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Monday Dec 28 | Business Times

Indonesia picks Petronas to end monopoly

INDONESIA'S state oil firm Pertamina has lost its exclusive right to distribute subsidised oil products in 2010 after a unit of Malaysia's Petronas and a local firm won supply tenders, a regulator said on Monday.

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Tue Dec 22, 2009

New Straits Times

Ipoh's cut of kindness for Indonesian

IPOH: Thanks to caring Malaysians, a 7-year-old Indonesian girl who normally chokes when she eats and drinks will undergo reconstructive surgery here today to correct her problem.

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Sun Dec 20, 2009

Business Times

Garuda aims to reinstate flights from KL to Denpasar, Medan

Indonesia's national carrier Garuda Indonesia plans to reinstate its flights from Kuala Lumpur to Denpasar in Bali and Medan by September 2010, six years after the service was halted.

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Fri Dec 18, 2009

Burmanet

Jakarta Globe: Rohingya refugees in Aceh moved to Medan a " Nurdin Hasan

" The 195 Rohingya refugees who have been waiting for about a year in Aceh for the central government to decide their fate were moved to an immigration shelter in Medan on Thursday.

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Thu Dec 17, 2009

AlertNet

Thumb for PHOTOS

A combination photo shows bodies of tsunami victims floating in the water near the city port of Banda Aceh, December 29, 2004, and a view of the same area, December 3, 2009.

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Related Topix: Tsunami, Asian Tsunami Disaster, World News, Indonesia, Boat Disaster,

Tue Dec 15, 2009

Asia News Network

JAKARTA: Garuda Indonesia: How to win people's trust

Indonesia's national flag carrier, Garuda Indonesia, has been able to resume flight to Europe since July 14, 2009.

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Mon Dec 14, 2009

The Star Online

FEATURE - Built back better in Aceh five years after tsunami

The ship almost looks like it belongs in the neighbourhood, swept miles inland almost five years ago after a cataclysmic earthquake spawned the worst tsunami known to mankind.

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Related Topix: Tsunami, Natural Disasters, Earthquake, Southeast Asia, World News, Indonesia, Air Accidents

Fri Dec 11, 2009

The Statesman

Indonesia fire

JAKARTA, 5 DEC: Twenty people, including 9 women, died in a fire at a popular nightclub in Medan, in North Sumatra province, on Friday night.

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Wed Dec 09, 2009

Hindustan Times

Moderate quake hits Indonesia: USGS

A moderate earthquake rattled the island of Simeulue off the coast of Indonesia today, seismologists said, but there was no tsunami alert and no immediate reports of damage.

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Flight Global

Aborted Garuda take-off closes Medan airport for three hours

A Garuda Indonesia aircraft that was departing from an airport in North Sumatra has aborted its take-off on the runway, leading to a three-hour closure of the airport.

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Tue Dec 08, 2009

CCTV

20 die in nightclub fire in Indonesia

A fire at a discotheque and Karaokebar in Medan, the capital of North Sumatra province of Indonesia, killed 20 people and injured 5 others on Friday night, secretary of the provincial administration Edy Sofyan said on Saturday.

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Mon Dec 07, 2009

Sun-Star Cagayan de Oro

Police charge 3 after Indonesian bar fire kills 20

Police charged three men with accidentally causing the deaths of 20 patrons in a fire at a third-floor karaoke bar in one of Indonesia's largest cities, alleging they sparked the blaze during renovations, an official said Monday.

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Sun Dec 06, 2009

The Taipei Times

Indonesian police detain three men in karaoke club fire

REPERCUSSIONS: Police said the men could face jail terms of five years or more for negligence that caused a loss of life after the blaze killed 20 people AFP, MEDAN, INDONESIA Monday, Dec 07, 2009, Page 4 Indonesian police said yesterday they have detained three men suspected of causing a karaoke club fire that killed 20 people in Indonesia s North ...

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Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep

Indonesia probes deadly karaoke fire

Police in Indonesia have questioned a man suspected of causing a fire in a karaoke bar which killed 20 people in the city of Medan in northern Sumatra.

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Xinhuanet

Backgrounder: Major fire accidents in nightclubs since 2003

At least 100 people were killed and131 others hospitalized in a nightclub blast apparently caused by indoor fireworks in the Russian city of Perm late Friday, local reports say.

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Sat Dec 05, 2009

Xinhuanet

Dozens of people killed in Indonesian karaoke fire

Indonesian fire fighters put out a blaze in a karaoke club in Medan, on December 4. The blaze broke out late Friday in the third-floor club, part of the larger M City entertainment complex in the city, killing dozens people.

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Asia News Network

JAKARTA: Nightclub fire kills 20 in Indonesia

Indonesian police have confirmed that 20 people, including nine women, were killed as fire razed through popular nightclub M City in Medan, capital of North Sumatra province, Friday night.

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Malaysian National News Agency

No Malaysians Involved In Medan Karaoke Centre Fire

By Mohd Nasir Yusoff JAKARTA, Dec 5 -- No Malaysians were involved in the karaoke centre fire in Medan, Northern Sumatra, which claimed 20 lives Friday night.

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The Straits Times

Police question suspect

INDONESIAN police on Saturday questioned a man they believed accidentally started a fire in a crowded karaoke bar that killed 20 people.

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Fri Nov 27, 2009

Malay Mail

All gone, but the clothes on his back

KUALA LUMPUR: Clad in an oversized T-shirt, tattered pants and a songkok, Sanaji Noto makes his way to the mosque for the Aidiladha morning prayers.

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