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Padang : Indonesia | about 1 month ago  
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  • Residents clear debris from a damaged house after an earthquake in Padang, in Indonesia's West Sumatra province
    Residents clear debris from a damaged house after an earthquake in ...
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  • Villagers take part in Friday prayers held in a makeshift tent outside their earthquake-damaged mosque in Padang Pariaman
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  • Muslims take part in Friday prayers held in a makeshift tent outside their earthquake-damaged mosque in a village on the outskirts of Padang
    Muslims take part in Friday prayers held in a makeshift tent outside ...
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  • Muslims take part in Friday prayers held at a makeshift tent outside their earthquake-damaged mosque in a village on the outskirts of Padang
    Muslims take part in Friday prayers held at a makeshift tent outside ...
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  • Ramlan, 18, rests in a makeshift tent outside an earthquake-damaged hospital in Padang
    Ramlan, 18, rests in a makeshift tent outside an earthquake-damaged ...
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  • A man walks past an earthquake-damaged mosque on his way to Friday prayers held at a makeshift tent in a village on the outskirts of Padang
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  • A woman walks past an earthquake-damaged mosque before Friday prayers held at a makeshift tent in a village on the outskirts of Padang
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  • U.S. marine helicopter lands in the village of Kepalakoto in Padang Pariaman, Indonesia's West Sumatra
    U.S. marine helicopter lands in the village of Kepalakoto in Padang ...
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  • A Muslim boy removes a prayer mat before Friday prayers held at a makeshift tent outside their earthquake-damaged mosque in a village on the outskirts of Padang
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  • Indonesian soldiers crawl under a collapsed building during a rescue attempt in the Sumatran city of Padang
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The students have missed classes for too long,” Padang education agency head M Nur Amin told kompas.com on Saturday. He added the provincial government had allocated Rp 1.6 billion (US$170,000) to procure 200 tents for the students. “The money has not yet been disbursed as we are still waiting...
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  • News Source: The Star | about 1 month ago
    The Cabinet has agreed to donate US$1mil (RM3.4mil) to the Indonesian government for the Padang earthquake relief fund, Defense Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zahid Hamidi said. The Government also expects another RM10mil (RM34mil) to be collected from...
  • News Source: Uinta County News | about 1 month ago
    A magnitude 5.4 earthquake rocked Gunung Sitoli of Indonesia's North Sumatra on Sunday morning, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said. The agency said that the quake occurred at 07:59 local time ( 0059 GMT) in a depth of 41...
  • News Source: The Jakarta Post | about 1 month ago
    Head of the Padangpanjang office of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency Muhamad Taufik Gunawan said on Saturday the quake had a magnitude of 7.9. Previously the agency had put the magnitude of the quake that killed at least 800 people...
  • News Source: The Jakarta Post | about 1 month ago
    Nur Amin said Saturday the exemption policy would accelerate the rebuilding of the school buildings. “Direct appointments for school reconstruction projects funded by foreign donors are needed as foreign assistance is subject to time limitations in...
  • News Source: The Jakarta Post | about 1 month ago
    The students have missed classes for too long,” Padang education agency head M Nur Amin told kompas.com on Saturday. He added the provincial government had allocated Rp 1.6 billion (US$170,000) to procure 200 tents for the students. “The money...
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