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Indonesia boosts chicken checks to keep bird flu at bay
It's not yet seven in the morning, but the slaughterhouses at the back of Terban market in Yogyakarta city are in full swing. Wholesalers, housewives and businessmen arrive on motorcycles, weaving their way through blood and feathers to pick up (...)

08 - 06 - 2017
Indonesia's Yogyakarta airport closed after Garuda jet skids off runway
Indonesian authorities said Yogyakarta's Adisutjipto International Airport will remain closed until Thursday afternoon after a Garuda aircraft with 130 people on board skidded off the runway while landing late on Wednesday. According to a statement (...)

02 - 02 - 2017
In Indonesia, disabled drivers join ride-hailing service boom
Polio did not stop Triyono from cashing in on Indonesia's booming ride-hailing business last year, when he launched a motorcycle taxi service run exclusively by disabled drivers. With a crew of 20 drivers and modified three-wheeled motorbikes, (...)

27 - 09 - 2016
Saudi Ambassador Opens 2nd Exhibition of Prophet Mohammed's Biography at Indonesian University
Saudi Ambassador to Indonesia Mustafa bin Ibrahim Al-Mubarak has opened here the Second Exhibition of Prophet Mohammed's Biography. The Exhibition was held by the Islamic University of Indonesia in cooperation with the Academic Chair of Sheikh (...)

30 - 05 - 2014
Villagers Flee As Indonesia Volcano Spews Ash
Indonesia's most volatile volcano spewed smoke and ash Monday, forcing hundreds of people to flee their villages along its slopes, a disaster official said. Mount Merapi on the main island of Java rumbled as heavy rain fell around its cloud-covered (...)

22 - 07 - 2013
Mild Quake Shakes Indonesian District of Bantul
A 4.8-magnitute earthquake shook Bantul district in Yogyakarta province on Thursday night. The epicenter of the quake which struck at 09.54 p.m. was in the Indian Ocean 115 km south of the district capital Bantul at a depth of 15 km, ANTARA quoted (...)

14 - 06 - 2012
Mt Merapi Eruptions Buried Hundreds of Springs
AlHijjah 14, 1432, Nov 10, 2011, SPA -- Hundreds of springs in the Mount Merapi area have disappeared after being exposed to materials from the mountain's recent eruptions and as a result, people there were now suffering water shortages, ANTARA (...)

10 - 11 - 2011
Volcano flows force hundreds in Indonesia to flee
Hijjah 24, 1431, Nov 30, 2010, SPA - Hundreds of people in Indonesia have fled their homes to escape fast-moving mudflows streaming down the slopes of the country's most volatile volcano. Disaster official Slamet Sugiono says those affected live (...)

30 - 11 - 2010
Mount Merapi Eruptions Damage 867 Hectares of Forest
Hijjah 03, 1431 / Nov. 09, 2010, SPA -- Mount Merapi eruptions have damaged 867 hectares of forest on the volcano's slopes in Sleman District, Yogyakarta, with the losses estimated at Rp33 billion. The damaged forest areas consisted of Mt Merapi (...)

09 - 11 - 2010
Magnitude 5.0 Quake Jolts Yogyakarta
A magnitude 5 earthquake shook Yogyakarta in central Java at around 6:41 pm on Saturday, but it did not have the potential to cause a tsunami. The epicenter of the quake was located 115 kilometers southeast of Bantul district, south of the city, (...)

22 - 08 - 2010
Two swine flu patients die in Indonesia
Two people infected with the swine flue (H1N1) had succumbed at the Dr. Sardjito hospital in Yogyakarta, ANTARA reported. "Of the 56 patients suspected with swine flu in Yogyakarta Special Region, 24 had been tested positive, and two of them had (...)

01 - 09 - 2009
At least 12 killed by floods, waves in Indonesia
Three Indonesians died after huge waves washed them away on a beach on Java island, while nine people were killed in floods and landslides in other parts of Java and Sulawesi, officials said on Sunday. The bodies of three high-school students (...)

01 - 02 - 2009
3.4 Magnitude quake jolts Yogyakarta
A tectonic quake measuring 3.4 on the Richter Scale rocked Yogyakarta at 22:18 local time on Monday, ANTARA reported. Head of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency in Yogyakarta Tiar Prasetya said on Monday evening the epicenter of the quake was (...)

25 - 03 - 2008
Mild earthquake hits Yogyakarta
A mild earthquake measuring 3.0 on the Richter scale hit Yogyakarta on Monday at 2.32 am local time, ANTARA reported. The epicenter of the quake was located at 8.01 degrees southern latitude and 110.26 degrees eastern longitude, around 30 km south (...)

18 - 02 - 2008
Five Indonesians killed in accident
Five people were killed and four others seriously injured after a tree fell on a packed pick-up at Sriharjo village in Bantul district, Yogyakarta province, on Friday, ANTARA reported. The tree fell on the back of the car carrying 12 people, most (...)

04 - 01 - 2008
2.7 magnitude tectonic quake jolts Bantul in Indonesia
A tectonic quake measuring 2.7 on the Richter Scale jolted coastal area in Bantul district of Yogyakarta, at about 20:40 local time on Tuesday, ANTARA reported. A staff of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency in Yogyakarta, Bambang, said that the (...)

11 - 12 - 2007
Magnitude 5.3 quake recorded in Gunungkidul
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake was recorded at 14.47 pm in the district of Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta, in Central Java on Saturday. The tremor however was not felt by people in Yogyakarta city as its epicenter was located 169 kilometers below sea level (...)

23 - 06 - 2007
Indonesia plane crash kills 23
An Indonesian passenger jet overshot the runway and burst into flames on Wednesday as it landed in the cultural capital of Yogyakarta, but most of the 140 people on board survived. Dozens of passengers leapt from the national carrier Garuda Airline (...)

07 - 03 - 2007
TETANUS DEATH TOLL HITS 18 IN INDONESIA'S QUAKE ZONE
TETANUS HAS KILLED 18 PEOPLE AND CAUSED 50 OTHERS TO BE HOSPITALIZED IN INDONESIA'S QUAKE ZONE, BUT HEALTH OFFICIALS DO NOT EXPECT TO SEE MANY MORE CASES, A SENIOR HEALTH OFFICIAL SAID FRIDAY. «THE SPREAD OF TETANUS IN THE QUAKE ZONE IS NOW (...)

16 - 06 - 2006
DEATH TOLL IN YOGYAKARTA ALONE REACHES 4,039
In Yogyakarta Province alone, Indonesia, the death toll of the May 27 earthquake reached 4,039 people, according to the latest data issued by the local authority here on Friday. The death toll consisted of 3,561 people of Bantul, 215 of Sleman, 163 (...)

02 - 06 - 2006
More than 1,400 die in Indonesian Earthquake
MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE ARE NOW KNOWN TO HAVE DIED IN AN EARTHQUAKE THAT SHOOK THE AREA AROUND INDONESIA'S ANCIENT ROYAL CITY OF YOGYAKARTA EARLY ON SATURDAY, A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL AND STATE MEDIA SAID. THE ANTARA NEWS AGENCY QUOTED YOGYAKARTA'S (...)

27 - 05 - 2006
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