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Madrasa collapses during prayers in Indonesia, 3 students’ bodies recovered, 38 missing

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Desk Report: Madrasa collapses during prayers in Indonesia, 3 students’ bodies recovered, 38 missing At least three students have died after a madrasa building collapsed in Indonesia’s East Java province, with 38 people still missing. The head of the country’s National Search and Rescue Agency, Mohammad Safi, said at around 12:30 pm on Tuesday that the number of victims in the building collapse had reached 102. Al Jazeera reported that the Al-Khojini Islamic Boarding School in Sidoarjo, East Java, collapsed at around 3 pm on Monday. Students were gathering for…

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Indonesia’s democracy in crisis

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Desk Report: Indonesia is now recognized internationally as the world’s third-largest democracy. This multi-ethnic and multicultural country of about 280 million people has entered the democratic process after overcoming a long military rule, authoritarian politics, and a deep crisis of corruption. But that achieved democracy is once again being covered in the shadow of instability. The political instability that has surrounded President Prabowo Subianto just 11 months after taking office has called into question not only his leadership, but also the entire state system. The two-week-long nationwide protests prove that…

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