Indonesia set to ask major donors for quake help

Indonesia set to ask major donors for quake help
JAKARTA : Help for Indonesia footing a more than three-billion-dollar bill for rebuilding quake-devastated central Java is set to dominate an annual international donors meeting here this week.

West Java, Banten cities on dirty list

West Java, Banten cities on dirty list
Bandung and Bekasi, both in West Java, Tangerang in Banten and Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan received the unwanted distinction of the country’s dirtiest cities this year, while 45 other local administrations …

Over 500 people hospitalized due to gas leak in Indonesia’s E. Java (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)

Over 500 people hospitalized due to gas leak in Indonesia’s E. Java (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
_ Gas and mud that have been spewing from cracks in a gas well have caused more than 500 people to be hospitalized in Indonesia’s East Java Province, media reports said Tuesday.