Sources: Wired
The Indonesian foreign ministry says 10 Indonesian nationals are being held hostage after their tug boat and coal barge was hijacked in Philippine waters. Islamist militant group, Abu Sayyaf is demanding a ransom. 2016-03-29
Scientists report fires raging in Indonesia have hit Borneo's orangutans particularly hard. Borneo is home to about 30 percent of the world's wild orangutans, an endangered species. Smoke has already displaced many orangutans and caused health problems related to smoke inhalation, according to the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF). 2015-11-3
Indonesia's Sinabung volcano erupts, displacing more than 19,000 people. 2014-01-1
Mounts Merapi and Sinabung erupt in Indonesia forcing residents of Central Java and North Sumatra to flee. 2013-11-18
An Indonesian Air Force Fokker 27 crashes in a residential complex in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, killing at least six people. 2012-06-21
Two terrorist suspects wanted in connection with the shooting of two Indonesian police officers are killed in a raid in Poso, Central Sulawesi. 2011-06-4
Indonesia's Mount Sinabung continues to erupt with 21,000 people now evacuated from nearby areas of north Sumatra and two people dead. 2010-08-30
1 person dies as the Sumatran volcano Sinabung prompts a red alert by erupting for the first time in over 400 years, leading to Indonesia evacuating thousands of people. 2010-08-29
Indonesian detainees riot and light a fire at the Northern Immigration Detention Centre in Darwin, Australia. 2010-08-29
Mount Sinabung in Sumatra, Indonesia, erupts. Thousands of people evacuated.[http:--www.thejakartapost.com-news-2010-08-29-mount-sinabung-sumatra-erupts.html (The Jakarta Post)] (Wikinews)2010-08-28