FACTORY BLAST: Black smoke billows from the PT Petro Widada

FACTORY BLAST: Black smoke billows from the PT Petro Widada
chemical plant in the East Java town of Gresik after an
explosion. The blast on Tuesday injured at least 52 people and
sparked a series of fires in the complex, police said.

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LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER: A little girl mimics her mother as she
prays in the Vihara Dharma Bhakti temple in Petak Sembilan, West
Jakarta. Chinese people in Indonesia, as well as those in other
parts of the world, will celebrate the dawn of the year 2555 by
the Chinese traditional calendar on Thursday.