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    17
    Apr
    2013
    3:23pm, EDT

    Crashed airplane lifted from sea in Bali

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    A section of a Lion Air Boeing 737 is removed from the seaa four days after it crashed while trying to land at Bali's international airport near Denpasar on Wednesday. The pilot and co-pilot of a Lion Air plane that crashed at Bali's airport have passed initial drug tests, an official said on April 15, as investigators probe the causes of the accident that left dozens injured but no fatalities.

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    Indonesian millitary partially remove the crashed Lion Air plane from the sea near the coastline of Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali, Indonesia. A Lion Air jetliner was forced into an emergency landing near the coastline off Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport on 13 April, after it skidded off the runway. There were 108 people on board the Boeing 737 800 NG plane, which had been coming in for a 3:35 pm (0735 GMT) landing. All passengers were safely evacuated. Forty-five were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment of minor injuries.

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    Indonesian rescue workers use a crane to remove a section of a Lion Air Boeing 737 from the sea.

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    An investigation team from Boeing investigate the wreck of the crashed Lion Air plane as its partially removed from the sea near the coastline of Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport.

    See our first post in PhotoBlog from the crash.

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    Let's see.....what rows did the plane break at so I can avoid them??

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  • 15
    Apr
    2013
    11:29am, EDT

    Divers search for black box after jet crash-lands off Bali's coast

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    Members of a rescue team watch as divers prepare to retrieve the black box from a partially submerged Lion Air Boeing 737 on April 15, 2013, two days after it crashed while trying to land at Bali's international airport near Denpasar. The pilot and co-pilot of a Lion Air plane that crashed at Bali's airport have passed initial drug tests, an official said on April 15, as investigators probe the causes of the accident that left dozens injured but no fatalities.

    By Tim Hepher, Reuters

    All 108 passengers and crew members survived when the Boeing 737-800 passenger jet, operated by Indonesian budget carrier Lion Air, undershot the main airport runway in Bali, Indonesia and belly-flopped in water on Saturday.

    Officials stress it was too early to say what caused the incident, which is being investigated by Indonesian authorities with the assistance of U.S. crash investigators and Boeing. Continue reading.

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    Previously on PhotoBlog:

    • Nose dive to a crash landing
    • Helicopter hits crane, crashes onto busy London street
    • Jet rolls off Moscow runway, splits apart

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    I always wondered how those exit row windows worked, now I know!

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  • 12
    Oct
    2012
    5:18am, EDT

    Indonesia's Bali recalls horror of bombs 10 years on

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    Survivors and relatives of victims of the October 12, 2002 Bali bombings cry during a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the attack at the Garuda Wisnu Kencana cultural park in Jimbaran, Bali on October 12, 2012.

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    Thousands of family members, friends and general public gathered to remember the victims of the 2002 Kuta nightclub bombings which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians.

    The Associated Press reports from Bali, Indonesia — A decade after twin bombs killed scores of tourists partying at two nightclubs on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, survivors and victims' families on Friday braved a fresh terrorism threat to remember those lost to the tragedy. 

    Bay Ismoyo / AP

    A woman grieves as she attends the memorial service.

    The 2002 bombing was Asia's deadliest terror strike, killing 202 people — including 88 Australians and seven Americans — and injuring more than 240 others partying at the popular Sari Club and Paddy's Pub in Kuta that Saturday night. The attack was carried out by suicide bombers from the al-Qaida-linked group Jemaah Islamiyah and kick started a wave of violence that would hit an embassy, hotels and restaurants in the world's most-populous Muslim-majority nation.

    Surgeon Fiona Wood, who led a team of Australian doctors that treated victims horribly burned in the attack, spoke of the survivors' bravery.

    "A young woman whose injuries were beyond comprehension. The first thing she said when she came out of her coma was, 'I'll never run; will I walk again?'" Wood recalled. "I said, 'You will walk, you will run, you will race.' And in 2008, she beat me in an ironman." Read the full story.

    Murdani Usman / Reuters

    A survivor of the bomb blast is helped by her family as they arrive for the commemoration service for the 10th anniversary of the Bali bombing.

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    Emotional family members pay their respects at picture boards of the victims during the memorial service.

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    Hundreds gathered in Bali, Indonesia, in remembrance of those lost 10 years ago when suicide bombers linked to al-Qaida orchestrated Asia's deadliest terror strike by bombing two nightclubs. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

    The victims of the 2002 Bali Bombings are remembered at ceremonies around the world on the 10th anniversary of the attacks. 202 people died when an al Qaeda-linked terror group detonated bombs at two nightclubs. ITN's Nina Nannar reports.

     

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    These people who lost their loved ones for nothing but religious bigotry should take heart. Their loved ones did not die in vain. They were spending a day of vacation enjoying a dance and having fun. They died as 'martyrs' for the joys of living, dancing and being human. We should honor them by taki …

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  • 12
    Aug
    2012
    9:36pm, EDT

    Firdia Lisnawati / AP

    Horns in traffic...buffalo horns, that is

    Balinese men compete during a buffalo race in Jembrana, western Bali, Indonesia, Aug. 12. More than three hundred buffaloes participated in the "Mekepung" (buffalo race), a thanksgiving ritual after a successful harvest.

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  • 27
    Jul
    2012
    11:43am, EDT

    Mass cremation ceremony for 130 Balinese Hindus

    Made Nagi / EPA

    Balinese burn sarcophagi in the shape of buffaloes during a Balinese Hindu mass cremation ceremony called 'Ngaben' at a cemetery in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia, on 27 July. More than 130 corpses were burnt during the collective cremation for financial reasons. Cremation is an essential rite of passage for Balinese Hindus, as it is considered a means of releasing the soul from the body so that it can be reincarnated.

    Made Nagi / EPA

    Balinese men help to burn sarcophagi in the shape of buffaloes during a Balinese Hindu mass cremation ceremony called 'Ngaben' at a cemetery in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia, on July 27.

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  • 16
    May
    2012
    4:19pm, EDT

    Mental illness treated with chains not doctors by Bali poor

    Paula Bronstein / Getty Images

    Komang, who is diagnosed with Schizophrenia, sits in her room in Buleleng, Bali, Indonesia where she is chained by her own family so she doesn't run away and disturb the community. Komang comes from a poor family with six siblings and has been chained off and on for years while taking medication for her illness.

    Many poor families in Bali, Indonesia don't have money to pay for hospitalization or doctors, and inside the spiritual Balinese society there is often a stigma and misinformation about mental illness.

    Many Balinese feel it’s the work of the supernatural and their hope of solving the mental disorder is left to a “Balian,” a traditional healer, to cure.

    The Indonesian health ministry spends 2.3 percent of the total national budget on health care for a population of approximately 240 million people and has a shortage of psychiatrists and one government run mental hospital in Bali.

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    Komang, 27, rarely changes her clothing and since her wrist is chained dressing herself becomes quite difficult.

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    Wayan Pait, 50, who is severely physically and mentally handicapped, lays in his bed where has has been tied up and confined most of his life in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia. According to his family, Wayan lacks muscular control so he is kept with his arms and legs tied, saying otherwise he will hurt himself. There is no official diagnosis for his medical condition from the local hospital, although Polio has been suggested.

    Paula Bronstein / Getty Images

    Ketut, 33, has his hair cut by his brother Nengah in his room where he has been chained for the past eight years on May 8 in Manggis, Bali, Indonesia. His family says he has shown signs of a mental disorder for nine years but only took him to a Balinese traditional healer.

    Paula Bronstein / Getty Images

    Ketut is shackled by his own family in order to control him. He is monitored by the Suryani Institute for Mental Health, a non-profit institute that cares for the mentally ill providing free medical and psychiatric treatment. The mental health institute works to get all of their patients released but in some cases the family creates more problems.

    Paula Bronstein / Getty Images

    Gede, 28, stands in his room inside the home of his family where he has been chained for years on May 5 in Buleleng, Bali, Indonesia. Gede went to school for nine years and has been to the mental hospital twice but escaped in 2006.

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    imprisonment? I am left speechless...

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  • 23
    Feb
    2012
    6:42am, EST

    Indonesia police battle to regain control of Bali prison

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    Prisoners who have taken over a guard post watch police reinforcements backed by armored vehicles arriving outside the Kerobokan prison in Denpasar, Bali on the second day of rioting, Feb. 23, 2012.

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    Police reinforcements backed by armored vehicles arrive outside the Kerobokan prison on Feb. 23, 2012.

    Indonesia said on Thursday it would evacuate 60 foreigners as well as female prisoners from the Kerobokan prison in Denpasar, Bali, Agence France Presse reports. The jail is currently under the control of rioting inmates.  

    Fighting broke out late on Tuesday when inmates attacked a guard post near the entrance, forcing officers to flee. Police said they shot two prisoners in the legs when they confronted a mob wielding sticks and throwing bricks.

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  • 13
    Oct
    2011
    6:07am, EDT

    Bali rattled by 6.1-magnitude earthquake

    msnbc.com news services report from BALI, Indonesia:

    A powerful earthquake jolted Indonesia's popular resort island of Bali on Thursday, causing widespread panic and injuring at least 50 people, many with broken bones and head wounds.

    The U.S. Geological Survey said the 6.1-magnitude quake was centered 60 miles southwest of the island. Continue reading.

    Firdia Lisnawati / AP

    A man looks at a minivan crushed by a chunk of concrete fallen from a building after an earthquake in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia on Oct. 13. The 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia's popular resort island of Bali on Thursday, causing widespread panic and injuring at least 50 people.

    Made Nagi / EPA

    An injured woman arrives at Sanglah hospital in Bali on October 13.

     

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