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1,600 Rohingya, Bangladeshi migrants rescued, others at sea

05/11/2015

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Hundreds of migrants abandoned at sea by smugglers in Southeast Asia have reached land and relative safety in the past two days. But an estimated 6,000 Bangladeshis and Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar remain trapped in...

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05/11/2015

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Search area expanded in hunt for AirAsia plane

12/29/2014

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SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — More planes will be in the air and more ships on the sea Tuesday hunting for AirAsia Flight 8501 in a widening search off Indonesia that has dragged into a third day without any solid leads.

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12/29/2014

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Jet Carrying 162 Lost Over Stormy Indonesian Waters

12/28/2014

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Aircraft searching for AirAsia Flight 8501 called off the effort for the night and will resume Monday morning.

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12/28/2014

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10 years after tsunami, Indonesian family reborn

12/24/2014

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MEULABOH, Indonesia (AP) — It all started with a dream that led to a chance meeting: A girl who had been swept away by the Indian Ocean tsunami a decade ago.For three nights, the child's uncle said she visited him in his sleep. When he told...

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12/24/2014

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WHO: Bird Flu Drug Maker on Alert; 3 More Deaths Confirmed

05/27/2006

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The biggest case yet of humans possibly infecting others with bird flu prompted the World Health Organization to put the maker of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu on alert for possible shipment of the global stockpile for the first time, officials...

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05/27/2006

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Slight Mutation Found in Bird Flu Virus

06/25/2006

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The World Health Organization has detailed the first evidence that a person likely caught the bird flu virus from a human, then passed a slightly mutated version to another person.

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06/25/2006

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Poor Nations to Confront WHO on Vaccines

03/25/2007

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Indonesia is refusing to share its bird flu virus samples with the World Health Organization until it gets a guarantee that it can obtain vaccines if a pandemic emerges.

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03/25/2007

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