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Obama Puts Heat on Supercommittee

BALI, Indonesia — A powerful earthquake struck off Indonesia’s popular resort island of Bali on Thursday, sending people fleeing from their homes and hotels in panic. No tsunami alert was issued, and there were no immediate reports of injuries. Some roofs collapsed, and witnesses told local radio and television stations they saw cracks in the walls of buildings. Read full article > >

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Powerful quake rattles Indonesian resort island of Bali

All 18 people aboard a plane that crashed on Indonesia’s island of Sumatra earlier this week are found dead, officials say.

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All 18 die in Sumatra plane crash

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A suicide bomber attacked an Indonesian church packed with hundreds of worshippers Sunday, killing himself and wounding at least 20 other people, police and hospital officials said. The blast in Solo town in Central Java province occurred just as people were filing out at the end of the service. Read full article > >

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Suicide bomb attack at packed Indonesian church injures at least 20 people

A Greater Manchester man is arrested in Indonesia on suspicion of drug smuggling.

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Briton in Indonesia drugs arrest

TANGERANG, Indonesia — Irzen Octa, a down-on-his-luck Indonesian businessman, suffered a torment familiar to millions of Americans struggling with debts racked up in better times: He feared losing his home. In the end, he managed to keep the ramshackle two-story house where he and his wife raised their two, now-teenage daughters. Instead, Octa lost his life, pursued by Citibank over a $5,700 debt on his platinum credit card. The 50-year-old businessman, invited to a Citibank office in Jakarta in late March, collapsed in a tiny room set aside by the U.S. bank for questioning of deadbeat debtors. He died shortly afterward — a casualty of a “harsh interrogation,” said Jakarta police spokesman Baharudin Djafar. Read full article > >

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Scandals tarnish Citibank’s image in Indonesia

Rights groups express outrage after an Indonesian Muslim sect member is jailed for six months for defending himself from a brutal attack.

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Outrage over sect victim jailing

Will stand trial in Indonesia.

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Bali Bombing Suspect Extradited

Umar Patek, one of the alleged masterminds of the 2002 Bali bombings, arrives in Indonesia after being extradited from Pakistan, officials in Jakarta say.

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Indonesia nets Bali bombs suspect

Umar Patek was extradited months after his arrest by the Pakistani authorities in the same town where Osama Bin Laden was killed.

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Bali Bombings Suspect, Extradited From Pakistan, Arrives in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia — An Indonesian militant who allegedly made the explosives used in the 2002 Bali bombings was escorted home under tight security Thursday, more than six months after he was captured in northwest Pakistan. Umar Patek had a $1 million bounty on his head when authorities caught up with him Jan. 25 in Abbottabad — the same town where Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. commando attack four months later. Indonesia’s anti-terrorism chief, Ansyaad Mbai, told The Associated Press it did not appear to be a coincidence that they were in the same place. Read full article > >

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Bali bombing suspect extradited from Pakistan to Indonesia for 2002 attack

Indonesia says it will no longer allow its citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia for domestic service work after a maid was executed.

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A Malaysian couple is charged with murdering their Indonesian maid, in the first such case since a deal was signed to safeguard workers’ rights.

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The United States had pressed Indonesia to prosecute Abu Bakar Bashir, who was convicted on Thursday of supporting a jihadi training camp.

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Indonesia Hands 15-Year Sentence to Radical Cleric

Indonesia jails radical cleric Abu Bakar Ba’asyir for 15 years after he was convicted of supporting a militant training camp in Aceh.

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