Indonesian newspapers will be busy tomorrow

Fifty people died on the island of Nias, near the epicenter of a massive earthquake off the coast of Indonesia. You heard the story and it is all over the world, but where are the local Indonesian newspapers?

The Jakarta Post´s online edition has this top story: “Female singer faces jail for refusing to marry manager”
Indonesian Post has a story about Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Laksamana.net informs its readers about “A clash between supporters and opponents of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle”
Business Indonesia has this story: “Japanese scientist warns possible big quake in Sumatra” ! Yep, and they were rigth…

See all yesterdays news from Indonesia at Newspaper Index here.

Update 2005-03-29 15:26
All the above mentioned newspapers now have the story. - But it does not change the fact that regional newspapers all over Europe had the story many hours before the Indonesian papers.

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