Maluku

Illegal fishing causing N Sulawesi trilions of rupiah losses

Illegal fishing committed by foreign poachers in Indonesian waters is no longer regarded as a public secret, as this largest archipelagic country in the world with its vast marine territory has difficulties detecting and...

Resourceful plant

The sago palm is known as the Tree of a Thousand Uses because, like the coconut tree, virtually every part of it can be used. However other societies use sago as a staple food item instead of rice or potato. It forms a major...

Indonesia after the Bali bombers: Secular trends

The struggle to set limits on militancyWITHIN weeks of the bombings that killed 202 people, mostly tourists, in Bali in 2002, three of the main perpetrators were caught. In 2003 death sentences were handed to Amrozi bin...

Raja Ampat - The Paradise

Come 24th November, I together with another 11 divers will be going to this remote paradise, a divers haven. It is regarded as the mother of all dive sites and is situated at the furthest point of the Indonesian archipelago. So...

Quake hits eastern Indonesia

JAKARTA, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- A moderate earthquake measuring 5.3on the Richter scale rocked eastern parts of Indonesia on Wednesday, but there were no reports of damage or casualties, the local meteorology agency said. The...

ONE KILLED IN BOMB BLAST IN MALUKU

Ambon, Nov 11, 2008 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) -- A bomb explosion rocked Central Maluku district, Maluku province at 1 local time on Tuesday, killing one person, police said. Maluku Police Spokesman Adjunct Senior...

Terror Threats Remain, Even with Bombers Now Dead

Many in Indonesia fear that the long series of delays in the execution of the three militants responsible for the 2002 Bali bombings may mean that the short term danger of terrorist threat may actually increase after their deaths.

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes off Indonesia

JAKARTA: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck in waters off Indonesia's eastern Maluku Province early Saturday, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no reports of damage. The quake hit at a shallow...

Strong quake rocks eastern Indonesia

JAKARTA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with magnitude of 6.2 rocked eastern parts of Indonesia on Saturday morning, with no initial report of damage or casualty, meteorology agency said here. The quake struck at 01:04 local...

Large quake hits off Indonesian coast

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has struck in waters off Indonesia's eastern Maluku Province, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no reports of damage. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10...

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