Indonesia's Ruang volcano erupted on Tuesday, spewing lava that prompted authorities to evacuate more than 12,000 people from the nearby Tagulandang island.
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency reported that residents in Tagulandang, Sitaro Islands District, North Sulawesi, continued to feel the vibrations and rumbling sounds after the Mount Ruang eruption on Tuesday morning.
Indonesia, a seismically active archipelago of 270 million people, is prone to seismic upheaval because of its location on major geological faults known as the Pacific “Ring of Fire.”
The artefacts were stolen on the directions of jailed Indian-American art dealer Subhash Kapoor and American antiquities dealer Nancy Wiener. The antiquities were returned to Cambodia and Indonesia following probes into the trafficking networks of Kapoor and Wiener.
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Subianto won 58.6 per cent of the total votes, which were more than twice of his rivals Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo. However, the losing candidates demanded a re-vote, alleging widespread fraud, election interference and nepotism.
At least three volcanic eruptions were recorded at Mount Ruang since Friday afternoon, with a maximum height of 1,200 metres. More than 11,000 have been told to leave their homes in the affected area, as airports were closed.
Wednesday's dramatic eruption of the volcano on a remote island in the province of North Sulawesi threw a fiery red column of lava, incandescent rock and ash as much as three km into the sky.
There was no declaration by Indonesian election officials, and the two former provincial governors who also competed in the balloting did not concede defeat.
More than 50 Rohingya were standing on a hull near the city of Meulaboh in West Aceh after the boat capsized in high tides, said Miftach Tjut Adek, chief of the fishing community in the province.
A pile of trash, most of which are plastics and domestic waste, near fishing boats that are stranded as high tides brought by erratic weather hit and sweep the trash to the shore, on a beach in Teluk fishing village, in Pandeglang regency, Banten province, Indonesia.
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Subianto, who has dogged accusations of human rights abuses, led the polls with about 58 per cent of votes as of 7:30 pm, according to unofficial vote counts. A coalition of parties backing Subianto had about 42 per cent of votes, indicating his presidency could have strong parliamentary backing.
Unofficial figures in Indonesia's presidential election showed Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto taking a clear early lead on Wednesday with 59.8% of votes, based on 23.3% of ballots counted in a sample of polling stations nationwide.
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