West Sumatra's quake death toll rises to 739
Jakarta - The official death toll from last week's devastating earthquake in Indonesia's West Sumatra rose to 739 Thursday, while 296 people remained unaccounted for. Data issued by the National Disaster Management Agency said the September 30 magnit...
[Posted on :
] Category : [
Nature (Environment) ]
Nine dead after ferry carrying 242 sinks in Indonesia - Summary
Jakarta - At least nine people were killed when a ferry carrying at least 242 people sank in bad weather off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Sunday, officials said. Authorities said an estimated 232 people survived. But search teams using a numbe...
[Posted on :
] Category : [
Australasia (World) ]
Four dead after ferry carrying 240 sinks in Indonesia - 2nd Update
Jakarta - At least four people were killed when a ferry carrying 240 people sank in bad weather off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Sunday, officials said. Authorities said an estimated 202 people survived. But search teams using a number of nava...
[Posted on :
] Category : [
Australasia (World) ]
Ferry with more than 200 people sinks in Indonesia - Update
Jakarta - A ferry with 240 people on board sank in bad weather off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Sunday, killing at least one person, police and media reports said. Search teams are looking for survivors from the Dumai Express 10, which was sai...
[Posted on :
] Category : [
Australasia (World) ]
