Indonesia: Five killed, several injured in Wednesday’s earthquakes
April 12th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by BNO News
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- Two major earthquakes which struck off the west coast of northern Sumatra in Indonesia on Wednesday afternoon caused at least five fatalities and several injuries, disaster officials ... Read more...
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Five killed in Indonesian quakes (Lead)
April 12th, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, April 12 (IANS) Five people were killed and four injured in Aceh province Wednesday after two massive quakes struck off Indonesia, officials said Thursday."Five people were killed... one in ... Read more...
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Huge earthquakes strike off Indonesia, generate small tsunamis (Update 3)
April 11th, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by BNO News
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- Two major earthquakes struck off the west coast of northern Sumatra in Indonesia on Wednesday afternoon, generating small tsunamis and shaking buildings as far away as Singapore, ... Read more...
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Huge quake off Indonesia prompts tsunami warnings
April 11th, 2012 - 5:14 pm ICT by BNO News
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- A major earthquake struck off the west coast of northern Sumatra on early Wednesday afternoon, seismologists said, prompting tsunami warnings for multiple countries.The 8.7-magnitude earthquake at 2:38 ... Read more...
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Dozens of punk rockers held in Indonesia
December 15th, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Dec 15 (IANS/AKI) Dozens of Indonesians in the highly-conservative Aceh region were rounded up for being punk rockers and are being held for re-education to cure "the social disease", ... Read more...
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Tsunami fears ease after powerful earthquake off Northern Sumatra
May 9th, 2010 - 3:20 pm ICT by BNO News
JAKARTA (BNO NEWS) -- A powerful earthquake struck off the west coast of Northern Sumatra in Indonesia on Sunday, seismologists said. Tsunami warnings were briefly issued but were later cancelled when sea ... Read more...
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Tsunami alert as quake hits Indonesia, India not affected
May 9th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Jakarta, May 9 (ANI): Indonesia has issued a tsunami alert after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck near the province of Aceh.But the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake alert does ... Read more...
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Strong quake jolts Indonesia’s Aceh (Lead)
April 7th, 2010 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, April 7 (DPA) A strong earthquake jolted Indonesia's Aceh province at the northern end of Sumatra Wednesday, damaging buildings and injuring at least a dozen people, officials said.
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Three killed, 25 injured as powerful quake hits Indonesia
February 20th, 2008 - 7:38 pm ICT by admin
(Second Lead)
Xinhua
Jakarta, Feb 20 (Xinhua) At least three people were killed and 25 seriously injured in Siemelu island of Indonesia's Aceh province after a powerful earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale ... Read more...
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