Indonesia eyes cement balls to stop mud
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Indonesian authorities will drop hundreds of giant concrete balls into a fissure Friday to try to stem a gushing mud eruption that has inundated villages and factories, an official said. The hot, noxious mud &#151; enough to fill 50 Olympic-sized swimming pools &#151; has flowed from the hole each day for the last nine months, forcing at least 11,000 people from their homes. Four villages and 25 factories have been buried under a 30-foot layer of mud.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia - In a game overshadowed by deaths of thousands throughout Southeast Asia due to earthquakes and tidal waves, a capacity crowd of more than 80,000 packed Jakartaâs Bung Karno Stadium on Tuesday to see Liew Kit Kong score a goal in
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MERAK, Indonesia  - Indonesia's rust-bucket ferries are a symbol of the decrepit infrastructure which has plagued Southeast Asia's biggest economy and prevented it from matching China's meteoric growth rate.
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PORONG, Indonesia  - A mud volcano that forced more than 15,000 people to abandon their homes on the Indonesian island of Java in 2006 has breached the barriers built to contain it, causing further damage, police said.
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Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesia&#39;s environment minister charged Friday that Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp. &quot;cut corners&quot; to boost profits at its Indonesian gold mine and expressed confidence the government
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A gas pipeline explosion that killed at least seven people in East Java was a consequence of the volcanic mud eruptions that began in the area several months ago, government officials and drilling experts said today.
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A day after ordering restrictions on foreign aid workers, Indonesia today stepped up its effort to assert control over tsunami relief.
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A Kyoto-Protocol project is providing the garbage-strewn areas of the so-called island paradise with clean energy. But Indonesia needs more projects like this
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By The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Sep. 5--THERE'S A little mud on Pueblo's face following a small sewage spill last week, but it's not an embarrassment.
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Indonesia said Friday it would host an  international tsunami summit on Jan. 6, aimed at garnering more  emergency aid for the disaster hit Indian Ocean region and  discuss future reconstruction needs.
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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang  Yudhoyono has formed a national team led by the energy minister  to tackle an unfolding environmental disaster caused by mud  pouring from an exploratory oil well.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Indonesia said on  Thursday it had buried more than 100,000 tsunami victims as  government officials and rebel leaders from devastated Aceh  province gathered in Helsinki to revive peace talks.
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Indonesia said on Friday it would host  an international tsunami summit on Jan. 6, aimed at garnering  more emergency aid for the disaster that hit the Indian Ocean  region and to discuss future reconstruction needs.
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TIME talks with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono about the tsunami relief effort and why he's restricting the movements of foreign aid workers
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More than 50,000 residents in the  Indonesian capital have sought treatment for conditions ranging  from coughs to diarrhea after days of floods and authorities  are monitoring for more serious diseases, officials said on  Monday.
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Indonesia may build huge embankments in  the tsunami-ravaged province of Aceh to prevent a repeat of the  disaster that killed more than 117,000 people last December,  Planning Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on Friday.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Advisers to Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, projected winner of Indonesia's presidential election, said yesterday that he would move quickly to prosecute several major graft cases to counter Indonesia's reputation as one of the world's most corrupt countries.