Hundreds remained missing Sunday beneath mud and debris in Indonesian villages from a pair of devastating earthquakes that struck the country at its center.
As many as 4,000 people could be buried under the rubble in the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes in Indonesia, United Nations officials said Saturday.
An area that now looks like a flattened mess of destruction was, just days ago, a group of three villages.
Roads blocked by earthquake debris were cleared enough Friday to allow the addition of heavy machinery for the first time in the search for dozens of people trapped under rubble.
More than a day after a major earthquake jolted Indonesia's Java Island, killing at least 57 people, there is still no word from remote villages along the coast, a relief worker told CNN Thursday.
Authorities investigating the twin hotel bombings in Jakarta have found the remains of another person and think a notorious Malaysian-born militant fugitive may be behind the assault, police said Saturday.
A police raid averted an assassination plot against Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, authorities said, as they waited for official DNA confirmation of the death of suspected terrorist Noordin M. Top in another raid.
Opposition candidates are charging fraud in Indonesia's election, which President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won by a more than two-to-one edge over his nearest challenger.
More than 40 people were injured, said Dino Patti Djalal, spokesman for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. They were taken to area hospitals.
Explosions tore through two luxury hotels Friday morning in south Jakarta, Indonesia, killing at least eight people, a presidential spokesman said.
Hundreds remained missing Sunday beneath mud and debris in Indonesian villages from a pair of devastating earthquakes that struck the country at its center.
As many as 4,000 people could be buried under the rubble in the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes in Indonesia, United Nations officials said Saturday.
An area that now looks like a flattened mess of destruction was, just days ago, a group of three villages.
Roads blocked by earthquake debris were cleared enough Friday to allow the addition of heavy machinery for the first time in the search for dozens of people trapped under rubble.
More than a day after a major earthquake jolted Indonesia's Java Island, killing at least 57 people, there is still no word from remote villages along the coast, a relief worker told CNN Thursday.
Authorities investigating the twin hotel bombings in Jakarta have found the remains of another person and think a notorious Malaysian-born militant fugitive may be behind the assault, police said Saturday.
A police raid averted an assassination plot against Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, authorities said, as they waited for official DNA confirmation of the death of suspected terrorist Noordin M. Top in another raid.
Opposition candidates are charging fraud in Indonesia's election, which President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won by a more than two-to-one edge over his nearest challenger.
More than 40 people were injured, said Dino Patti Djalal, spokesman for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. They were taken to area hospitals.
Explosions tore through two luxury hotels Friday morning in south Jakarta, Indonesia, killing at least eight people, a presidential spokesman said.
Preliminary results from Indonesia's national elections show President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono with a better than two-to-one edge over his nearest challenger, the National Electoral Commission said Thursday.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono held a commanding lead in national elections Wednesday, according to the latest exit polls.
Indonesians were heading to the polls on Wednesday to elect their next president and vice president -- only the second time such a vote has occurred in the young democracy's history.
Indonesians head to the polls on Wednesday to elect their next president and vice president -- only the second time such a vote has occurred in the young democracy's history.
The death toll from a flash flood in Indonesia's capital grew to 98 people on Sunday as rescuers widened their search for more than 130 other people in the aftermath.
Heavy rains smashed through a dam near Indonesia's capital Friday, unleashing a torrent of water that plowed into hundreds of homes and killed at least 52 people in what some survivors described as a suburban "tsunami."
There was little outpouring of grief at the funeral for Indonesia's longest-serving leader -- only respect and a sense that an era had ended
Former Indonesian dictator Suharto -- the "smiling general" who ruled his country with an iron fist for three decades -- died Sunday at a hospital in Jakarta, said his doctor. He was 86.
Powerful earthquakes terrorized Indonesia for a third day Friday as thousands of people slept outside in the hills, and seismologists warned that the worst may be yet to come
1. ARGENTINA The government's decision to ration gas and electricity for firms rather than raise prices for residential consumers does little to address mounting woes in the energy sector and helps set the stage for future economic problems.
The death toll from the strong earthquake and aftershock that struck Sumatra climbed to 73 on Thursday, according to disaster officials there.
A powerful earthquake struck western Indonesian Tuesday, killing at least 70 people and injuring hundreds more as buildings collapsed.
Rescue boats and airplanes searched for survivors north of Jakarta after an Indonesian ferry with 350 passengers onboard caught fire, killing at least seven people, an Indonesian navy spokesman said.
The death toll from the Indonesian earthquake has risen above 5,800 as hopes fade of finding more survivors.
Rescue crews in devastated central Java on Sunday scrambled to reach survivors of the massive 6.3-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 3,000 people, injured thousands and flattened communities in the heavily populated Indonesian region.
Emergency food aid is arriving in two hard-hit districts of central Java, two days after a large earthquake flattened communities in this heavily populated Indonesian region.
Iran's nuclear ambitions overshadowed trade talks among Muslim leaders Saturday, with the country's hardline president drumming up support for the right to develop alternative energy sources.
The Iran nuclear issue may be discussed at the Developing Eight (D-8) summit in Bali on Saturday, Malaysia's Deputy Foreign Minister Joseph Salang Gandum has said.
Iran's president has said he is willing to negotiate with the United States and other world powers over his country's nuclear program, even as he stepped up his rhetoric against Israel.
Iran is willing to seek a diplomatic solution to concerns over its nuclear program, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said.
World Bank chief Paul Wolfowitz has pledged to help Indonesia's president rid the country of corruption in the government.
Relations between Australia are in a "difficult phase" because of Canberra's decision to accept Papuan asylum seekers, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Monday according to The Associated Press.
Australia's government is hoping to avoid escalating a diplomatic spat between Canberra and Jakarta over the granting of temporary visas to asylum seekers from the Indonesian province of Papua.
Three more Australians have been jailed for life on drugs charges by a court on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali, ending a series of tough verdicts against a group of nine young Australians.
A wailing siren followed by a minute of silence marked the moment a year ago Monday when the Indian Ocean tsunami crashed ashore in Asia, sweeping away more than 200,000 lives.
Indonesian police are searching for five men from the far western Javanese province of Banten over suspected involvement in Saturday's deadly bombings on the holiday island of Bali.
Police hunting the masterminds behind suicide bombings in Bali that killed 19 people and injured at least 132 others have shown photos of the bombers' severed heads.
A regional terrorism expert has called on Indonesia to outlaw Jemaah Islamiyah, the militant Islamic organization widely believed to be behind the weekend terror attacks in Bali.
Security was tightened across Indonesia Sunday after suicide bombers detonated a string of explosions at tourist hot-spots on the island of Bali, killing 19 and injuring at least 132.
Terrorists brought death to Indonesia's Bali paradise for the second time in three years, as blasts killed at least 26 people at two resort spots packed with tourists.
World leaders have welcomed the historic peace deal struck Monday between the Indonesian government and separatist rebels in Aceh province, but fears remain the pact may prove short-lived.
Indonesia has confirmed its first human deaths from bird flu, saying a man and his two daughters died from the disease in the capital Jakarta last week.
Indonesia's ambassador to Australia is being called back to Indonesia after completing barely half of his three year term, according to a report in Australia's Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.
Sri Lanka's president has dismissed allegations of corruption following the December tsunami that claimed more than 30,000 lives and displaced nearly a million others in the South Asian nation.
Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered police to find those responsible for Saturday's twin bomb blasts that killed 22 people in a mainly Christian town on the island of Sulawesi.
Australia has again advised its citizens to stay away from Indonesia after Jakarta police warned of possible suicide bombings in the Indonesian capital.
The bodies of nine Australian military personnel killed when their helicopter crashed during relief work in Indonesia have arrived back in Sydney.
Australia and Indonesia have signed off on a "comprehensive partnership" that will be the framework for future bilateral ties, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Monday.
Nine Australian defense personnel have died in a helicopter crash during relief operations on Indonesia's earthquake-devastated island of Nias, the Australian Defense Department said.
Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says heavy rain and damaged roads are hampering efforts to bring help to victims of this week's huge earthquake.
Aid efforts to earthquake-ravaged Sumatra are being hampered by the level of destruction, amid reports the situation is worse than expected on the hardest-hit island of Nias.
Survivors of the great earthquake that struck off Sumatra have used their hands to dig through rubble while searching for loved ones on the hard-hit Indonesian island of Nias.
Australian Prime Minister John Howard is again sending military transport aircraft and a supply ship to Indonesia to help the earthquake relief effort there.
Survivors of the great earthquake that struck off Sumatra have used their hands to dig through rubble while searching for loved ones on the hard-hit Indonesian island of Nias.
The latest earthquake off Sumatra has prompted Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to postpone a planned visit to southern neighbor Australia.
In the wake of last month's tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean, countries attending a United Nations conference on disaster reduction have agreed to pursue a plan aimed at reducing the risk posed by natural disasters.
Delegates at a U.N. conference in Japan have reportedly agreed on an action plan to reduce casualties and damage wrought by natural disasters.
Indonesia's president joined tsunami survivors crowding mosques in ravaged Aceh province to mark Islam's holiest day, pledging to rebuild the region.
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has appealed for $977 million in emergency relief over the next six months for the "unprecedented global catastrophe" triggered by the Asian tsunamis.
Indonesia says it has set a goal of rehabilitating within one year the survivors of last Sunday's devastating earthquake and tsunami in its northern Sumatra province of Aceh.
A Jakarta court has ruled that the terror trial of radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir can go ahead, despite earlier doubts on the strength of the charges.
Australia's newly re-elected government has pledged to boost its anti-terror capabilities, strengthen links with its regional neighbors and continue to reform the country's booming economy.
The following is a list of world leaders and representatives that CNN has confirmed will attend Yasser Arafat's funeral in Cairo, Egypt:
Radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir has lashed out in court at his accusers, saying the charges against him are a "joke" and "laughable."
Newly elected Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono faces immense challenges -- from fixing the economy to stopping religious and separatist conflicts and dealing with al Qaeda linked militants.
Indonesia's new president has named a cabinet line up that includes several surprise choices, appointing professionals and several women to key posts.
Indonesia's first popularly elected president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has promised to get tougher on terrorism and fight corruption after being sworn in to office.
Indonesia's first popularly elected president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has be sworn in to office Wednesday, amid hopes he can kick-start the republic's ailing economy.
Australian Prime Minister John Howard has downplayed an early revival of a defense pact with Indonesia, preferring instead to focus on what he calls the "huge achievement" of a peaceful presidential election in Australia's northern neighbor.
Australia may try to negotiate a new defense and security treaty with Indonesia, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Sunday.
Australian Prime Minister John Howard expects to hold talks on anti-terrorism cooperation with Indonesia's President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono next month.
A bomb that exploded outside the Indonesian Embassy in Paris has wounded 10 people, according to French police.
Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri has tearfully accepted the result of the country's first direct presidential elections.
Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri has tearfully accepted the result of the country's first direct presidential elections.
As Indonesia awaits next month's formal announcement that its new president will be Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the former army general has pledged to seek an end to the bloody separatist war in Aceh province.
Investors have been cheered by the decisive lead former army general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has taken in Indonesia's first direct presidential election.
Former Indonesian general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has emerged with a commanding lead in voting in the country's first direct presidential election.
A former Indonesian general appears to be on his way to victory over incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri in the country's first direct presidential election.
Indonesians are voting for the first time to elect their nation's president and vice president.
After eight months of campaigning centered largely on personality, security issues could become a key factor in Indonesia's presidential election.
The third place finisher in the early round of Indonesia's presidential election is challenging the results in court.
Former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has beaten a field of five in Indonesia's first direct presidential election and faces incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri in a September 20 runoff.
After just over one third of the votes have been counted in Indonesia's presidential election, retired general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is holding onto a significant lead.
Indonesia's election commission has ordered a recount of what could be millions of ballots in the country's first-ever direct presidential election.
Presidential elections in Indonesia got off to a very slow start on Monday with millions of soccer mad Indonesians opting to sleep in after staying up until dawn for the Euro 2004 final.
Voting is under way in Indonesia's first direct presidential election with opinion polls predicting the incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri will be ousted in favor of a former general.
With around two-thirds of the nation's vote now counted, Indonesia's Golkar party is emerging as the frontrunner to lead a new government.
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