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Mass Extinction: Borneo #7– RED ALERT!
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arragon.intuitwebsites.com Ecosystems: Red List Report 2014 Top Eight Most Endangered Eco-Systems in the World: Madagascar Micronesia Borneo Peruvian Rain Forrest Phoenix, Chihuahua and Sky Islands Mediterranean Ant...
Se celebra la 47ª feria de turismo ITB en Alemania
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La ITB, una de las ferias de turismo más grandes del mundo, llega a su 47ª edición con Indonesia como invitada especial. Han abierto las puertas una de las ferias más grandes del mundo, la ITB. Indonesia le ha tocad...
Counting the Cost – The price of a fast-food life
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A special look at 'supply and demand' and whether profiteering retailers or hungry consumers are to blame.
Coconut demand lost on Indonesia farmers
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There's a growing global demand for coconut products, but many farmers aren't seeing the benefits. In Indonesia, which has the world's largest plantations, this boom doesn't come as good news to all. Al Jazeera's St...
Lao villagers rally for endangered Siamese crocodile
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Feb. 25 - There are high hopes for grassroots conservation efforts in Laos aimed at saving the now rare Siamese crocodile from extinction. The animal was once found throughout Southeast Asia and Indonesia but is now...
Mobile internet reaches rural Indonesia
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Only 40 percent of Indonesians have a bank account, but over 90 percent have a mobile phone. For both entrepreneurs and multinationals, that represents a big opportunity. The FT's Ben Bland visits rural West Java to...
Who are the Bakries?
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They are infamous in the rest of the world for mudflows and their conflict with Nat Rothschild over Bumi Resources, but in Indonesia, the influence of the Bakrie family is far wider. As well as their business intere...
Papua separatists suspected in Jakarta soldier killings
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Army commanders in Indonesia are deciding how to respond to the killing of eight soldiers in two separate instances in the remote province of Papua. An ambush during a supply pickup killed seven. Another was shot di...
101 East – Educating Indonesia
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Participants in Indonesia Mengajar, a programme funded by private corporations and run by prominent university educator Anies Baswedan, are given army survival training before being deployed. But they are not soldie...
Brazil lab aims to eradicate leprosy
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Through years of concerted effort, leprosy has almost been eradicated - but there were still more than 200000 new cases diagnosed in 2011. Brazil, Indonesia, the Philippines, parts of Africa and India are the hardes...
Bull market for beef prices in Indonesia
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The price of meat is becoming an issue in Indonesia, where restrictions on beef imports have created a serious bull market that's bucking up the price for consumers. And at least one politician has been caught in a ...
101 East – Stemming the tide
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Jakarta, Indonesia, is one of Asia's most flood-prone cities. Every year hundreds of thousands of citizens living in the capital of Southeast Asia's largest economy brace for the loss of business, shelter and liveli...
Batik-maker puts green stamp on Indonesian artform
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One of Indonesia's leading batik manufacturers is cleaning up her act and persuading others to do the same, by changing the way she deals with factory waste. Batik fabric is among the country's best known products, ...
Indonesia begins ‘cloud seeding’ in Jakarta
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The Indonesian capital is still cleaning up in the aftermath of last week's floods. With more heavy rain expected, the city is going to great lengths to try and stay dry. So it has deployed the army, and tonnes of s...
Bali mask enthusiast shares collection
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A man who has turned his home on the island of Bali into a museum for others to view his collection of masks hopes his collection will allow others to better understan Indonesian culture. Agustinus Prayitno has spen...
Una británica de 56 años, condenada en Indonesia a pena de muerte
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es.euronews.com Lindsey Sandiford ha sido condenada en Indonesia a la pena capital acusada de tráfico de drogas. La policía encontró en mayo 4,8 kilos de cocaína en su maleta cuando viajaba hacia la isla de Bali. Su...
Visita de Shinzo Abe en Indonesia, para reforzar el comercio
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El primer ministro de Japón Shinzo Abe se reunió este viernes con su par indonesio en Jakarta para reforzar la cooperación en materia de comercio, seguridad, política. Entre otros temas también revisaron las inversi...
Jakarta floods forces tens of thousands out of their homes
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Jan. 18 - Almost 20000 people are stranded in shelters despite receding floods in Indonesia's capital Jakarta that turned streets into rivers. Sarah Sheffer reports.