The massive new £2.6bn motorway spanning 3,000km miles across entire island
The plan is extensive. The road will stretch 2,998 km and cost an estimated £2.59 billion. It was also estimated for a decade ...
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Farmer, 62, trampled to death by wild elephant outside her home in Indonesia
A farmer was trampled to death by a wild elephant outside her home in Indonesia. Suarni, 62, had been resting inside the wooden hut next to a forest when the hostile jumbo barged into the property and ...
Indian Ocean tsunami memorials mark 20 years since one of the deadliest natural disasters in history
Christmas in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered tsunami waves that killed some 230,000 people ...
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Indonesians mark 2 decades since the tragic tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands
“I cannot swim. I could only rely on dhikr (Islamic prayer).” On Dec. 26, 2004, a powerful 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the ...
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The beautiful island that's been completely destroyed by surfers
Fifty years ago, two Australian surfers stumbled across the “perfect” wave on the remote Indonesian island of Nias, located just off the western coast of Sumatra. For centuries, it was ...
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Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people
The powerful earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami that impacted a dozen countries, reaching as far as East Africa. NBC Universal ...
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On Indonesia’s unique Enggano Island, palm oil takes root in an Indigenous society
It never joined to the mainland of Indonesia’s main western island of Sumatra, meaning Enggano is host to a unique array of endemic animal and plant species. Oceanic islands like Enggano ...