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INDONESIA: Farming for alternative livelihoods
11 March 2010
(IRIN
),
Young unemployed men are finding opportunities in a project that also aims to introduce sustainable farming methods to Indonesia's agricultural sector.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88395/INDONESIA-Farming-for-alternative-livelihoods
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INDONESIA: Small-scale disasters take their toll
3 March 2010
(IRIN
),
Small-scale disasters affect thousands of Indonesians every year, yet the floods and landslides that constantly hit the country are overshadowed by more devastating events, agencies say.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88291/INDONESIA-Small-scale-disasters-take-their-toll
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ASIA: Pesticides pose health risks
25 February 2010
(IRIN
),
The use of pesticides in Asian countries has exposed communities across the region to unacceptably high health risks, according to a study conducted by the international Pesticide Action Network
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88234/ASIA-Pesticides-pose-health-risks
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INDONESIA: Plight of mudflow IDPs continues
10 February 2010
(IRIN
),
Nearly 50,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Indonesia still lack basic services and are awaiting full compensation after a mudflow destroyed homes and farmland almost four years ago.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88057/INDONESIA-Plight-of-mudflow-IDPs-continues
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INDONESIA: Overcrowding fuels TB in prisons
25 January 2010
(IRIN
),
Serious overcrowding, a shortage of medical staff and a lack of funding are thwarting Indonesia's efforts to tackle tuberculosis (TB) in prisons, experts say. Indonesia's 422 prisons hold more than 140,000 inmates, even though they were designed for 80,000, according to the Justice Ministry.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/87852/INDONESIA-Overcrowding-fuels-TB-in-prisons
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INDONESIA: Bird flu cases down but risk remains high
18 January 2010
(IRIN
),
Indonesia reported fewer deaths from bird flu in 2009, but health specialists warn that the risk to humans remains high.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/87771/INDONESIA-Bird-flu-cases-down-but-risk-remains-high
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INDONESIA: Internet facilitates illegal kidney trade
8 January 2010
(IRIN
),
Thomas, 30, said mounting debt forced him to take the desperate step of selling a kidney on the internet for 300 million rupiah (US$32,400).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/87668/INDONESIA-Internet-facilitates-illegal-kidney-trade
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INDONESIA: Tsunami early warning system a work in progress
31 December 2009
(IRIN
),
Five years after the Indian Ocean tsunami, Indonesia’s early warning system remains a work in progress, officials and experts say. Indonesia began setting up an early warning system in 2005, a year after a 9.2 Richter scale earthquake off Sumatra triggered a tsunami which left over 230,000 dead, 1.8 million displaced and 470,000 homes and buildings destroyed in 13 countries.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/87605/INDONESIA-Tsunami-early-warning-system-a-work-in-progress
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INDONESIA: Waiting for permanent homes
24 December 2009
(IRIN
),
Ani was preparing breakfast on a Sunday morning five years ago when she heard a loud roaring noise after a massive earthquake. She fled to the hills with her husband and four children, unaware that within minutes their rented home would be swept away.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/87556/INDONESIA-Waiting-for-permanent-homes
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INDONESIA: Khalidan, "The tsunami changed everything"
23 December 2009
(IRIN
),
When the tsunami struck the Indonesian province of Aceh on 26 December 2004, killing an estimated 160,000 people, Khalidan, 44, was a fighter with the separatist Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM) or Free Aceh Movement.
http://www.irinnews.org/HOV/87534/INDONESIA-Khalidan-The-tsunami-changed-everything
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