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Kalimantan Tengah

My orangutans sensed I’d had cancer - they were so gentle with me when I was weak

Michelle Desilets wasn't surprised she was exhausted. 'I couldn't sleep and was having five cold baths a day,' says Michelle. 'Nothing the GP prescribed worked and he finally referred me to a tropical diseases expert at...

Dead boat accident victims to be returned after identification

Medan (ANTARA News) - The repatriation of dead victims of a recent boat accident in Malaysia will be done after Malaysian authorities have completed identifying them, a local manpower official said. "Those who arrived in...

C. Kalimantan Police to jail plantation businessmen burning forest areas

Palangka Raya (ANTARA News) - Central Kalimantan Police Chief Brid Gen Dinar MBA said he would put into jail plantation businessmen who burned forest areas for land clearence. "Businessmen of big plantation and local residents...

Corrupt local governing regents seek approval for plantation expansion– more orangutans will die...

Benget Besalicto Tnb, Contributor, Sampit, Central Kalimantan At least two regencies in Central Kalimantan are waiting for approval from the Jakarta-based forestry ministry to convert some of their forest into industrial...

Indonesian ferry catches fire with more than 700 people on board

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- More than 700 passengers escaped from an Indonesian ferry that caught fire Sunday shortly before reaching its destination on Borneo island, officials said. The ship was making its way upriver to the port town of Sampit when flames broke out on the top passenger deck,...

Over 100 hurt after ferry catches fire in eastern Indonesia

More than 100 people were injured after fire engulfed a ferry in a river in Sampit regency of Central Kalimantan province of Indonesia on Sunday, chief of provincial water police Teguh Eko Waluyo said. The police chief said that 24 people were seriously wounded and 70 others got minor injuries....

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