Spiritualist guardian of Indonesian volcano among those killed

INDONESIAN establishment are scrambling to deal with two lethal events after a tsunami and volcanic eruptions struck two region of the archipelago.

Rescue workers and fishermen searched for survivors in waters west of Sumatra after a influential earthquake and resulting tsunami killed at least 154 populace and left 400 missing on Monday. Thousands additional were left homeless.

Concerning 1200 kilometres to the east, on the island of Java, thousands of villagers fled eruption of Indonesia's most volatile volcano, Mount Merapi, after it begin spewing hot ash on Tuesday. Twenty-nine people have died, and at least 15 were injured, a number of with severe burns.

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Indonesia tsunami kills 113; scores more missing

Savior battled rough seas Tuesday to reach distant Indonesian islands crushed by a 10-foot (three-meter) tsunami that sweep away homes, killing at least 113 people. Achieves more were missing and in order was only beginning to trickle in from the thinly populated surfing purpose, so casualties were predictable to rise.

By means of few able to get to the islands to help with searches, fisherman was left to find the dead and look for the living. Corpses were strewn concerning since there were not sufficient people to dig graves, according to the Mentawai region chief, Edison Salelo Baja. More than 4,000 people predictable to spend the night without shelter since tents and other supplies had also not arrived.

The responsibility that ruptured Monday on Indonesia Sumatra Island’s coast also reasoned the 2004 quake and monster Indian Ocean tsunami that killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries.

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Indonesian police think they've captured wanted terror suspect

Police in Indonesia captured a man believed to be the one of the most wanted terrorists in the country on Wednesday, authorities said.

He is Abdullah Sonata, an explosives expert. Sonata was thought to have a recen returned from the Philippines and started recruiting and training militants. He is linked to the late militant Noordin Mohammed Top, responsible for the terror bombings until he was killed last year by police.

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Indonesian census discovers 157-year-old woman

ESTIMATES of the size and the composition of Indonesia's booming population may remain just that despite an ongoing census, if the "discovery" of a 157-year-old woman is anything to go by.

Census officials have said that they believe the woman's claims to have been born in 1853, when Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata debuted in Venice, the Crimean War erupted and San Francisco got its first street signs at intersections.

"There's no authentic data to prove her age but judging from her statements and the age of her adopted daughter, who's now 108 years old, it's difficult to doubt it," statistics bureau official Jhonny Sardjono said.

The only person verified to have lived past 120 years of age was Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at the age of 122.

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