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The Surabaya Police have arrested a man, identified only as MN, for allegedly buying an infant via Instagram.

MN was arrested at his house on Jl. Karah in Jambangan district in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday. He was found to have paid some Rp 3.8 million (US$250) for a baby boy when he was only three days old.

Surabaya police chief Sr. Comr. Rudi Setiawan said recently that the transaction was conducted in Semarang, Central Java, on Sept. 23. The baby’s parents live in Tangerang in Banten.

“The baby is now safe with the Surabaya administration,” Rudi said on Monday (The Jakarta Post, Tue, October 16, 2018)

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Seven people were killed in a collision between a bus, a car, and a truck on Jalan Sultan at 10:35 p.m. last night. The dead were all passengers of the car. The police believed the car had been trying to overtake the bus when it was struck by a truck coming from the opposite direction. The driver of the car might not be using his lights, as the truck driver said he did not see the car approaching.

The police said the car should not have tried to pass the bus, since overtaking is not allowed on Jalan Sultan. In addition, the police reported that the car, a small Japanese car , should not have been carrying more than five people. If the passengers had brought their identity cards, the police would have identified the names of the victims easily

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Karl Lagerfeld was born in 1933, and he worked for Chanel as the creative director for 36 years. He was a fashion icon. He always wore similar clothing – a white shirt, black suit,black tie and black glasses. This became his typical look.

Last month, he missed Chanel’s culture show. He was not well and recently he died. He was 85.

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Donald Trump signed a new order last week, and it is a step to create the United States Space Force. Trump said that he sees space as a war-fighting territory of the future. He believes that congress will support his order because it is important.

He said that other countries are taking the same steps, but the American space technology is much better. Trump said that this means that the USA will be safe for a long time.

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Singapore to Develop Marine Tourism in Riau Islands of Indonesia

Singapore has expressed its interest in developing marine tourism in Natuna, Anambas and Lingga, three beautiful yet hidden regencies in the Riau Islands province of Indonesia.

According to Riau Islands deputy Governor, Soeryo Respationo, the three areas have their own beauty but lack of adequate infrastructure to boost tourism.

Singapore's investment in the tourism sector would perfectly match with the islands' need, he said recently. Soeryo said that Singapore Ambassador Anil Kumar Nayar visited the Riau islands asministration on Tuesday to show the country's commitment in developing the marine tourism sector.

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Floods, landslides kill 35 in Central Java

Jakarta (CNN) At least 35 people have died after heavy rains and floods triggered landslides in Indonesian province of Central Java.

Sutopo Nugroho, spokesman for the Indonesian Disaster Management Agency said, “The landslides buried dozens of homes, and floods water inundated thousands of houses. Of the 35 killed, 31 died in landslides and four died in the flooding. An additional 25 people remain missing.”

Most of the landslides and flooding occurred in Purworejo subdistrict, where 11 people died and several are reported missing. Disaster officials, the military and the police joined forces with non-governmental agencies and volunteers to rescue and evacuated residents from affected area.

Nugroho said that weather anomaly is the result of several factors – including warm sea temperatures and the massive flow of moist air from the Indian Ocean – converging in Sumatera and Kalimantan, resulting the unstable atmospheric conditions and increased rainfall.

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YONKERS, Nov 12 th. A four alarm fire damaged 14

stores today in the Cross County Shopping Center, the largest shopping center

in Westchester County.

Two fire investigators said the blaze apparently started in a pile of cardboard cartons at the rear of a shoe store and spread through a utilities duct above the 13 other stores. The fire started at 4.40 p.m. and was declared under control at 6.14 p.m. The center is on the Cross County Parkway at the Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Thruway.

Five fire-fighters were busy at the scene. Lieut. John Carey of the Yonkers Arson Squad said the cause of the fire was under investigation.

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