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  1. Indonesian fishermen find old sunken ship


    The Associated Press - 6 days ago

    JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Fishermen have found a sunken ship filled with old ...Mentawai islands — which killed more ... They believe the Oct. 26 wave off the
    Washing up new possibilities for adventure travel in Indonesia- i-to-i Travel
    Old treasures found inside sunken ship off tsunami-battered ...- NG News
    Booty-Laden Sunken Vessel Found in Mentawai Waters- Jakarta Globe
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  2. ShelterBox: springing into action whenever people are displaced


    The Guardian - 5 days ago

    When a tsunami ripped through the Mentawai Islands, about 150km off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, villages were swept away and livelihoods were wiped out ...


  3. High number of malnourished children in the east of Indonesia


    SOS Children - 2 days ago

    2010 has been a testing year for Indonesia, particularly the last few months. At the end of October, a tsunami hit the southern Mentawai islands, ...
  4. Disaster-hit borrowers can restructure debts


    Jakarta Post - 12 Dec 2010

    ... in Yogyakarta and Central Java, the Mentawai Islands, and Wasior in West Papua can now restructure their debts, Bank Indonesia (BI) formally announced. ...
  5. Moderate earthquake rattles Indonesia's Java island


    Island Crisis - 1 day ago

    Indonesia is on the so-called 'Pacific Ring of Fire', an arc of fault lines ... struck just off the Mentawai Islands off the western coast of Sumatra. ...
  6. In Mentawai, Catholic Church and associations help refugees ...


    AsiaNews.it - Mathias Hariyadi - 6 days ago

    The group of islands is about 10 hours by plane from Padang and continues to be ...Indonesia, national and foreign ... “When natural disasters strike in


  7. CWS EMERGENCY APPEAL: 2010 Mentawai (Indonesia) Earthquake/Tsunami


    ReliefWeb (press release) - 29 Nov 2010

    A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck the Mentawai Islands off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia October 25. The quake's epicenter pushed tsunami waves of ...
  8. Climate change can strain Southeast Asia's security


    eco-business.com - 6 days ago

    Singapore, December 16 - Following the recent 'triple disaster' in Indonesia - the flooding in Papua, the tsunami that hit the Mentawai islands, ...
    Southeast Asia's Silent Tsunamis- Jakarta Globe
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  9. Indonesia: In times of crisis, every moment counts


    Reuters AlertNet - 30 Nov 2010

    Muhamad Djindan recalls his journey to the tsunami-hit Mentawai Island to help survivors in one of Indonesia's remotest places. His story illustrates why ...
  10. New Zealander of the Year Finalist: Dave Jenkins


    New Zealand Herald - 8 Dec 2010

    ... went on a surf charter to the Mentawai Islands off the coast of Sumatra in 1999 in ... has branches in this country, Indonesia, Australia and America. ...
  11. Funds For Indonesian Calamity Victims Receive Positive Response


    Bru Direct - Sally Piri - 7 Dec 2010

    Bandar Seri Begawan - Private entities and individuals are showing their eagerness to help the victims of the tsunami that struck Mentawai Islands, ...
  12. Moderate earthquake hits W Indonesia


    People's Daily Online - 6 Dec 2010

    ... scale rocked off western Indonesia of West Sumatra province on Monday, ... 102 kilometers southwest of Pagai Selatan Island of Mentawai Islands regency ...
  13. Indonesia sets up trauma healing posts for children in disaster ...


    People's Daily Online - 13 Dec 2010

    ... such as in Yogyakarta and Central Java provinces hit by volcano eruption of Mount Merapi, Mentawai Islands of West Sumatra province suffering from ...
  14. Families' worry over as 'missing' sons get in touch


    The Dominion Post - Michael Forbes - 9 Dec 2010

    The three Kerikeri men were sailing near Indonesia's Mentawai Islands on October 25 when a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit off the western coast of Sumatra, ...
  15. Indonesia's refugees offered new start


    SOS Children - 1 Dec 2010

    In the southern Mentawai islands, struck by a tsunami in the same week the ... Transmigration schemes began while Indonesia was still a Dutch colony and ...
  16. Bake-off aids tsunami victims


    Byron Shire News - 1 Dec 2010

    Year 8 students at the school have studied, as part of their geography program, the location of the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia, and are aware of the ...
  17. Aid Follows Ash in Indonesia


    USAID (press release) - Ikene Sere - 7 Dec 2010

    ... after a tsunami killed at least 448 people in the Mentawai Islands chain, ...Indonesia, a collection of more than 17500 islands, lies in a region known ...


  18. The Indonesian Defence Forces And Disaster Relief: Potential ...


    Eurasia Review - Evan A. Laksmana - 6 Dec 2010

    FOLLOWING the recent “triple disaster” in Indonesia — the major flooding in Papua, the tsunami in Mentawai islands, and the volcanic ...
  19. Chec donated to disaster-stricken regions of Indoneasia


    NewDesignWorld (press release) - 26 Nov 2010

    ... ceremony was held on November 19 in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. ... by Mount Merapi eruption, Papua flood and tsunami of Mentawai Islands. ...
  20. Neil Perlberg: Nomad's Land - Soquel's Colendich travels the world...


    Santa Cruz Sentinel - Neil Pearlberg - 13 Dec 2010

    "Nothing can top the Mentawai Islands which lay off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, the waves at Hollow Trees, and Lance's Left are picture ...
  21. Indonesia President Tells Democratic Party to Watch Words


    Jakarta Globe - Anita Rachman - 29 Nov 2010

    In late October, following the tsunami that devastated the Mentawai Islands off West Sumatra, Democrat and House Speaker Marzuki Alie was widely criticized ...
  22. Bukittinggi turns into West Sumatra unique tourism reference


    eTurboNews - 2 days ago

    ... for a break on their way to Maninjau lake, Mentawai Islands, or Harau Valley. ... It is one of the most unique in Indonesia as it combines a matrilineal ...
  23. Indonesia Tsunami Draws Ancient Wreck Ashore


    VIVAnews.com - 14 Dec 2010

    VIVAnews - The 7.2 magniture earthquake that shook Mentawai on Monday, October 25, 2010, which had triggered giant waves to thump the island, ...
  24. Sultan Welcomes Joint Oil Exploration Deal


    Bru Direct - Azlan Othman - 13 Dec 2010

    ... in particular to the government and people of Indonesia as a result of a tsunami affecting Mentawai Island, West Sumatra on October 25, 2010, ...
    M'sian PM In Whirlwind Brunei Visit- Bru Direct
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  25. Top stories: The events that shaped 2010


    Stuff.co.nz - 6 days ago

    TWIN DISASTERS: Residents walk through an area devastated by the earthquake and tsunami in Malakopa village on Indonesia's Mentawai Islands. ...


  26. Soaring Above Indonesia's Traffic in a Private Jet


    Jakarta Globe - 28 Nov 2010

    “Air transportation in Indonesia grew fivefold in the years 2000 to 2008,” said ... we can fly to Rokot [a small airport] in the Mentawai Islands,” he said. ...
  27. LETTERS FROM ABROAD: Indonesian Disaster Management Needs a ...


    International Affairs Review - Yvonne Chen - 13 Dec 2010

    Java, Indonesia's largest island is the most densely populated place in the world ... in the most recent tsunami in Mentawai (West Sumatra) in October 2010. ...
  28. Indonesia: Tsunami survivors still lack adequate shelter


    Spero News - 26 Nov 2010

    By IRIN One month after a deadly tsunami struck Indonesia's southern Mentawai islands, shelter for the more than 11000 people affected remains a critical ...
  29. GTD This Weekend: Shop Local, Local Santas


    Metroblogging.com (blog) - 10 Dec 2010

    ... swing by Food 4 Love, a fund- and awareness-raiser for the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit the Mentawai Island off of Indonesia in late October. ...


  30. Peter Senge


    Metro TV News - 4 days ago

    ... MULAI 15 FEBRUARI 2011 * 6 PEMAIN TIMNAS INDONESIA MASUK DAFTAR PENCETAK GOL ... HOUSES FOR TSUNAMI VICTIMS IN MENTAWAI ISLANDS... REGENCY, WEST SUMATRA,
    Ekspedisi Perairan Kalimantan Selatan- Metro TV News
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