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Survival victims: ‘’The rescue team too late to help my friends’’. ‘’The rescue team I think too late to rescue my colleagues. On Thursday, October 1, 2009 some of my colleagues, some mom still talk to me that I should...

The death toll of Sumatra earthquake rise to 1,117 dead, and more than 125,000 homes damages. The dead toll cause by the powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake , which struck off the city of Padang and Pariaman regencies in West Sumatra...

In three small villages in Indonesia, officials fear 90 percent of the residents were buried in the rubble, just one more tragic consequence of the devastation from two large earthquakes that struck Indonesia. At least 1,100 people are dead in...

Aburizal Bakrie led Golkar Party Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Welfare affairs and one of the Indonesian richest man Aburizal Bakrie win the battle to lead the Indonesian second largest and former Indonesian ruling party for more than 30 years Golkar...

Indonesia is predicted to again hit by an earthquake more powerful than the earthquake on west sumatera 30 September 09. This is because the two tectonic plates under the island of Sumatra was still adjusting. This was stated by earthquake...

Natural disasters have wrecked absolute havoc on the Asian continent the past few weeks and as rescue workers furiously search for people, the death toll seems to be constantly climbing. The initial figures that were released by the the Indonesia...

The death toll from Indonesia's massive earthquake will likely double as officials on Saturday reached rural communities wiped out by landslides that buried more than 600 people under mountains of mud, most of them guests at a wedding celebration. Four...

Another earthquake strikes--this time the 7.6 magnitude quake, hit 33 miles (53 kilometers) from Padang, the capital city of West Sumatra. Padang is home to more than 800,000 people. At least 21 people have been reported dead and hundreds more...

Indonesia seems to be the epitome of earthquakes. The nation has still not reeled from their earlier jolt that killed more than 200 people and now a 6.8 magnitude quake hit southern Sumatra on Thursday (0152 GMT). The earlier Pacific...

Quake destroys history in Padang Syofiardi Bachyul Jb ,  The Jakarta Post ,  Padang    Fri, 11/13/2009 9:50 AM   Culture The 7.9-magnitude earthquake that shook West Sumatra on Sept. 30 did not only destroy homes and modern buildings in the...