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Indonesia green-lights emergency use of Chinese vaccine

By VICTORIA MILKO and EDNA TARIGAN - Associated Press

Rescuers search for victims at a village hit by Sunday's landslides in Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Landslides triggered by heavy rain in the village left at a number of people died and injured, officials said. (AP Photo/Sorasoca)

26 missing, at least 13 dead in Indonesia landslides

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Indonesian Navy ships continue their search for the wreckage of Sriwijaya Air passenger jet that crashed into Java Sea near Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Indonesian navy divers scoured the floor of the Java Sea on Monday as they hunted for the black boxes of a Sriwijaya Air jet that nosedived into the waters at high velocity with dozens of people aboard. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Divers recover ‘black box’ from crashed Indonesia plane

By NNiniek Karmini - Associated Press

Indonesian Navy divers pull out a part of an airplane out of the water during a search operation for the Sriwijaya Air passenger jet that crashed into the sea near Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. Indonesian divers on Sunday located parts of the wreckage of the Boeing 737-500 in the Java Sea, a day after the aircraft with dozens of people onboard crashed shortly after takeoff from Jakarta. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

EXPLAINER: Why Indonesia’s plane safety record is a concern

By VICTORIA MILKO - Associated Press

Indonesian Navy divers pull out a part of an airplane out of the water during a search operation for the Sriwijaya Air passenger jet that crashed into the sea near Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. Indonesian divers on Sunday located parts of the wreckage of the Boeing 737-500 in the Java Sea, a day after the aircraft with dozens of people onboard crashed shortly after takeoff from Jakarta. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Indonesia navy divers hunt for crashed plane’s black boxes

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

This radar image shows the flight path of Indonesian Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 before it dropped off radar, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. The Sriwijaya Air passenger jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers after taking off from Indonesia’s capital on Saturday on a domestic flight, officials said. (Flightradar24.com via AP)

Indonesia jet carrying 62 goes missing on domestic flight

By Niniek Karmini and Edna Tarigan - Associated Press

Rescuers inspects found in the waters around the location where a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet has lost contact with air traffic controllers shortly after the takeoff, at the search and rescue command center at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. The Boeing 737-500 took off from Jakarta for Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan province on Indonesia's Borneo island, and lost contact with the control tower a few moments later. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Indonesian divers find parts of plane wreckage in Java Sea

By VICTORIA MILKO and EDNA TARIGAN - Associated Press

Landslides in Indonesia leave at least 11 dead

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Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir sits inside a van as he leaves upon his release from Gunung Sindur Prison in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. The convicted firebrand cleric who inspired the Bali bombers and other violent extremists walked free from prison Friday after completing his sentence for funding the training of Islamic militants. (AP Photo/Aditya Irawan)

Indonesian cleric who inspired Bali bombings freed from jail

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

Mount Merapi spews volcanic materials from its crater as seen from Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. The 2,968-meter (9,737-foot) mountain spewed avalanches of hot clouds on Thursday morning amid its increasing volcanic activities. (AP Photo/Taufiq Rozzaq)

Indonesia’s Merapi volcano spews hot clouds, 500 evacuate

By SLAMET RIYADI - Associated Press

Indonesian police kill 2 suspected militants in raid

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Passengers sit apart to maintain physical distance as they wait to have their nasal swab samples collected to be tested for the coronavirus which is required for long-distance train trips at Gambir Train Station in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. Indonesia has reported more than 600,000 cases of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Indonesia leader reshuffles Cabinet amid virus crisis, graft

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Concern among Muslims over halal status of COVID-19 vaccine

By VICTORIA MILKO - Associated Press

Supporters of Rizieq Shihab, leader of the Islam Defenders Front, display a flag bearing his image during a rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Hundreds of protesters marched in Indonesia's capital on Friday to demand the release of the firebrand cleric who is in police custody on accusation of inciting people to breach pandemic restrictions and ignoring measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 by holding several events, and justice for his six followers who were killed in a shootout with the police. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Protesters in Indonesia demand release of firebrand cleric

By FADLAN SYAM and NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Police officers escort suspected militant Zulkarnaen, center, who is also known as Aris Sumarsono, upon arrival at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Indonesian authorities have transferred suspected militants arrested in recent weeks to the country’s capital, including Zulkarnaen, a bomb maker and the architect of a series of deadly attacks and sectarian conflicts in the world’s largest Muslim majority nation. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Indonesian police move top terror suspect for investigation

By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

An electoral worker wearing a protective suit as a precaution against the coronavirus outbreak assists a woman to cast her ballot during the regional election at a polling station in Tangerang, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Indonesia pushed forward with holding previously postponed regional elections on Wednesday amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Indonesia conducts regional election during pandemic

By EDNA TARIGAN - Associated Press

A man wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of coronavirus outbreak walks at a beach in Bali, Indonesia on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

1.2M doses of China-made COVID vaccine arrive in Indonesia

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Officers arrange suitcases full of rupiah and U.S. dollar bills confiscated from suspects as Chairman of Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission Firli Bahuri, top center, looks on during a news conference on a corruption case involving government's COVID-19 pandemic aid distribution, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. Indonesian Social Affairs Minister Juliari Batubara turned himself in to anti-corruption authorities Sunday to face charges of taking bribes in the procurement of goods to be distributed to the poor as COVID-19 social assistance packages. (AP Photo/Birendra)

Indonesia minister turns himself in for COVID-19 aid graft

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

A young girl washes a pillow in flood water near ruins of houses at a neighborhood affected by the flood in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. Torrential rains in the country's third largest city swelled rivers and flooded thousands of homes leaving a number of people killed and missing. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

Rains in western Indonesia leave 5 dead, 2,700 homes flooded

By BINSAR BAKKARA - Associated Press

Thousands flee as activity in Indonesian volcanoes increases

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press