families overturned, killing at least 25 and injuring dozens, police and a doctor said Wednesday. At least three children were among the dead. 25 killed, 13 injured in Indonesia accidentJAKARTA - At least 25 people were killed and 13 injured when a truck packed with up to 100 people overturned and slipped into a ditch in Central Kalimantan province on the Indonesian part of Borneo Island, a media report said Wednesday. Indonesian police question suspects over possible al-Qaida funding in Jakarta hotel bombingsJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian police questioned two alleged Islamist militants Tuesday about possible al-Qaida links to twin suicide bombings in the capital last month that killed seven people, officials said. Quake jolts Indonesia’s West Sumatra, four injured (Second Lead)JAKARTA - An undersea earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale struck near the western coast of Sumatra Sunday, injuring at least four people, officials said. Report: Bus carrying workers for US mining giant Freeport in Indonesia attacked; 5 injuredJAKARTA, Indonesia — Gunmen fired Sunday at a bus carrying employees of U.S. mining giant Freeport in eastern Indonesia, injuring five, police and a news report said, in the latest in a series of attacks near the world’s largest gold mine that have killed three people. Powerful earthquake shakes western Indonesia, injuring 4JAKARTA, Indonesia — Witnesses and media say a powerful earthquake hit western Indonesia, toppling buildings, cutting electricity and causing at least several injuries. Strong, undersea quake strikes off IndonesiaJAKARTA - A strong earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale struck the western coast of Sumatra Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage, the Indonesian seismology agency said. Strong earthquake jolts off IndonesiaJAKARTA - A strong earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale struck off the western coast of Sumatra Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage, the Indonesian seismology agency said. Strong earthquake shakes western Indonesia; no immediate reports of injuriesJAKARTA, Indonesia — Officials say a strong underwater earthquake has struck western Indonesia but there are no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Myanmar dissidents offer junta reconciliation planJAKARTA - Exiled Myanmar dissidents Thursday unveiled a proposal for a democratic transition and reconciliation in the military-ruled country, offering the junta an “exit strategy”. Indonesian police say slain militant was hotel florist who plotted Jakarta bombingsJAKARTA, Indonesia — When bomb blasts tore through two luxury hotels in Indonesia’s capital where Andi Suhandi worked as a florist, he tried to phone a colleague to make sure he was safe. Man killed in Indonesia anti-terrorism raid not Noordin TopJAKARTA - The man killed in a weekend raid by Indonesia’s anti-terrorism police was not the country’s most wanted man, Noordin Mohammed Top, police said Wednesday. Constitutional Court rejects claims of fraud in Indonesian presidential electionJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s Constitutional Court has unanimously rejected claims of electoral fraud filed by the losers of last month’s presidential poll. Gunmen fire on bus owned by US miner Freeport in Indonesia’s Papua; spokesman says no injuriesJAKARTA, Indonesia — Gunmen fired on a bus that had just dropped off employees working for U.S. company Freeport at the world’s biggest gold mine Wednesday, a company spokesman said. Indonesian police say DNA test shows body of suspected terrorist is not Noordin TopJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s most wanted Islamist militant, accused in a string of deadly terror attacks including a bombing in Bali, was not killed in a shootout last week as initial media reports suggested and remains at large, police said Wednesday. Plot to kill Indonesian president exposed as police rush to identify dead terrorist suspectJAKARTA, Indonesia —Police scrambled Sunday to identify the body of a suspected terrorist killed in a farmhouse gunbattle after discovering a plot to kill Indonesia’s president in a suicide car bombing. Police say terror suspect was planning suicide attack on Indonesia’s presidentBEJI, Indonesia —A leading Southeast Asian terrorist suspect reportedly killed Saturday in a gunbattle with police at a village hide-out was planning a suicide car bomb attack on Indonesia’s president, the national police chief said. Indonesian police say DNA testing needed to confirm top terrorist suspect killed in gunbattleBEJI, Indonesia —Police reportedly killed the self-proclaimed Southeast Asian commander of al-Qaida on Saturday in a 16-hour siege of a village hide-out, but authorities said they could not confirm that a recovered body was that of the militant leader without DNA tests. Indonesian police storm house with suspected terrorist leader inside; reports say he’s deadBEJI, Indonesia —Southeast Asia’s most wanted terror suspect was reportedly killed during a 16-hour siege on a suspected militant hide-out that ended Saturday when police stormed the house, but officials said they could not yet confirm he was among the dead. |
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JAKARTA, Indonesia — A powerful underwater earthquake shook southern Indonesia Wednesday, damaging buildings near the epicenter and causing panicked office workers to run onto the streets more than a hundred miles (160 kilometers) away in the capital, Jakarta, witnesses and local media said.
