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Boats are pictured on January 10 2021 during a search for the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182, which crashed to the sea, in Jakarta, Indonesia.Image: REUTERS/Willy Kurniawa
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Indonesia finds body parts, debris, detects emergency signal of crashed jet

Indonesia detected signals on Sunday that could come from a flight recorder of a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea after taking off from the capital Jakarta, as human body parts and suspected pieces of the plane were retrieved.…

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A boy being treated at by the Indonesian Navy hospital ship “KRI dr. Soeharso” walks along the dock in the earthquake and tsunami hit Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside
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SA aid team returns from earthquake-ravaged Indonesia

The South African Gift of the Givers team which was deployed to earthquake-torn Indonesia will be heading home on Friday. “The teams are leaving this evening‚ arriving tomorrow morning. We were the last foreign team left and virtually the…

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WATCH: The moment the massive waves crash on shore as tsunami hits Indonesian island of Sulawesi

A Video shared with Reuters shows a giant waves crashing into shore, before moving quickly into the streets when a major earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on September 29, 2018.

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Chief Water Police of Lombok Dewa Wijaya takes a picture in front of hundreds of people attempting to leave the Gili Islands after an earthquake Gili Trawangan, in Lombok, Indonesia, August 6, 2018, in this picture.Image: Indonesia Water Police/Handout/via REUTERS
EARTHQUAKE KILLED AT 105 PEOPLE

Five South Africans caught up in deadly Indonesia earthquake are safe: Dirco

Five South Africans who were in Indonesia when an earthquake killed 105 people are safe. “All five have been accounted for and are safe‚” Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) spokesperson Ndivhuwo Mabaya said…

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