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Villagers make their way at an area affected by a landslide in Sukajaya, West Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. Landslides and floods triggered by torrential downpours have left dozens of people dead in and around Indonesia's capital, as rescuers struggled to search for people apparently buried under tons of mud, officials said Saturday. (AP Photo/Ar Rayyan)

Mudslides, blackouts hamper search after Indonesia floods

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

A woman rides a tricycle on a flooded street in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. Monsoon rains and rising rivers submerged parts of greater Jakarta and caused landslides in Bogor and Depok districts on the city's outskirts as well as in neighboring Lebak, which buried a number of people. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

60 dead in landslides, flash floods in Indonesia’s capital

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Residents move the wreckage of cars that were swept away by flood in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 3, 2020.Severe flooding in greater Jakarta has killed scores of people and displaced tens of thousands others, the country's disaster management agency said. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Indonesia capital floods leave 43 dead, 397,000 displaced

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

A young boy sits on a chair in a flooded neighborhood in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. Severe flooding in the capital as residents celebrated the new year has killed scores of people and displaced tens of thousands, the country's disaster management agency said. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Floods in Indonesia capital recede as death toll reaches 30

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Indonesia rescue team evacuate residents from their flooded house at Jatibening on the outskirt of Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. Severe flooding hit Indonesia's capital just after residents celebrating New Year's Eve, forcing a closure of an airport and thousands of inhabitants to flee their flooded homes.(AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

16 dead, thousands caught in flooding in Indonesia’s capital

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Muslim women hold posters during a rally outside the Chinese Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 27, 2019. Over a thousand Muslims staged the rally calling to an end to alleged oppression against Muslim Uighur ethnic minority in China's region of Xinjiang. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Indonesian Muslims protest China’s treatment of Uighurs

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

A kid looks up at the sun wearing protective glasses to watch a solar eclipse from Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Thousands in Asia marvel at ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse

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People read the holy book of the Quran as they pray at a mass grave site for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami, during the commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the disaster in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Nurhasanah)

Indonesia, Thailand mark 15th anniversary of massive tsunami

By YAYAN ZAMZAMI and NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

In this photo released by the National Search And Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers remove the body of a victim of a bus accident in Pagaralam, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019. A number of people were killed when the passenger bus plunged into the ravine on Sumatra island after its brakes apparently malfunctioned, police said Tuesday. (BASARNAS via AP)

28 killed as bus plunges into ravine in Indonesia

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Gunmen attack plane in Indonesia’s Papua; no casualties

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Bon Bon, a three-year-old male orangutan sits on his keeper's lap during a press conference in Bali, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. Bon Bon was seized at Bali airport in March after a Russian man attempted to smuggle him out of Bali. The Indonesian Nature Conservation Agency will move Bonbon in a conservation center in Sumatra before he is released back into the wild. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Thailand returns orangutans to their Indonesian homeland

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON - Associated Press

Papuan independence activists, from left to right, Anes Tabuni, Ambrosius Mulait, Suryanta Ginting, Arina Elopere, Isay Wenda, and Charles Kossay attend their trial at Central Jakarta District Court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. The activists were charged with treason following a protest on Aug. 28 against racism and called for independence for their restive region. The case highlighted Indonesia's sensitivity about the volatile West Papua region where a separatist group has battled Indonesian rule for decades. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

6 activists stand trial in Indonesia on charges of treason

By TATAN SYUFLANA and NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Indonesia’s military says 2 soldiers killed in Papua clash

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Indonesia court increases jail term for Polish tourist

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A Boeing 737 Max airplane being built for Norwegian Air International taxis for a test flight, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, at Renton Municipal Airport in Renton, Wash. The chairman of the House Transportation Committee said Wednesday that an FAA analysis of the 737 Max performed after a fatal crash in 2018 predicted &quot;as many as 15 future fatal crashes within the life of the fleet&quot; during opening remarks at the committee's fifth hearing on the Boeing 737 Max. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Boeing to halt production of 737 Max airliner in January

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

Alleged militants kill police officer in eastern Indonesia

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, second from right, and Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Eric Thohir, right, inspect a Harley Davidson motorcycle found by customs officials on a Garuda Indonesia's new Airbus A330-900 being delivered from France, prior to the start of a press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. Thohir said he will fire and seek the prosecution of the head of the national airline after he was implicated in the smuggling the motorcycle into the country on the new jet. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Indonesia to fire airline CEO over smuggling accusation

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Strong quake hits eastern Indonesia; no tsunami warning

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Indonesia police kill 2 suspects in militant crackdown

By BINSAR BAKKARA - Associated Press

File-This Aug. 15, 2019, file photo shows dozens of grounded Boeing 737 MAX airplanes crowd a parking area adjacent to Boeing Field in Seattle. Boeing is settling more of the roughly 150 lawsuits filed by families of passengers killed in two crashes of the 737 Max jet. A Seattle law firm said Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, it settled four cases involving passengers on the Lion Air Max that crashed off the coast of Indonesia in October 2018. On Thursday, a judge approved settlements of nine other cases.(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Boeing settles several more lawsuits over Max plane crashes

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press