Section: The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
Insight: Dirty money and development
The world has made enormous progress in recent decades in the fight against poverty. But, as 2014 draws to a close, one billion people — one in seven — still live on less than US$1.25 a day.It will take a global effort to end poverty — and to find the resources to do so. At first glance, the price tag is staggering. We know that development aid...
Bad weather hobbles Indonesia jet recovery; 7 bodies found
Bad weather hindered efforts to recover victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 Wednesday, and sent wreckage drifting far from the crash site, as grieving relatives “surrounded in darkness” gathered in an airport and prayed for the strength to move forward.The massive hunt for 162 people who vanished Sunday aboard the Airbus A320 from...
Searchers resume hunt for bodies from AirAsia jet
A massive hunt for the 162 victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 resumed in the Java Sea on Wednesday, focusing on an area of the aqua-colored waters where the first bodies and debris were located a day earlier. But wind, strong currents and high surf hampered recovery efforts as distraught family members anxiously waited to identify their loved...
Debris spotted off Indonesia coast; possible link to AirAsia
Several pieces of debris seen floating in the sea off Borneo island might be linked to the missing AirAsia jetliner, an Indonesia National Search and Rescue spokesman said Tuesday.Yusuf Latif said an Indonesian military aircraft saw white, red and black objects, including what appears to be a life jacket, off the coast, about 105 miles (170...
Neighboring nations offer help in search for AirAsia plane
China is offering its assets to help search for AirAsia flight QZ8501, which went missing on Sunday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement in Beijing on Monday.“We are offering our assistance — aircraft and vessels — to help search and rescue operations for the AirAsia incident,” the ministry said as quoted by Antara news agency in...
Search area expanded in hunt for AirAsia plane
More planes will be in the air and more ships on the sea Tuesday hunting for AirAsia Flight 8501 in a widening search off Indonesia that has dragged into a third day without any solid leads.At least 30 ships, 15 aircraft and seven helicopters were looking for the jet carrying 162 people, said Indonesia’s Search and Rescue Agency chief Henry...
Russian ruble drops 7 percent as economy shrinks
The Russian currency extended its losses on Monday after a report showed the economy has started shrinking in annual terms for the first time since 2009 as the country is buffeted by falling oil prices and Western sanctions.Meanwhile, the government, which has been scrambling to support the ruble and the economy, announced fresh steps to keep the...
Unclear whether oil, objects found in sea linked to lost jet
An Indonesian helicopter searching for the missing AirAsia jetliner saw two oily spots in the water Monday, and an Australian search plane spotted objects elsewhere in the Java Sea, but it was too early to know whether either was connected to the aircraft and its 162 passengers and crew.In any case, officials saw little reason to believe AirAsia...
Indonesian official: Prospects bleak for missing jet
Search planes and ships from several countries on Monday were scouring Indonesian waters over which an AirAsia jet carrying 162 people disappeared, and more than a day into the region’s latest aviation mystery, officials doubted there could be anything but a tragic ending.AirAsia Flight 8501 vanished Sunday in airspace thick with storm...
Search expands for missing AirAsia passenger jet
The search for a missing AirAsia jet carrying 162 people that disappeared more than 24 hours ago on a flight from Indonesia to Singapore expanded Monday with planes and ships from several countries taking part.First Admiral Sigit Setiayana, the Naval Aviation Center commander at the Surabaya air force base, said that 12 navy ships, five planes,...
