Showing posts with label Indonesia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indonesia. Show all posts

Monday, December 29, 2014

Searchers 'Suspect' Missing AirAsia Jet Is On Ocean Floor

Dean Schabner, Bill McGuire, and Ben Candea, Dec. 28, 2014, Good Morning America

The plane's Emergency Locator Transmitter should function automatically and send warning signals, but no signal has been detected by control centers in Indonesia or in neighboring countries, Soelistyo said.

Soelistyo confirmed that Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency is spearheading the search effort.

Read more: abcnews.go.com


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Monday, November 3, 2014

Sharia Indonesia: Women Who Wear Tight Clothes Deserve Rape

Debra Killalea, Oct. 28, 2014, News.com.au

The woman is led arm-in-arm and forced to kneel.

Behind her, a masked man holding a long cane prepares to whip her several times.

Her punishment was selling food during Ramadan.

This is how punishment is carried out in Aceh, Indonesia, the only province in the South-East Asian country to practice Sharia law.

It is extreme and while those living there may not necessarily disagree with it, many have issues how it is dispensed.

Read more: www.news.com.au


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Saturday, March 29, 2014

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Swiss Re, a global reinsurance company, has analyzed the disaster potential for 616 of the world’s largest cities (PDF).

Each city is ranked according to its potential for earthquakes, storms, storm surges, tsunamis, and river floods. For each type of disaster, Swiss Re devised an extreme weather scenario in which defenses fail and the human and economic toll can be enormous. 

Read the full story:  www.businessinsider.com


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