http://indonesia.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for Indonesia en Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:38:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1414002 unknown@Netscape.com A strong earthquake that struck Indonesia's Sumatra island two years ago caused one of the biggest coral die-offs ever documented, a study by scientists from two conservation groups found. Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:38:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1414002IndonesiaquakecausedhugecoraldieoffNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1401620 unknown@Netscape.com Indonesia began installing its first locally made tsunami warning buoy in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday as part of efforts to protect coastal communities from future killer waves. Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:00:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1401620IndonesiagetsnewTsunamiwarningBuoyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1178078 unknown@Netscape.com Indonesia insisted Tuesday that it only will resume sharing bird flu virus samples with the World Health Organization if the body stops providing them to commercial vaccine makers. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:09:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1178078IndonesiafirmbirdFluvirusDisputeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/884171 unknown@Netscape.com A commercial jetliner caught fire as it landed at an airport on Indonesia's Java island on Wednesday, state news agency Antara reported. The report said some passengers were believed to be still on board the jet, operated by national carrier Garuda. There was no immediate word on how many people were trapped. Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:58:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/884171jetlinerIndonesiafirelandingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/868721 unknown@Netscape.com A powerful earthquake off Indonesia's Sumatra island damaged buildings and sent panicked residents running into the streets, officials and witnesses said. It was felt as far away as Singapore and Malaysia. The USGS said the tremor, which had a preliminary magnitude of 6.3, struck around 30 miles from Padang, a city on Sumatra's western coast. It Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:37:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/868721IndonesiaSumatraislandearthquakeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/785644 unknown@Netscape.com Twenty new species of sharks and rays have been discovered in Indonesia in a five-year survey of catches at local fish markets, Australian researchers said Wednesday. The survey by CSIRO, represents the first in-depth look at Indonesia's sharks and rays since Dutch scientist Pieter Bleeker described more than 1,100 fish species from 1842-60. Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:02:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/785644IndonesiaspeciessharksraysScienceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/694387 unknown@Netscape.com At least six people died after a fire on an Indonesian ferry off Jakarta Bay on Thursday, although the fire was now out and more than 200 people on board were being evacuated, a navy official said. Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:58:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/694387Indonesianavyfire6diedNews http://web2announcer.com/go/665130 unknown@Netscape.com A powerful earthquake in northeastern Indonesia triggered a tsunami warning Tuesday and caused panicked residents to flee shaking buildings, officials and media reports said. The U.S. Geological Survey initially put the temblor's magnitude at 6.9, but later revised it to 6.5. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:05:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/665130IndonesiaTsunamiearthquakenaturaldisasterNews http://web2announcer.com/go/488896 unknown@Netscape.com Indonesia, the country hardest hit by bird flu, signed a preliminary deal Wednesday with U.S. drug manufacturer Baxter Healthcare Corp. to develop a human bird flu vaccine. Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:58:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/488896IndonesiasignsbirdFluvaccinedealNews http://web2announcer.com/go/453937 unknown@Netscape.com Indonesian officials fear an outbreak of disease could take hold amid severe flooding in the capital Jakarta, which has already left 25 people dead. "We fear that diarrhoea and dysentery may break out, as well as illnesses spread by rats," one official said Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:25:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/453937diseaseJakartaFloodsIndonesiaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/444289 unknown@Netscape.com Boats ferried supplies to desperate residents of Indonesia's flood-stricken capital on Sunday as rivers burst their banks following days of rain. At least 20 people have been killed and almost 340,000 forced from their homes, officials said. Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:57:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/444289IndonesiafloodForced340000fromhomesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/440286 unknown@Netscape.com Flooding that has killed at least nine people and forced some 200,000 from their homes in the Indonesian capital showed no sign of abating Sunday, as overflowing rivers sent muddy water gushing into homes and shops across the city. Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:19:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/440286IndonesiaFloodsleave200000homelessNews http://web2announcer.com/go/304953 unknown@Netscape.com From the article: "A US ship has located the "black box" flight recorders of the Indonesian plane that went missing on 1 January, the US embassy said. The USNS Mary Sears, which has been helping hunt for the missing Boeing 737, detected a distinctive signal from the boxes on the ocean floor. The Adam Air flight, which went missing halfway through its flight from Java to Sulawesi, had 102 people on board." Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:08:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/304953IndonesiablackboxflightrecorderairplanecrashUSNSmarysearsboeingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/249425 unknown@Netscape.com An earthquake measuring 7.3 has struck near the Indonesian island of Sulawesi the US Geological Survey says. Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:16:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/249425earthquakeIndonesiaMoluccaseaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/78549 unknown@Netscape.com A week after an Indonesian plane vanished without a trace, the question on everybody's lips is: how can a huge aircraft disappear from radar screens in this age of sophisticated satellite technology? Nobody has answers. Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:45:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/78549planeIndonesiacrashVanishMissingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/71641 unknown@Netscape.com MAKASSAR, Indonesia (AFP) - Indonesian ships searching for a missing airliner have found large metal objects on the sea bed and are awaiting the arrival of a US Navy vessel which may be able to identify them. Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:46:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/71641IndonesiaAirlinerNews http://web2announcer.com/go/71930 unknown@Netscape.com Rescue official says 14 survivors of an Indonesian ferry accident have been found alive after nine days at sea. Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:17:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/71930Indonesiasurvivalatsea9daysNews http://web2announcer.com/go/6419 unknown@Netscape.com The lawyer for convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby says the Australian will not apply to be transferred from Indonesia to a prison in her home country. The Indonesian and Australian governments are due to sign a treaty next month that will allow Australian and Indonesian prisoners to be exchanged. Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:59:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/6419Newsconvicteddrug smugglerSchapelle CorbyAustralianIndonesia http://web2announcer.com/go/4780 unknown@Netscape.com The sludge, which has been spewing out of the ground for more than two months, is the result of a crack in a gas drilling project ... so far nothing has managed to contain the flow. Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:58:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4780ScienceoilgasSludgeIndonesiaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2354 unknown@Netscape.com A sixteen year old boy and girl have been added to the list of deaths from bird flu in Indonesia raising the country's toll to the highest for any nation: 44 deaths. Indonesian officials are largely unwilling or unable to initiate a widespread cull of sick poultry lacking the funds to compensate farmers. Tue, 08 Aug 2006 17:15:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2354NewsdiseaseIndonesiabird fluviruspoultry