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Final appeal fails for Frenchman facing death sentence in Indonesia

One of nine men accused of illegal drug manufacture in Indonesia, and facing the death penalty, Frenchman Serge Atlaoui has had his final appeal

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Indonesia: Food prices soar ahead of Ramadan holy month

With the Muslim world anticipating the start of Ramadan, Indonesians are preparing for the month-long fasting period. The south-east Asian country

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Fresh blast from Mount Sinabung volcano in Indonesia

A fresh powerful burst of searing gas has been thrown hundreds of metres into the air from a volcano in western Indonesia. The latest eruption on

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Ferry blaze injures tourists near Bali

At least 11 people have been injured after a fire broke out aboard a ferry en route to the Indonesian tourist resort of Bali. Tourists from

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Malaysia launches search and rescue missions amid migrant crisis

Hundreds of Royhingya and Bangladeshi migrants are being housed in a temporary shelter in Indonesia, after being rescued off their rickety boat

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Malaysia and Indonesia offer shelter to 7,000 'boat people'

Malaysia and Indonesia have said they will offer temporary shelter to 7,000 migrants at sea but that is the limit. They said it is on the

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UN urges South East Asian countries to do more for migrants at sea

Hundreds of boatpeople have been rescued off the coast of Indonesia after being stranded at sea for more than 40 days. Myanmar is said to have

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UN appeals to southeast Asian nations to work together to help stranded migrants

With boats full of people believed to be abandoned in the Andaman Sea, the UN urges southeast Asian countries to work together to help migrants.

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Indonesia urged to stop two-finger virginity tests for military

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Bangladeshi and Rohingy refugees rescued in Indonesia

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Migrants land in Malaysia as hundreds rescued off Indonesia coast

Malaysia has detained more than 1000 Bangladeshi and Rohingya refugees after they arrived on Monday. It comes a day after Indonesian authorities

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Brazilian had 'no idea' he was going before firing squad

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Australia recalls ambassador over Indonesia executions

A diplomatic backlash is underway after eight drug traffickers, seven of them foreigners, were executed by an Indonesian firing squad. Indignation

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How Indonesia executes condemned prisoners

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Australia recalls ambassador over Indonesian executions

Indonesia’s execution of eight convicted drug-traffickers from several countries has strained diplomatic relations. Australia has recalled its

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Indonesia executes drug convicts despite international appeals

Indonesia has gone ahead with the executions of eight out of nine drugs offenders who had been on death row. A woman from the Philippines has

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Australians plea for mercy for condemned nationals in Indonesia

Several hundred people held a vigil in Sydney for the two convicted Australians awaiting execution in Indonesia. In other towns and cities too people

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Indonesia: Family say last farewells to Australian drug smugglers before executions

Amid chaotic scenes, relatives have paid a last visit to a top security jail in Indonesia to say their final farewells to two Australian drug

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Australia makes final plea for stay in execution of Bali 9 pair

Australia makes a final plea to Indonesia for a stay in the execution of convicted drug smugglers Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan. Officials in Jakarta are said to be considering the fate of Filipino

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Indonesia: Seven drug convicts will be executed in days

Seven drug convicts on death row in Indonesia have been told they will be executed in a matter of days, despite pleas for clemency. Families have