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National Search And Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) personnel carry the body of a victim on board the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501, from a helicopter upon arrival at the airport in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015. After nearly a week of searching for the victims of AirAsia Flight 8501, rescue teams battling monsoon rains had their most successful day yet, more than tripling the number of bodies pulled from the Java Sea, some still strapped to their seats. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflanai)

4 large objects detected in AirAsia wreckage hunt

By Tatan Syuflana - Associated Press

Members of the National Search And Rescue Agency carry a coffin containing the body of one of the victims on board the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501 to transfer to Surabaya at the airport in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. Searchers were racing "against time and weather" Thursday to recover the dead from the crash, with a window of good conditions slammed shut by another onslaught of wind and heavy rain. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

1st of 9 bodies from AirAsia crash identified

By Eileen Ng and Robin McDowell - Associated Press

Members of the National Search And Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) carry a coffin containing a body of one of the victims on board the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501, to transfer to Surabaya, at the airport in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

AirAsia aftermath: Bad weather hobbles Indonesia jet recovery; 7 bodies found

By Eileen Ng - Associated Press

Relatives of passengers of the missing AirAsia flight QZ 8501 react to the news on television about the findings of bodies on the waters near the site where the jetliner disappeared, at the crisis center at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, Flight 8501 vanished Sunday in airspace thick with storm clouds on its way from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)

Indonesia: Bodies found near site where AirAsia plane disappeared over Java Sea

By Dewi Nurcahyani and Robin McDowell - Associated Press

President Barack Obama follows through on a swing while golfing at Farm Neck Golf Club, in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. Obama is vacationing on the island. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

CHARLES ORTEL: As Obama vacations, Indonesia has the advantage

By Charles Ortel

Acehnese women visit the Tsunami Museum in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, the worst-hit region of the 2004 tsunami. (Associated Press)

Indonesia tsunami 10th anniversary: Disaster, recovery brought iffy peace to Banda Aceh

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Indonesian Armed Forces Chief Gen. Moeldoko said that the threat now presents an opportunity for the U.S.-Indonesian military relationship to expand (Associated Press)

Indonesia wants to aid U.S. in Islamic State fight, top military commander says

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 17, 2014 photo, a worker walks at power plant area in Cirebon. The sprawling power station that hums and coughs along this coast in Indonesia is labeled as a Japanese contribution to the global fight against climate change. The plants promote new coal technology from Japanese companies, which is cleaner than old coal technology but still pollutes far more than solar, wind or natural gas. Villagers nearby also complain that the coal plant is damaging the local environment, and that stocks of fish, shrimp and green mussels have dwindled. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Climate funds for coal highlight lack of UN rules

By Karl Ritter and Margie Mason - Associated Press

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Indonesian forensic police officers view evidence related to the death of an American woman at a police station in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. The body of Sheila von Wiese Mack, 62, was found Tuesday stuffed inside a suitcase inside the trunk of a taxi parked in front of an upscale hotel in Bali's Nusa Dua area. Police have arrested her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend in relation to the death. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati) ** FILE **

Female police recruits forced into ‘virginity tests’ in Indonesia

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 8, 2014 photo, the smoke of incense burnt in a huge censer makes a foreign Muslim visitor's eyes water at at Sensoji Buddhist temple at Asakusa district, in Tokyo. Looking ahead to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is trying to boost tourism as part of his “Abenomics” growth revitalization plan. The government hopes to increase the annual number of tourists to 20 million by then. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

TOKYO TRAVEL: Japan taps growing Muslim tourist market

By Haruka Nagu - Associated Press

A Filipino domestic worker, who asked to be identified only by her first name, Babylen, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at a shelter opened for unemployed domestic workers in Hong Kong Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. More than 160,000 Indonesians, almost all women, have taken similarly perilous routes to jobs as maids, nannies and housekeepers in Hong Kong, lured by salaries as much as five times higher than at home. Now, they’re mourning two of their own Seneng Mujiasih and Sumarti Ningsih, former domestic workers in their 20s who were found stabbed to death last weekend in the luxury apartment of British investment banker Rurik George Caton Jutting. For Babylen the past year and a half in Hong Kong has been a bitter disappointment. An injury on the job led to her dismissal in March. Now, she’s waiting to receive compensation while sleeping in the shelter. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Hong Kong domestic workers struggle in risky jobs

By JACK CHANG - Associated Press

A Filipino domestic worker, who asked to be identified only by her first name, Babylen, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at a shelter opened for unemployed domestic workers in Hong Kong Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. More than 160,000 Indonesians, almost all women, have taken similarly perilous routes to jobs as maids, nannies and housekeepers in Hong Kong, lured by salaries as much as five times higher than at home. Now, they’re mourning two of their own Seneng Mujiasih and Sumarti Ningsih, former domestic workers in their 20s who were found stabbed to death last weekend in the luxury apartment of British investment banker Rurik George Caton Jutting. For Babylen the past year and a half in Hong Kong has been a bitter disappointment. An injury on the job led to her dismissal in March. Now, she’s waiting to receive compensation while sleeping in the shelter. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Hong Kong domestic workers struggle in risky jobs

By Jack Chang - Associated Press

Outgoing Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, walks with President-elect Joko Widodo upon arrival prior to a tour of the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014. Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, will be inaugurated as the country's new president on Monday, Oct. 20. (AP Photo/Adek Berry, Pool)

Kerry seeks Asia’s help in anti-Islamic State push

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

In this March 8, 2014 photo, motorists ride past a graffiti of the Islamic State group's flag in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia. The world's largest Muslim country is facing a new threat as security officials fear that militants who are joining the Islamic State could take part in terrorism acts on their return to Southeast Asia. (AP Photo)

Indonesia struggles with Islamic State recruiting

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

President Obama, flanked by Secretary of State John Kerry and National Security Adviser Susan Rice, speaks during his meeting with the representatives of Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, United Arab Emirates and Iraq in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Feds name 11 backers of terrorist organizations

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Muslim women perform an evening prayer called 'tarawih' marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan n Jakarta, Indonesia in June. Fears about the threat posed by the Islamic State are mounting not only in the West but also in the capital of the world's most populous Muslim nation. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Indonesia cracks down on suspected jihadists as Islamic State fears mount

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

2 foreigners still missing in Indonesia sinking

By Jacob Herin - Associated Press