Topic: Sulawesi

Backchannels As Indonesia gears up for election, fears of corruption soar

Indonesia has set itself up nicely for fair presidential elections next year, but corruption and party oligarchs threaten the its future.

Russia meteor triggered nuclear warning system

The infrasonic waves from the detonation of a meteor over the Ural Mountains earlier this month was detected by 17 nuclear monitoring stations around the globe.  

Backchannels The sacred and the profane: Indonesian churches and Lady Gaga

The pop-star Lady Gaga and Indonesian churches have both been the recent target of a thuggish group called the Islam Defenders Front.

Backchannels Indonesia and Egypt separated at birth? No, just completely separate.

Indonesia and Egypt are large. They're Muslim. They've thrown off long-standing dictators. These similarities aren't particularly meaningful.

Marc Gold travels Asia paying it forward through little acts of kindness

'Shoestring philanthropist' Gold pairs tiny but powerful donations with acts of kindness

Karangetang volcano spews lava, gas; 4 feared dead

Karangetang volcano burst just after midnight when heavy rains broke the volcano's hot lava dome, which spit out 1,110-degree clouds of gas over Indonesia.

Civet coffee beans picked from dung possibly 'unclean,' say Muslim clerics

Civet coffee, which comes from the dung of civet cats, is known as the world's most expensive coffee. Islamic leaders in Indonesia could make a ruling on the cleanliness of civet coffee as early as Tuesday.

World's 18 most endangered spoken languages

The UN Atlas of Endangered Languages lists 18 languages with only one remaining speaker. With about one language disappearing every two weeks, some of these have probably already died off.

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Indonesia executes, buries Bali bombers

Thousands gathered in support. But overall the group behind the 2002 attacks, Jemaah Islamiyah, poses a diminished threat today.

Wal-Mart greening its jewelry?

Wal-Mart is rolling out a new line of gold and silver jewelry that they say can can be traced from the mine to the store.

Can the crown jewel of world's coral reefs be saved?

Scientists and politicians are moving to protect the enormous biodiversity in the Coral Triangle – a critical marine nursery for tuna and other species.