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Indonesian rescuers search through rubble of quake; 268 dead

CIANJUR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers used jackhammers, circular saws and sometimes their bare hands Tuesday to shift the rubble of flattened buildings as they searched for the dead and missing from an earthquake that killed at least 268 people.

https://apnews.com/article/science-indonesia-earthquakes-java-4b7bd84ead9e5925ec46839c08abfa42?

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Indonesian presidential hopefuls are trying social media, K-pop to win young voters. Will it work?

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Seventeen-year-old Naima Khairiya Ismah started being bombarded by social media posts from candidates for Indonesia’s presidential election on before she’d even given voting any thought.

https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-presidential-election-kpop-young-voters-73227fb99b0ed70f704c9f0f759622ce?

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Indonesia’s presidential election has high stakes for the US and China and their rivalry in the region

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — When Indonesians cast their votes on Wednesday for a new president in one of the world’s biggest elections, the stakes will also be high for the United States and China and their mounting rivalry in the region.

https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-presidential-elections-united-states-china-11ff4515566c3052bb4ccb1f5b376935?

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Former Indonesian general linked to human rights abuses claims victory in presidential election

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A former general linked to past human rights abuses claimed victory Wednesday in Indonesia’s presidential election, a result that would raise questions about the commitment to democratic values in the sprawling island nation that is the world’s third-largest democracy.

https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-presidential-election-voting-dd732adb2d0f3b674fc92aee4f547c6a?

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Who is Prabowo Subianto, the former general who becomes Indonesia’s new president?

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A wealthy ex-general with ties to both Indonesia’s popular outgoing president and the country’s dictatorial past will be inaugurated as its leader Sunday. He has promised to continue his predecessor’s widely popular policies, but his human rights record has activists, and some analysts, concerned about the future of Indonesia’s democracy.

https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-prabowo-subianto-general-president-8cd195ef82df36049db75cbc9bf1ca1d?

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Shariah court in Indonesia sentences 2 men to up to 85 lashes for having gay sex

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning for having gay sex.

https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-aceh-court-gay-sex-caning-e2fc91c4787fbcc2410ba274d2df19b7?

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Crocodile attacks in Indonesia are on the rise. It's left residents on edge

People have long feared crocodiles in the Central Mamuju district of Indonesia’s West Sulawesi, where the Budong-Budong River meets the sea. For Munirpa, 48, that fear turned into a brutal reality when she became one of nearly 180 recorded crocodile attack victims in Indonesia last year. Read More.

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Islamic court in Indonesia sentences 2 men to public caning over sexual acts: kissing and hugging

An Islamic court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning, 80 times each, after Islamic religious police caught them engaged in what the court deemed were sexual acts: hugging and kissing. Read More.

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Rescuers run oxygen to survivors in Indonesia school building collapse that buried dozens

SIDOARJO, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers ran oxygen and water to students trapped in the unstable concrete rubble of a collapsed school building in Indonesia, as they desperately worked to free survivors Tuesday a day after the structure fell. At least three students were killed, more than 100 were injured and dozens were presumed buried in the rubble.

https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-islamic-school-collapse-java-1f410a5a5808b2bffb235cfd41655c62?

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At least 22 people killed in office building fire in Indonesia’s capital

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A fire ripped through an office building in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, on Tuesday, killing at least 22 people, including a pregnant woman, police said.

https://apnews.com/article/office-building-jakarta-indonesia-deadly-fire-fa998b4135754fdcd58f1b1364a0776a?