Nearly 500 killed in Indonesia Eid travel accidents

October 1st, 2009 Obama offers support for Samoa, IndonesiaWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is voicing his concern and his condolences over the tsunami in the South Pacific and the earthquake in Indonesia. He said there's been a "terrible" loss of life in Samoa and American Samoa as a result of the tsunami that came ashore Tuesday.

September 17th, 2009 JAKARTA - Indonesia's most wanted Islamic militant, Noordin Mohammed Top, was among four people killed in a raid on a house in Central Java province, the country's police chief said Thursday. Police besieged the suspected safe house before midnight Wednesday after arresting two people hours earlier.

September 17th, 2009 Police: Terror mastermind Noordin Top deadJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia's national police chief says fugitive terrorism mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top has been killed in an overnight raid. Bambang Hendarso Danuri said Thursday a body found after a raid in central Indonesia matched the fingerprints of the country's most wanted man.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Malaysian High Commissioner to India has advised his fellow countrymen to take extra precaution as the spate of fatal Indian road accidents involving them is worrying. High Commissioner Tan Seng Sung said recent accidents, where Malaysians lost their lives showed that travellers need to be more careful when planning their travel to India.

August 29th, 2009 10 dead, 12 missing after ferry sinks in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Indonesia — An overcrowded ferry sank in Indonesia, leaving 10 people dead and at least 12 others missing, police and media reports said Saturday. The Sari Mulia capsized Friday night in the Negara River in the South Kalimantan province while traveling from Negara to Banjarmasin on Indonesia's part of Borneo island, police Sgt.

August 29th, 2009 5 dead, 18 missing after ferry sinks in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Indonesia — An overcrowded ferry sank off the coast of Indonesia, leaving five people dead and at least 18 others missing, police and media reports said Saturday. The ship, Sari Mulia, capsized Friday night while traveling from Negara to Banjarmasin on Indonesia's part of Borneo island, police Sgt.

August 16th, 2009 Strong earthquake rocks western IndonesiaJAKARTA, Indonesia — Officials say a strong underwater earthquake has struck western Indonesia but there are no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake hit at 2:38 p.m.

August 2nd, 2009 Plane carrying 16 disappears over IndonesiaJAKARTA — A plane carrying 16 people disappeared Sunday over a jungle-clad and mountainous region in eastern Indonesia, authorities said. By nightfall, there was no trace of the Twin Otter plane, which lost contact with officials on the ground as it flew over Papua at a height of 9,500 feet (2,895 meters), said Transportation Ministry spokesman Bambang Ervan.

July 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - As Delhi Metro faces a tough time with three accidents in the last 10 days, its chief E. Sreedharan Wednesday said that 90 people have died in several accidents related to the construction of the mass transport system over the last one decade in the national capital.

July 20th, 2009 NEW YORK - Eating and/or drinking while driving has been blamed for 80 percent of car accidents in the US, according to a new study. The study conducted by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has shown that about 80pct of the car accidents, and 65pct of near misses, were caused by drivers more focused on their burgers than the road.

July 17th, 2009 Obama condemns 'outrageous attacks' on IndonesiaWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is condemning a pair of suicide bombings at American hotels in Indonesia on Friday. Investigators say the attacks at two hotels in Jakarta killed eight people and wounded more than 50.

July 17th, 2009 NEW YORK - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Friday strongly condemned the bombings in the Indonesian capital Jakarta in which nine people were killed and scores of others injured. Ban expressed confidence that the Indonesian government will promptly investigate the attack and bring the perpetrators to justice with the same resolve demonstrated in previous acts of terrorism in Indonesia.

July 17th, 2009 JAKARTA - At least nine people, including some foreigners, were killed and about 50 people were injured in two bomb blasts at luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Friday. Police said one explosion hit the Ritz-Carlton, ripping off its facade, and the other the Marriott Hotel.

July 14th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Alarmed over the rising number of road accidents before sunrise due to "sleepy drivers", Andhra Pradesh is planning to ban movement of buses and other heavy vehicles between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. The transport authority plans to issue orders to keep these vehicles off the highways in the early hours to bring down the number of accidents, Transport Minister S.

July 5th, 2009 JAKARTA - Fourteen people were killed and dozens injured Sunday when a train rammed into a minibus at an unmanned railway crossing in Indonesia, a media report said. The accident occurred at 10.35 a.m.