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Militant Islamic preacher Abu Bakar Bashir is interviewed by the Associated Press in this Sept. 23, 2002 photo in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia. (AP/Achmad Ibrahim)
January 20, 2019, 6:53 am
Indonesia caves on freeing Islamist cleric who won’t denounce extremism
Abu Bakar Bashir, arrested after 2002 Bali bombings for supporting terror, given okay to walk free by president running for re-election, sparking outrage
By Niniek Karmini and STEPHEN WRIGHT
A man stands near the sea in Carita, Indonesia, December 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
December 26, 2018, 2:09 pm
Indonesia issues warning for coast near volcano, fearing new tsunami
While closely following Anak Krakatau’s eruptions, authorities warn public to stay at least 500 meters inland over concerns of another disaster
By Niniek Karmini
Residents walk past a house damaged by a tsunami, in Carita, Indonesia, December 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Dian Triyuli Handoko)
December 23, 2018, 11:10 pm
Search teams scour Indonesia rubble, after tsunami wipes out over 220 people
800 injured and dozens reported missing; footage catches concert stage buckling under force of water, tossing band and its equipment into audience
By Niniek Karmini
Family members of the crashed Indonesian Lion Air JT-610 react at Pangkal Pinang airport, in Bangka Belitung province on October 29, 2018. (HADI SUTRISNO / AFP)
October 29, 2018, 8:17 am
Indonesian Lion Air plane crashes into sea with 189 on board
Divers searching for wreckage of the jet that vanished from radar minutes after takeoff from Jakarta
By Stephan Wright and Niniek Karmini
Indonesian police carry the body of a tsunami victim during a mass burial in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, October 1, 2018 (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
October 1, 2018, 3:06 pm
Indonesian city begins burying its dead as toll tops 840
Death count from earthquake and tsunami expected to rise as remote areas reached; EU and 10 other countries have offered aid
By Niniek Karmini
Patients are evacuated outside a hospital following an earthquake in Bali, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
August 6, 2018, 8:57 am
Death toll in Indonesia earthquake rises to 91
Over 200 injured, thousands of buildings damaged as 7.0 temblor hits Lombok; neighboring Bali also shaken
By ROS IDIN and Niniek Karmini
Relatives weep at Tigaras port after learning that their family members are among the passengers of a ferry which sank on Monday, in Simalungun, North Sumatera, Indonesia, Tuesday, June 19, 2018. (AP Photo/ Lazuardy Fahmi)
June 20, 2018, 9:37 am
Families plea for wider search for 178 missing in Indonesia ferry disaster
Search and rescue effort involving 350 personnel has turned up personal effects and oil from the vessel, but few survivors or bodies
By BINSAR BAKKARA and Niniek Karmini
A police officer gives a hand signal to a squad mate as they search a building near the site of an explosion in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 14, 2016. (AP/Tatan Syuflana)
January 15, 2016, 4:58 am
Police arrest 3 men on suspicion of links to Jakarta attack
Two civilians, five attackers killed and 20 wounded in IS-claimed suicide bombing in Indonesian capital
By Niniek Karmini
Indonesian President Joko Widodo gestures to the crowd during a street parade following his inauguration in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 20, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Achmad Ibraham)
October 22, 2014, 5:00 am
From riverside shack to leader of world’s largest Muslim country
Joko Widodo, who took office on Monday, is the first president not to come from Indonesia’s super rich, often corrupt, elite
By Niniek Karmini and ali kotarumalos
A convoy of vehicles and fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq's Anbar Province, January 2014 (photo credit: AP)
October 6, 2014, 11:37 am
Indonesia struggles with Islamic State recruiting
For the first time since the early 1990s, southeast Asian Muslim extremists are traveling abroad for jihad
By Niniek Karmini
Newly crowned Miss World Yu Wenxia of China after she won the Miss World 2012 beauty pageant at the Ordos Stadium Arena in inner Mongolia, China. (photo credit: AP Photo/Andy Wong)
June 9, 2013, 12:39 pm
Miss World 2013 nixes bikinis
Pageant set to take place in Indonesia in September bows to extremist pressure
By Niniek Karmini
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