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FILE - In this Saturday, April 14, 2018, file photo, Nobel peace prize laureate, and former East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta talks to journalists in Dili, East Timor. Horta has urged the Indonesian government to hold talks with the Papuan independence movement to help end a decades-long insurgency in the country's easternmost region. (AP Photo/Kandhi Barnez, File)

Nobel laureate Ramos-Horta urges Indonesia-Papua dialogue

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Rescuers search for victims at a village hit by a landslide in Sirnaresmi, West Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. The landslide triggered by torrential rain has killed a number of people and left dozens of others missing on Indonesia's main island of Java. (AP Photo)

Indonesia landslide leaves 15 dead; 20 still missing

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Bali volcano shoots new burst of ash; flights unaffected

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Strong quake off Philippines prompts panic, tsunami warning

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Soldiers remove debris from a damaged house in the tsunami-hit village of Carita, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 28, 2018. Indonesia has widened the no-go zone around an island volcano that triggered a tsunami on the weekend, killing hundreds of people in Sumatra and Java. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Weather hampers efforts to inspect Indonesia tsunami volcano

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This combination of synthetic aperture radar images taken by JAXA's ALOS-2 satellite and analyzed by Geospatial Information Authority of Japan shows Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano, center in images, before and after the Dec. 22, 2018, eruption. The images were taken on Aug. 20, 2018, left, and on Dec. 24, 2018, right, respectively. The satellite imagery showed a deformation on the volcano's southwest side.(Geospatial Information Authority of Japan via AP)

Satellite images show collapse of Indonesian island volcano

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A woman walks amid debris at a tsunami-ravaged village in Sumur, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. The Christmas holiday was somber with prayers for tsunami victims in the Indonesian region hit by waves that struck without warning Saturday night.(AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

The Latest: Tsunami toll now 429 dead, thousands homeless

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A photojournalist is silhouetted by the sunset as a lightning strike at a resort affected by Saturday's tsunami in Carita, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. Christmas celebrations traditionally filled with laughter and uplifting music were replaced by somber prayers for tsunami victims in an area hit without warning following a volcanic eruption, leaving hundreds of people dead and thousands homeless in disaster-prone Indonesia. (AP Photo/Fauzy Chaniago)

Indonesia says avoid coast near volcano, fearing new tsunami

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

A look at major tsunamis in Indonesia

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A man stands on the debris following a tsunami in Carita beach, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 24, 2018. Doctors worked to save injured victims while hundreds of military and volunteers scoured debris-strewn beaches in search of survivors Monday after a deadly tsunami gushed ashore without warning on Indonesian islands on a busy holiday weekend. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Prayers for tsunami victims replace Christmas celebrations

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

A rescue team walks near an audio mixer damaged by a tsunami at Tanjung Lesung beach resorts Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 24, 2018. The tsunami that roared ashore in Indonesia from the Sunda Strait, killing more than 280 people and injuring over 1,000, was particularly cruel. It hit on a busy holiday weekend when many people were enjoying the warm night breeze on the beach under a full moon. And unlike most big waves, typically alerted by an earthquake's violent shaking, this was a stealth attack. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Stealth Indonesia tsunami turns perfect night into nightmare

By Niniek Karmini and Margie Mason - Associated Press

A man inspects the damage suffered by a building following a tsunami in Anyar, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018. An eruption of one of the world's most infamous volcanic islands is believed to have triggered a tsunami that killed hundreds of people in Indonesia during a busy holiday weekend. The waves smashed onto beaches at night without warning, ripping houses and hotels from their foundations in seconds and sweeping terrified concertgoers into the sea. (AP Photo)

Race to find survivors, aid victims after Indonesia tsunami

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

A resident inspects his house damaged by a tsunami near Sumur village, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 24, 2018. The tsunami apparently caused by the eruption of an island volcano killed a number of people around Indonesia's Sunda Strait, sending a wall of water crashing some 65 feet (20 meters) inland and sweeping away hundreds of houses including hotels, the government and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Death toll climbs past 370 in Indonesian tsunami disaster

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

A resident inspects his house damaged by a tsunami, in Sumur village, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 24, 2018. The tsunami apparently caused by the eruption of an island volcano killed a number of people around Indonesia's Sunda Strait, sending a wall of water crashing some 65 feet (20 meters) inland and sweeping away hundreds of houses including hotels, the government and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

The Latest: Queen Elizabeth sends condolences to Indonesia

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Villagers stand near a car damaged by a tsunami in Carita, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018. The tsunami occurred after the eruption of a volcano around Indonesia's Sunda Strait during a busy holiday weekend, sending water crashing ashore and sweeping away hotels, hundreds of houses and people attending a beach concert. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Indonesia tsunami triggered by volcano eruption

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

In this image made from video, debris are seen on street after a tsunami hit the coast in Serang city, in Banten Province, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018. A tsunami apparently caused by undersea landslides from a volcanic island hit the coast around Indonesia's Sunda Strait, the government reported. (METRO TV via AP)

Tsunami hits without warning in Indonesia, killing over 220

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Residents walk past a house damaged by a tsunami, in Carita, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018. The tsunami apparently caused by the eruption of an island volcano killed a number of people around Indonesia's Sunda Strait, sending a wall of water crashing some 65 feet (20 meters) inland and sweeping away hundreds of houses including hotels, the government and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Dian Triyuli Handoko)

The Latest: Death toll climbs to 222 in Indonesia tsunami

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Indonesia gains majority ownership of giant Freeport mine

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Strong quake rocks Indonesia’s Papua; no injuries, damage

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FILE - In this July 3, 2011, file photo, shows Mount Soputan seen from Tombatu village in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Mount Soputan, located on the northern part of Sulawesi island, erupted twice Sunday morning, Dec. 16, 2018, according to the national disaster agency's spokesman, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho. (AP Photo/Grace Wakary, File)

Indonesia’s Soputan volcano erupts, ejecting thick ash

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