Becak in Bantul

A tourist rides on a traditional tricycle a "Becak" in Bantul, Yogyakarta province of Central Java. Tens of thousands of Indonesians are likely to be left impoverished by a quake that rocked central Java last month and more than 100,000 may lose their jobs, a government report says.
Source: Yahoo News/AFP 

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Bantul needed more help

A woman, seen here in 13 June 2006 siting in front of a mosque that was semi-collapsed during the earthquake in Bantul, Yogyakarta province of Central Java. About 300,000 Indonesian survivors joined the ranks of the poor after a deadly earthquake in the center of densely populated Java island last month, an Asian Development Bank.(ADB) [...]

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Quake survivors in Yogya deal with mental scars

Sri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta
Medical workers in the earthquake-devastated province of Yogyakarta are used to dealing with broken legs and spines — and mental disease.
Mental disorders have been found among the victims of the earthquake and foreign volunteers involved in the relief mission in areas hardest hit by the disaster.
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They need urgent help

An Indonesian man takes a nap in a temporary shelter built on the ruins of his home in the earthquake-stricken village of Sampangan, Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, June 10, 2006. Many earthquake survivors are suffering emotional problems after losing loved ones and homes in May 27's earthquake that killed more than 5,700 people and leaving [...]

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Villagers return after Indonesia volcano

Hundreds of poor farmers concerned about their crops and livestock returned to the slopes of Indonesia's ash-spewing Mount Merapi on Friday, a day after fleeing the biggest eruption yet.
A monitoring station counted dozens of lava bursts and nine small emissions of gas from Indonesia's most dangerous volcano, the official Antara news agency reported. A thin [...]

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Villagers evacuated from Indonesia volcano

 
Officials evacuated 11,000 villagers from around Mount Merapi volcano as it shot out lava and superheated clouds of gas, authorities said Tuesday.
The mountain's lava dome has swelled in recent weeks, raising fears that it could suddenly collapse and send scalding clouds of fast-moving gas and debris into populated areas.
The government of nearby Magelang district mobilized [...]

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UN says Java quake aid flowing, housing critical

Aid is now flowing to tens of thousands of survivors of Indonesia's earthquake but shelter remains a critical problem, the

United Nations said on Monday, as Jakarta revised down the disaster death toll.
The Indonesian government said it would start handing out compensation to the victims to buy clothes and reconstruct their [...]

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Kids take exams in quake damage Indonesia

 

Hundreds of children across parts of Indonesia devastated by last week's earthquake returned to classes Monday to take exams under tents, as local and international aid groups stepped up relief efforts.
The 6.3-magnitude quake struck central Java island on May 27, killing at least 5,782 people, the Social Ministry said, revising its figure downward from more [...]

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Indonesian volcano spews lava, hot clouds

 
The mountain's lava dome has swelled in the past week to 330 feet, raising fears that it could collapse, said Subandriyo, a government scientist who uses one name. That could release a highly dangerous pyroclastic flow — a fast-moving burst of high-temperature gases and rock fragments that burns anything in its path.
More than a thousand [...]

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UN says aid flowing in Indonesia quake zone, hospitals still crowded

 

The United Nations says aid is moving more freely in the Indonesian quake zone, but that hospital overcrowding and the threat of infection remained serious concerns.
"I believe the figures for the casualties are stabilizing at around 6,000 killed," Charlie Higgins, who is heading UN relief efforts on the ground, told a [...]

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