RESCUE boats have picked up scores of exhausted survivors from an Indonesian ferry that sank in the Java Sea, but they also recovered dozens of bodies and around 400 people remain missing.

Authorities found more than 70 more bodies in flood-ravaged villages in western Indonesia today, officials said.

A strong earthquake in northern Indonesian destroyed houses and buildings today, the Antara news agency reported.

The Indonesian Navy is to buy six modern diesel submarines from Russia as part of an upgrading of its ageing military arsenal, the state news agency reported today.

A strong earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Sumatra island today, causing people to flee their homes, the state news agency said. There were no reports of damage or injuries.

A strong earthquake rocked parts of North Sulawesi province in north-eastern Indonesia early today, sending sleeping villagers running from their homes, officials and news reports said.

Aid agencies all over the world prepared today for what the United Nations said would be the biggest relief effort in history, following the Asian earthquake disaster that killed thousands upon thousands.

An earthquake shook parts of Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali today, causing people to run from buildings in panic, witnesses said. There were no reports of damage or casualties on the island.

A series of powerful earthquakes have struck Indonesia’s remote Papua province, killing up to 23 people, injuring as many as 600 and destroying hundreds of houses, authorities said.

At least 15 people were killed in Indonesia today when a passenger train slammed into a minibus carrying wedding guests, officials said.

A strong earthquake rocked parts of central Indonesia today, damaging several houses and injuring two people.

At least 26 people, mostly small children, were killed when a bus heading for an Indonesian beach careered into a ravine today.

Indonesia's central bank is refusing to comply with US demands to freeze assets linked to Osama bin Laden.