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Life in the shadow of Indonesia's volcanoes - 01 July 2008

2008-07-05T06:40:39Z

In Indonesia, many people live close to active and dangerous volcanoes.

On Java island alone, around 120 million people live in the shadows of more than 30 volcanoes.

Al Jazeera's David Hawkins reports.

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Obama fan club in Indonesia - June 30 2008

2008-07-04T14:41:54Z

Barack Obama, the US presidential candidate, has got loyal supporters well beyond his home country.

His schoolmates in Indonesia have formed a fan club hoping that he realises his childhood dream of becoming a leader.

Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen reports from Jakarta.

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Indonesia corruption watchdog in spotlight - June 19 2008

2008-06-24T12:43:35Z

Indonesia ranks as one of the world's most corrupt countries.

And now, even the country's main anti-corruption agency has become embroiled in a bribery scandal, with half of the senior prosecutors at the Attorney-General's department being investigated.

From Jakarta, Step Vaessen reports.

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Indonesia businesses struggle with oil prices - 06 June 2008

2008-06-10T06:40:53Z

Small businessmen are feeling the pinch of rising oil prices in Indonesia. Despite widespread protests, costs have soared by 30 per cent in the last few weeks while the government scraps expensive fuel subsidies. Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen reports on how the country is pulling out of the oil exporters' cartel like OPEC because it cannot produce enough oil to export.

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Global Pulse - 05/29/08: Protests Fueled By Oil

2008-07-08T22:26:49Z

(May 29, 2008) As oil prices break new records daily, people worldwide are protesting the high price of living. Now politicians are responding, trying in vain to come up with ways to ease the burden. Will tax cutting strategies work, or is it just a quick fix to a problem with long term effects?

SOURCES: CCTV, China; Deutsche Welle, Germany; Fox News, U.S; ABC, U.S, NBC, U.S; BBC, U.K; Univision, U.S; TV5, France; Al Jazeera English, Qatar.

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Indonesians Hopeful About Foreign Investment

2008-07-08T22:38:13Z

As the Indonesian government announces it will offer $19 billion in projects to foreign investors, a 2007 Gallup Poll reveals that 59% of Indonesians said that when foreign companies invest in their country it will help the Indonesian economy.

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101 East - Mega Cities - Mega Problems-29 May 08 - Part 2

2008-06-15T15:30:07Z

Indonesia's Jakarta is overwhelmed by people, traffic, pollution and rubbish.

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101 East - Mega Cities - Mega Problems-29 May 08 - Part 1

2008-06-15T15:30:06Z

Indonesia's Jakarta is overwhelmed by people, traffic, pollution and rubbish.

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Papua: Indonesia's silent war - 29 May 2008

2008-06-14T09:35:54Z

Indonesia's eastern-most province of Papua is rich in natural resources, but its people remain the poorest in the country.

For decades Papua was the scene of a low-level independence struggle, but years after the fighting ended, tens of thousands of Indonesian soldiers remain deployed in the province.

Al Jazeera correspondent Step Vaessen reports from a region where many residents still live in a state of fear.

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Uneasy religious harmony in Maluku - May 28 2008

2008-06-13T15:36:20Z

Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen reports from Indonesia's Maluku province on efforts to rebuild relations between Muslim and Christian communities after years of bloodshed.

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Quality of life worsens in Indonesia - 28 May 2008

2008-06-12T15:36:29Z

Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen finds out what people in Java feel about life 10 years after Suharto's fall.

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Vice-president says Indonesia 'too free' - 28 May 2008

2008-06-12T15:36:17Z

Jusuf Kalla, who was head of the former political apparatus under former president Suharto, shares his thoughts on freedom of expression with Al Jazeera.

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High price of speaking up in Indonesia - 27 May 2008

2008-06-11T15:34:58Z

Many of the thousands of political opponents imprisoned under former Indonesia president Suharto's rule were released after he was toppled from the presidency, but 10 years after his fall, people are once again being jailed for expressing their opinions. Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen speaks to a man jailed for life for waving a flag.

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Shifting strategies in policing Aceh -- 27 May 2008

2008-06-11T15:34:57Z

An Indonesian policeman speaks of his experience in conflict-ridden Aceh and how he is learning to change old habits in policing a now peaceful province.

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Disappointing pace of peace in Aceh - 26 May 2008

2008-06-10T21:30:38Z

Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen examines Aceh's new life as an autonomous region as its people try to return to a normal and peaceful life.

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Ex-president: Indonesia on track 10 years on - 26 May 2008

2008-06-10T15:33:41Z

BJ Habibie took over as Indonesia president after Suharto resigned in 1998 amid mass protests. He talks to Al Jazeera's Veronica Pedrosa 10 years on.

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Global Pulse - 05/15/08: Bird Flu, The Next Asian Disaster?

2008-06-26T12:32:08Z

(May 15, 2008) In a matter of weeks, Asia has been hit with devastating natural disasters like the cyclone in Myanmar and China's earthquake. Thousands have been killed and millions left homeless. While millions suffer there is another possible disaster spreading throughout Asia, the H5N1 virus or "bird flu". More outbreaks of the virus are spreading from Russia to South Korea leading to quick quarantines and a fear that the virus will infect humans.

SOURCES: BBC, U.K; Russia Today, Russia; NHK News, Japan; KBS News, South Korea.

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101 East - Indonesia impunity - 15 May 08 - Part 2

2008-06-12T09:32:57Z

This week, 101 East asks if a culture of impunity is embedded in Indonesia.

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101 East - Indonesia impunity - 15 May 08 - Part 1

2008-06-12T09:32:54Z

This week, 101 East asks if a culture of impunity is embedded in Indonesia.

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The Ahmadiyah faces extradition from Indonesia - 03 May 2008

2008-06-11T21:30:04Z

Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen reports on a religous group in Indonesia that has been the target of voilent attacks and now faces being banned from the country.

The Ahmadiyah claims to be an off-shoot of Islam, but a government inquiry has declared them a "deviant" group, and says their beliefs have caused unrest.

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Dove Onslaught(er)

2008-07-08T22:31:38Z

Talk to Dove before they destroy Paradise Forests:
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Unilever, the makers of Dove beauty products, are buying palm oil from suppliers who destroy Indonesia's rainforests. We've got the proof. They're causing forest destruction, species extinction and climate change.

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Cooking the Climate

2008-07-08T22:31:38Z

Take action: www.greenpeace.org
Talk to Dove before they destroy Paradise Forests

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East Timorese soldiers held under suspicion - 20 Apr 2008

2008-06-11T03:31:45Z

Al Jazeera's Paul Allen reports on three former East Timorese soldiers arrested in Indonesia that are to be extradited to Dili in the next few days. They are suspected of involvement in assassination attempts on East Timor's President and Prime Minister. The country's leadership has had a tenuous relationship with its military. In 2006, nearly half the army shed their uniforms sending the country spiralling into civil unrest.

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Jose Ramors-Horta returned to Dili - 19 Apr 08

2008-06-09T15:36:28Z

Earlier this week, East Timor's president said "elements in Indonesia" had been involved in the February attacks.

Jose Ramos-Horta spent nearly two months in Australia recovering from gunshot wounds.

Now home, he's spoken to Al Jazeera's Paul Allen about his ordeal, and how the assasin's bullet nearly ended his life.

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AIDS epidemic in Indonesian jails -- 18 April 2008

2008-06-07T15:32:52Z

Indonesia's policy of sending drug users to prisons instead of rehabilitation centres has resulted in about 70 per cent of inmates reportedly dying of AIDS-related illness mainly spread through the sharing of dirty needles by drug users.

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