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Indonesia wants Sabina Altynbekova of Kazakhstan to help revive women's volleyball
A Kazakhstani volley ball player famous in Asia for hear kawaii appearance Sabina Altynbekova will be invited by the Indonesian Volleyball Federation to help revive women’s volleyball.
31 January 2015
Australia urges Indonesia to grant mercy to two drug smugglers on death row
Prime Minister Tony Abbott urged Indonesia to show mercy to two Australian drug convicts facing execution after their final appeals for clemency failed.
23 January 2015
AirAsia jet's alarms 'screaming' before crash: investigator
Warning alarms in AirAsia flight QZ8501 were "screaming" as the pilots desperately tried to stabilise the plane just before it plunged into the Java Sea last monthю
21 January 2015
Divers make fresh bid to reach AirAsia jet main body
Indonesian divers made a fresh attempt to reach the main body of an AirAsia plane that crashed in the sea last month with 162 people on board.
16 January 2015
Cockpit voice recorder recovered from crashed AirAsia jet: official
The cockpit voice recorder from the AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea last month carrying 162 people was recovered and taken to an Indonesian navy ship.
13 January 2015
Tail of crashed AirAsia lifted from seabed
The tail of an AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea was lifted to the surface using floating balloons, but apparently without the crucial black box recorders
10 January 2015
World powers jostle for influence in AirAsia plane hunt
US and Chinese warships have rushed to help Indonesia search for a crashed AirAsia plane.
09 January 2015
Divers go down to AirAsia wreckage as weather clears
Indonesian search officials sent divers down to the bed of the Java Sea during a break in bad weather in hopes of recovering more bodies.
06 January 2015
Ice likely caused AirAsia crash, Indonesia agency says
Weather was the "triggering factor" in the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501 with icing likely causing engine damage, Indonesian officials said.
05 January 2015
AirAsia boss says latest flight incident 'not stalled engine'
AirAsia downplayed an incident that saw one of its planes turned back before takeoff in Indonesia, a week after another of its jets crashed into the Java Sea with 162 on board.
05 January 2015
'Two big parts' of AirAsia plane found: search chief
Recovery teams have found two big parts of AirAsia Flight 8501, which crashed into the sea last weekend with 162 people on board.
03 January 2015
Doomed AirAsia flight schedule unauthorised: Indonesia
The AirAsia plane that crashed last weekend was flying on an unauthorised schedule, Indonesia's transport ministry said Saturday.
03 January 2015
Bad weather halts recovery of bodies from AirAsia flight
Stormy weather forced Indonesian rescuers to suspend their search for the bodies of those on AirAsia's Flight QZ8501.
31 December 2014
Body found in sea search for AirAsia: Indonesian search and rescue
A body was found in the sea Tuesday during the search for missing AirAsia flight QZ8501, Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency chief said.
30 December 2014
Items resembling slide, plane door seen in AirAsia search
Items resembling an emergency slide, plane door and other objects were spotted in the sea during an aerial search Tuesday for missing AirAsia flight QZ8501.
30 December 2014
Family of 10 misses ill-fated AirAsia flight
An Indonesian family of 10 said they had a miraculous escape when they arrived too late to catch AirAsia Flight QZ8501, which went missing.
29 December 2014
Widely-hailed AirAsia boss facing first major crisis
Tony Fernandes has been hailed for transforming AirAsia from a floundering carrier into the region's largest budget airline, but now faces his biggest challenge.
29 December 2014
Indonesia resumes search for missing AirAsia plane
Indonesia resumed a sea and aerial search at dawn for an AirAsia plane that went missing in the Java Sea with 162 people on board.
29 December 2014
Indonesian landslide death toll rises to 51
Indonesian rescuers dug through mud with shovels and their bare hands for a third day in the hunt for dozens of people still missing after a landslide.
15 December 2014
12 dead, nearly 100 missing in Indonesian landslide: official
A landslide triggered by torrential downpours has killed at least 12 people and left nearly 100 others missing on Indonesia's main island of Java.
13 December 2014