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Indonesian Law and Human Right Minister Yasonna Laoly and Deputy House Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad ratifying the country's new criminal code.

Indonesian government passes law banning sex outside of marriage

The new law would make sex outside marriage punishable by a year in jail and cohabitation by six months.

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Aerial view of Mount Semeru erupting in Indonesia.

Volcanic eruption in Indonesia buries towns and villages under blanket of ash

The eruption at Mount Semeru, in East Java, is thought to have been triggered by monsoon rains, which eroded and collapsed the lava dome atop its peak.

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rescuers inspect a school damaged by earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia,

Indonesia earthquake death toll rises to 268 as over 100 remain missing

A strong, shallow earthquake has killed at least 268 people and toppled buildings in Indonesia.

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Indonesian woman swallowed whole by seven-metre long python

Families heartbroken as at least 17 children die in Indonesia football stampede

At least 125 dead after stampede at Indonesian football match

Tourist with a 'zest for life' dies after bike crash in Bali

Family race to help couple in intensive care after Bali crash as bills mount

Indonesian volcano erupts multiple times causing hundreds of residents to flee

Death toll rises after eruption of volcano on Indonesia’s Java island

Indonesia: Residents flee in panic as Indonesian volcano spews huge ash cloud

Dengue cases cut by 77% and hospitalisations by 86% in groundbreaking study

Indonesia ferry goes up in flames with nearly 200 people on board

Indonesia: Sunk submarine lying in three pieces on ocean floor

Indonesia navy declares lost submarine sunk with no survivors