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Indonesian officials fear an outbreak of disease could take hold amid severe flooding in the capital Jakarta, which has already left 25 people dead. "We fear that diarrhoea and dysentery may break out, as well as illnesses spread by rats," one official said

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  • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)Lourdestortoise
    Lourdestortoise
    Feb. 5, 2007, 8:48 a.m.

    How many extreme natural disasters do we have to experience in our world in the span of only two years? Maybe this is telling us something?

    • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)jumpmaster
      jumpmaster
      Feb. 5, 2007, 10:40 a.m.

      This one is just Allah punishing them, again.

      • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)jumpmaster
        jumpmaster
        Feb. 5, 2007, 3:13 p.m.

        Hey Einstein,

        "This one is just Allah punishing them, again."

        This is a quote from mideast muslims after southeast asia was hit by the tsunami.

        • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)robcrocker
          robcrocker
          Feb. 9, 2007, 3:07 a.m.

          There's more muslims in Indonesia than in any other country in the world. Islamic Indonesian's carry out a very active and violent business in piracy along the straits separating their

          northern most islands with Singapore.

          Should be asking the victims (most are japanese because the pirates know they will get higher ransoms if they kidnap a japanese crew) of this kind of terror how to help out the struggling in Jakarta.

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