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Lake Toba & Medan, Indonesia 2008 - Experiencing heaven and earth in the same trip
Indonesia Matters (Free subscription) | yesterday
Indonesia still lags well behind its neighbours in proportion of people with internet access. The General Manager of Telkom’s Sumatera Division, M. Awaluddin, said in Medan on 30th June that the proportion of Indonesians who understood and used the internet was still very small compared to countries like Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, that the “digital divide” was still gaping. In Malaysia,...
Truth Out (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Sunday 06 July 2008by: Michael Casey, The Independent UKAn orangutan in a Medan, Indonesia, zoo rests its head in its hands. Orangutans have good reason to be perturbed: they're one of the most endangered species in the world, and may be extinct by 2011.(Photo: Binsar Bakkara / AP) Bangkok - The orangutan could be the first great ape to become extinct if urgent action is not taken to protect...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
... primates. We connect with this guy Udin, minutes after we get off of the plane in Medan, Sumatra. I was never aware of the fact that Sumatra is part of Indonesia...thought of it as it's own country...and the culture is very unique, just as it was in Java and Bali. My primary focus in Sumatra is to go up north to see the orangutans. I mentioned earlier that...
The Sun (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
... brought to Ian are first kept in a quarantine centre an hour away from the Sumatran capital, Medan, where they are tested for TB and treated by vets. Hull-born Ian, 42, who worked as a keeper at Whipsnade, Edinburgh and Jersey zoos before moving to Indonesia, says: “Almost all of the cases we see are riddled with parasites — that’s the most common problem. “We see other orangutans which...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
... Court today were Dimitrios Papadimitriou, 39, of Queensland, Rade Ljboja , 58, of NSW, and Dejan Medan, 29, of Victoria. The four, alleged to be members of a drug syndicate, appeared via videolink from Perth's Hakea prison following their arrests last month in connection with the 45kg haul of MDMA. Papadimitriou, Ljboja and Medan were arrested in Perth while Quaid was extradited to...
Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
... My impression of them is that they are very not highly educated, they come from the rural part of Medan and they are in dire straits." Toni has pleaded guilty to three charges while Sulaiman admitted to two. Mr Muzammil, who met Toni and Sulaiman said they have agreed to take his advice that the matter should be resolved as soon as possible. That is also the position of the Indonesian Embassy....
