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March 11, 2025 at 11:33 am

AP WAS THERE: In Philippine drug war, family struggles to stay safe from Duterte’s brutal crackdown VIEW

Nearly a decade ago, the Philippine drug war raged, and desperate people tried to avoid former President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly crackdown.

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Anisa Cornelia rests as she lies inside a medical tent after being injured in a massive earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. All she could think of was the love of her life, the man she was supposed to marry this month. She had not seen him since a deadly tsunami smashed into the Indonesian city of Palu last week, separating the pair possibly forever as they strolled along a sandy beach at twilight. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) XAF117 XAF117

October 4, 2018 at 9:24 am

Many loved ones lost and uncounted in Indonesian disasters VIEW

One week after a magnitude 7.5 quake spawned a deadly tsunami on the island of Sulawesi, countless people have yet to find their loved ones...

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People move through rubble and debris following a massive earthquake and tsunami at Talise beach in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. A mass burial of earthquake and tsunami victims was being prepared in a hard-hit city Monday as the need for heavy equipment to dig for survivors of the disaster that struck a central Indonesian island three days ago grows desperate. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana) XTS129 XTS129

October 1, 2018 at 10:41 am

Tsunami rescuer's lament: 'I was unable to save my own family'

PALU, Indonesia (AP) — For two days, Edi Setiawan helped pull the dead and the living out of a sea of mud and debris, all...

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September 14, 2018 at 5:59 pm

AP WAS THERE: 2013 typhoon kills thousands in Philippines VIEW

TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — Filipinos are facing the powerful Typhoon Mangkhut with the memory of another devastating storm still fresh in their minds. Nearly five...

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August 10, 2018 at 3:38 am

After Indonesia quake, a new worry: deadly aftershocks VIEW

MATARAM, Indonesia (AP) — After a deadly earthquake devastated the Indonesian island of Lombok last weekend, Husni Handayani thought the worst was over. The powerful...

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August 9, 2018 at 8:41 am

Destructive Indonesian quake leaves injured waiting for help VIEW

KAYANGAN, Indonesia (AP) — Falling rubble instantly paralyzed Mary Andoni from the waist down when Indonesia was shaken by one of its deadliest earthquakes in...

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August 8, 2018 at 7:21 am

Quake put life on hold in damaged, hungry Indonesian village VIEW

KEKAIT, Indonesia (AP) — Ever since Rafikah escaped her crumbling home when a massive earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Lombok, life in her lush...

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Rescuers with sniffer dogs search for victims at a mosque damaged by an earthquake in North Lombok, Indonesia, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. Thousands of people left homeless sheltered Monday night in makeshift tents following a powerful quake that ruptured roads and flattened buildings on the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok, as authorities said rescuers hadn’t yet reached all devastated areas. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati) XFL107 XFL107

August 7, 2018 at 10:58 am

Indonesia struggles to recover quake’s dead, help the living

TANJUNG, Indonesia (AP) — The rescue team had done everything it could to locate the body of the man, who had been killed instantly when...

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August 6, 2018 at 8:56 pm

Man saved from quake-flattened mosque on Indonesia island WATCH

LADING-LADING, Indonesia (AP) — Soldiers have pulled a man alive from the rubble of a large mosque flattened by an earthquake on the Indonesian island...

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May 22, 2018 at 10:35 am

Rights group: Rohingya insurgents massacred Myanmar Hindus

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's army was not the only group that slaughtered civilians in the country's volatile west last year, Amnesty International said in a...

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