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Indonesia's most active volcano erupts, blanketing villages in ash

Ash and hot gas is shot up to six kilometres into the sky above Mount Merapi, blanketing several villages on Indonesia's main island of Java.

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From: Marsden Gnash, Bliss-defrocking Warlock (MEDDLY)

6/22/20

We have no volcanoes here but we are doing as bad (or quite close) as those villagers in Indonesia, thanks to the Saharan dust plume. Last night, I was able to see some real clouds but no stars. Today, I can't see shi-it!

OTOH, the Saharan dust plume helps in keeping our area free of Tropical storms.

JEEZ, and to think how I celebrated when 2017 ended. What a fool!

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From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)

6/23/20

I celebrated when 2016 ended!

Can you upload any photos of what it is like for you in the dust storms?

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6/23/20

I'll try.

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From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)

6/23/20

I'm about to post a story about it in Caribbean News.

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From: Marsden Gnash, Bliss-defrocking Warlock (MEDDLY)

6/23/20

Saw it, thank you.

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From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)

7/9/20

ABC News

Alis was stolen from outside his mother's church. Then 42 years later, someone came looking for him

Taken from their war-torn homeland and raised as Indonesians, Timor-Leste's stolen children are finally coming home.

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7/18/20

Indonesia struggles with rising coronavirus infections as tests become commercialised

Indonesia is grappling with a coronavirus catastrophe as it records upwards of 1,000 cases per day, a situation exacerbated by the commercialisation of tests and an early reopening of the economy.

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7/18/20

Activists decry Indonesian policemen's jail sentences for acid attack on graft investigator

An Indonesian court hands down short prison sentences to two elite police officers for attacking a senior anti-corruption investigator with acid, in a verdict slammed by rights groups and anti-graft activists.

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8/11/20

Sumatrans look on as Mount Sinabung erupts again, sending huge plume of ash into the sky

Mount Sinabung, one of Indonesia's best known volcanos, erupts violently for the second time in three days, sending a giant ash cloud 5 kilometres into the air, turning the sky dark.