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Rescuers find 10 more survivors of sunken boat in Indonesia
Three days after a cargo boat sank in the Makassar Strait in South Sulawesi province, 10 more survivors were located, including the captain and other crew. Of the total 42 people on board, 31 have been rescued since search and rescue operations (...)

30 - 05 - 2022
Rescuers: Wreckage of Missing Indonesian Plane Is Found
AlHijjah 21, 1436, Oct 5, 2015, SPA -- Indonesian rescuers said Monday they have found the wreckage of a small plane carrying 10 people that went missing on a domestic flight three days ago. The DHC-5 Twin Otter plane lost contact with air traffic (...)

05 - 10 - 2015
Brig. Gen. Ahmed Asiri calls anew on leaders of military brigades in Yemen to re-join the legitimacy and end nonsense fighting 2 Riyadh
Mualla following the weakening of Houthi militias abilities and their lack of support and logistics from outside the city of Aden as well as the targeting of their movements along the roads and on the outskirts of Aden. --More 21:58 LOCAL TIME 18:58 (...)

20 - 04 - 2015
Tornado Kills 3, Injures 49 in Indonesia
An official says a tornado in central Indonesia has killed three villagers and injured at least 49 others. Disaster Management Agency official Abdul Rasyid said Saturday that the storm struck a village in Sidrap district on Sulawesi island late (...)

25 - 02 - 2012
Earthquake Jolts Indonesia
An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted Makassar strait, Sunday at 10.59 pm Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB). The quake's epicenter was located 6.11 degrees southern latitude and 117.55 degrees eastern longitude, at a depth (...)

13 - 12 - 2010
Food shortages threatening 300,000 south Sulawesi people
About 300,000 people or 15.2 percent of South Sulawesi province"s population of seven million are threatened by food shortages because of economic factors, ANTARA quoted a local food official as saying. Most of the people at risk were living in (...)

19 - 12 - 2009
Flood inundates three schools in Makassar
A flood reaching a height of around 30 centimeters inundated three elementary schools at Pannampu, Tallo Makassar sub district, on Wednesday, ANTARA reported. "The height of the floodwaters reaching over an adult's ankle disturbed the students' (...)

28 - 01 - 2009
Indonesian President inaugurates International Airport in Makassar
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inaugurated Makassar`s newly-built Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport here on Friday, ANTARA reported. The president signed a plaque and uncovered the airport's sign board to mark the airport's official (...)

26 - 09 - 2008
Flood inundates hundreds of houses in Sinjai, South Sulawesi
A flood inundated hundreds of houses, a number of roads, and tens of hectares of rice fields in Sinjai town, around 250 km southeast of Makassar, on Tuesday following incessant downpours since Monday evening, ANTARA reported. The floodwaters (...)

29 - 04 - 2008
French Naval Ship Arrive In Makassar For Good-Will Visit
A guide and supply ship of the French Navy, NS-VAR, arrived at Soekarno-Hatta seaport, here on Friday for a good-will visit, Antara reported. The 220-long-meter ship headed by Commander Axel Moracchini carried 200 crew members on board as well as (...)

07 - 09 - 2007
U.S. Navy ship to search for missing Indonesian jetliner
A U.S. Navy ship would try to determine if metal objects found off Sulawesi Island were the wreckage of a Boeing 737 that disappeared a week ago carrying 102 people, AP quoted officials as saying today. «We can't tell what it is,» Eddy Suyanto, (...)

09 - 01 - 2007
Indonesia steps up search for missing plane with 102 people on-board
Indonesia stepped up on Sunday its search for an Adam Air plane with 102 people on board that disappeared in bad weather almost a week ago, Reuters reported today. Some 700 troops and four more helicopters would be added to the hunt for the (...)

07 - 01 - 2007
Whirlwinds hit tens of houses in Makassar
Tens of houses in Biringkanaiya sub district, Makassar, South Sulawesi province, were seriously damaged by a whirlwind early Saturday, according to ANTARA News. Some of the residents whose houses were hit by the whirlwind, evacuated themselves to (...)

05 - 01 - 2007
12 survive Indonesia jet crash; 90 die
Rescuers found the smoldering wreckage Tuesday of an Indonesian jetliner that went missing during a storm, and officials said 90 people were killed but 12 survived in the country's second major disaster in days. Monday's crash followed the sinking (...)

02 - 01 - 2007
Missing airliner not located--Indonesian officials
The fate of an Indonesian airliner missing with 102 people on board remained in doubt late on Tuesday after senior officials apologised for erroneously stating that its wreckage had been found, according to Reuters. Officials had earlier said (...)

02 - 01 - 2007
Indonesian jetliner crash kills 90 people, official says
Rescuers found the wreckage of an Indonesian jetliner that crashed into a remote mountainous region during stormy weather, killing at least 90 people, aviation officials said Tuesday, clinging on to fading hopes that a dozen others survived, (...)

02 - 01 - 2007
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