Jakarta - Indonesian authorities lifted a tsunami warning after tidal waves did not materialize following a powerful earthquake that struck the eastern province of North Maluku on Thursday morning.

An official at Indonesia's National Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) said that a tsunami warning had been lifted, more than 40 minutes after the 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Halmahera Island at about 7 am (0000 GMT).

Jakarta - Indonesia issued a tsunami warning Thursday after a powerful earthquake struck the eastern province of North Maluku, seismologists said.

The quake, measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, struck about 7 am (0000 GMT), with its epicentre on the sea about 122 kilometres north- west of Ternate, the provincial capital on North Maluku. It occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres, Indonesia's National Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said in a short message.

Jakarta - At least 11 people were killed in a landslide and floods that swept through villages in two Indonesian provinces, local media reports said Wednesday.

In South Kalimantan province on the Indonesian portion of Borneo island, heavy floods have inundated thousands of homes in a number of districts for the past three weeks and claimed the lives of at least seven people, the state-run Antara news agency reported.

Jakarta - A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's Sumatra island Tuesday, leaving one woman dead and 20 people injured, geologists and media reports said.

The quake hit at 10:07 am (0307 GMT) and was centred 51 kilometres south-west of Tebingtinggi in Bengkulu province, or about 64 kilometres north-west of Lahat in South Sumatra province, the Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said via text message.

The quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres, it said.

Jakarta, September 6 : A news report by Jakarta Post has suggested that the population of Orangutans in Kalimantan or Borneo Island of Indonesia remained under threat of extinction, despite claims by palm oil firms of applying eco-friendly work practices.

Deforestation for palm oil plantation was blamed for the killing the protected apes, particularly those living outside conservation areas, according to Novi Hardianto, the habitat program manager of the Center for Orangutan Protection (COP).

Jakarta - Ramadan is prime time for Muslims to give charitable donations, so it's not surprising the Islamic holy month is the most lucrative season for beggars.

Beggars, including many old people and women with young children, have been flocking to Jakarta for the beginning of Ramadan in early September.