March

March 17, 2011

Helicopters and Trucks Douse Stricken Japan Atomic Plant

TOKYO The Japanese military on Thursday used trucks and helicopters to dump tonnes of water onto the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear – Read More...
March 17, 2011

Savage Cull Slashes Rabies ‘Reservoir’ in Buleleng

SINGARAJA Buleleng’s estimated dog population has been culled by two thirds since 2009 when Bali’s authorities conceded rabies was a – Read More...
March 17, 2011

Dalai Lama Rejects Pleas to Reconsider Retirement

DHARAMSHALA The Dalai Lama rejected on Thursday calls from the Tibetan parliament in exile urging him to reconsider his decision – Read More...
March 17, 2011

Radiation Rules Out Water Cannon at Japan Nuke Plant: NHK

TOKYO Japanese police were unable to use a water cannon to help dump water onto the stricken Fukushima nuclear power – Read More...
March 17, 2011

Indonesian Man Escapes Aceh and Japan Tsunamis

JAKARTA An Indonesian man said on Thursday that he had escaped both the 2004 tsunami in Aceh and last week’s – Read More...
March 17, 2011

Facebook Comment Sparks Banjar Riot

DENPASAR Two Denpasar banjars that nearly went to war on ogoh-ogoh night just before Nyepi have clashed again — apparently – Read More...
March 17, 2011

Fourth ‘Book Bomb’ Discovered in Jakarta

JAKARTA Police have found a “book bomb” in Jakarta, the fourth in a series of incidents in the capital this – Read More...
March 17, 2011

Indonesia Sends $2m, Aid Personnel to Quake-Hit Japan

JAKARTA Indonesia is donating US$2 million in emergency aid to earthquake and tsunami-wrecked Japan. “Indonesia is giving $2 million in – Read More...
March 17, 2011

Japan Disaster Dead and Missing at 14,650

TOKYO The official number of dead and missing after a devastating earthquake and tsunami that flattened Japan’s northeast coast has – Read More...
March 17, 2011

Japan’s Nuclear Accident ‘Out of Control’: EU

BRUSSELS The situation at Japan’s disaster-hit nuclear power plant has spun out of control, threatening a deeper catastrophe that could – Read More...