Minorities In Indonesia
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"Felt Like A Wave": People Flee Into Streets After Strong Indonesia Jolt
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Tuesday triggering a tsunami warning and sending residents fleeing from their homes but causing only minor damage and injuring one person, authorities said.
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Frenchman Held For Alleged Child Molesting Kills Himself: Indonesia Police
A French national detained in Indonesia on suspicion of molesting over hundreds of children has died by apparent suicide, police said Monday.
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Frenchman Facing Death In Indonesia For Molesting Hundreds Of Kids
A French retiree could face the death penalty in Indonesia on charges that he molested over 300 children and beat those who refused to have sex with him, authorities said Thursday.
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Girl Kept As Sex Slave For 15 Years By Indonesian Shaman, Accused Charged
An elderly village witch doctor in Indonesia entrapped a 12-year-old girl and tricked her into having sex with him for the next 15 years by claiming to be possessed by the "jin", or spirit, of a young boy, police said on Tuesday.
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'You Look So Beautiful': Indonesians Celebrate The Dead In Ancient Ritual
The people of Tana Toraja, or "the land of Toraja", are mostly Christian, but adhere to old traditions whose roots trace back to animistic beliefs. This is common in Indonesia, a predominantly Muslim country of 250 million people that is also home to minority groups which espouse Hinduism, Buddhism, and traditional beliefs
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Indonesian Priest Injured In Church Attack
A knife-wielding man stabbed a Catholic priest and tried to set off an explosive device at a church in Indonesia on Sunday, police said, the latest attack on religious minorities in the mainly Muslim country.
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Indonesian Priest Injured In Church Attack
A knife-wielding man stabbed a Catholic priest and tried to set off an explosive device at a church in Indonesia on Sunday, police said, the latest attack on religious minorities in the mainly Muslim country.
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Planes Collide On Indonesia Runway, No Casualties: Officials
Two passenger planes collided late Monday on an airport runway in the Indonesian capital, an airline spokesman said, causing minor damage but no injuries to passengers.
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Indonesia Arrests 2 Over New Year Suicide Terror Plot
Indonesian police said today they have arrested two men, including a member of China's Uighur minority, allegedly involved in a planned New Year suicide attack in Jakarta.
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Powerful Earthquake Hits Eastern Indonesia, Reports of Minor Damage
A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia today, US seismologists said, with some reports of minor property damage but no casualties recorded so far.
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"Felt Like A Wave": People Flee Into Streets After Strong Indonesia Jolt
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Tuesday triggering a tsunami warning and sending residents fleeing from their homes but causing only minor damage and injuring one person, authorities said.
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Frenchman Held For Alleged Child Molesting Kills Himself: Indonesia Police
A French national detained in Indonesia on suspicion of molesting over hundreds of children has died by apparent suicide, police said Monday.
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Frenchman Facing Death In Indonesia For Molesting Hundreds Of Kids
A French retiree could face the death penalty in Indonesia on charges that he molested over 300 children and beat those who refused to have sex with him, authorities said Thursday.
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Girl Kept As Sex Slave For 15 Years By Indonesian Shaman, Accused Charged
An elderly village witch doctor in Indonesia entrapped a 12-year-old girl and tricked her into having sex with him for the next 15 years by claiming to be possessed by the "jin", or spirit, of a young boy, police said on Tuesday.
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'You Look So Beautiful': Indonesians Celebrate The Dead In Ancient Ritual
The people of Tana Toraja, or "the land of Toraja", are mostly Christian, but adhere to old traditions whose roots trace back to animistic beliefs. This is common in Indonesia, a predominantly Muslim country of 250 million people that is also home to minority groups which espouse Hinduism, Buddhism, and traditional beliefs
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Indonesian Priest Injured In Church Attack
A knife-wielding man stabbed a Catholic priest and tried to set off an explosive device at a church in Indonesia on Sunday, police said, the latest attack on religious minorities in the mainly Muslim country.
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Indonesian Priest Injured In Church Attack
A knife-wielding man stabbed a Catholic priest and tried to set off an explosive device at a church in Indonesia on Sunday, police said, the latest attack on religious minorities in the mainly Muslim country.
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Planes Collide On Indonesia Runway, No Casualties: Officials
Two passenger planes collided late Monday on an airport runway in the Indonesian capital, an airline spokesman said, causing minor damage but no injuries to passengers.
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Indonesia Arrests 2 Over New Year Suicide Terror Plot
Indonesian police said today they have arrested two men, including a member of China's Uighur minority, allegedly involved in a planned New Year suicide attack in Jakarta.
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Powerful Earthquake Hits Eastern Indonesia, Reports of Minor Damage
A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia today, US seismologists said, with some reports of minor property damage but no casualties recorded so far.
