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Facebook Becomes a Tool for Human Trafficking in SE Asia
People’s fondness of social networking sites has its pros and cons...
Weird > Strange Crime
Jakarta > Indonesia
 

Putrid goo to combat roof riders
Indonesia has revealed its latest tactic to stop passengers riding on top of trains - putrid goo-soaked brooms...
Weird > Bad taste
Jakarta > Indonesia
 

Indonesian Tax Man: New Charges and New Trial Over Bogus Passport
Accused of bribing prison officials $20,000 to buy a fake passport and let him out for visits to Singapore and Macao...
Weird > Strange Crime
Jakarta > Indonesia
 

Artist punishes pregnant Hitler
An Indonesian artist has painted a series of bizarre images of Adolf Hitler as the Virgin Mary to punish him for his sins...
Weird > Bad taste
Jakarta > Indonesia
 

Obamamania books a place in record books
At a thumb-numbing 5,472 pages, a book devoted to the life of Barack Obama is probably not going to be on the President's list of beach reads...
World Record > Largest
Jakarta > Indonesia
 

Accor to launch eight hotels in Indonesia by 2012
Accor is expanding its portfolio in Indonesia with eight new projects throughout the country. The new hotels which will all open by 2012 include hotels in Padang...
Travel > Hotels
Jakarta > Indonesia
 

RCI enhances its portfolio in Asia with seven resorts
The Registry Collection programme, which is a luxury exchange programme and one of the three worldwide exchange programmes under the RCI umbrella...
Travel > Resorts
Jakarta > Indonesia
 

Indonesia Bans Buffalo From Public Rallies
Indonesian President Silo Bambang Yudhoyono ban all buffalo and similar animals from all future street rallies...
Weird > Animal Tales
Jakarta > Indonesia
 

Indonesian Government to Start Selling...Tigers?
In what is being billed as an effort to protect the endangered species, the government of Indonesia is allowing those with expendable income to purchase tigers...
Weird > Animal Tales
Jakarta > Indonesia