Supplies for quake victims stuck in Manado

Supplies sent by the North Sulawesi administration for earthquake victims in Talaud Islands are currently stuck at Sam Ratulangi Airport in the province capital Manado waiting to be transported by military airplane, a provincial officer said Saturday, Antara has reported.

Head of the province's social affairs agency Recky Tumanduk said they were still waiting Air Force airplanes from Jakarta to deliver the supplies, which includes food, clothings, and tents, expected to arrive on Saturday.

The province refused to deliver the help using sea transportation due to bad water on the islands waters.

Dozens of people injured and hundreds of houses damaged when a 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit the islands on Thursday. Local administration reported that the quake had caused at least Rp 100 billion (US$8.5 million) in damages

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Plane crash in New York state kills 49 people

Authorities say 49 people are dead after a commuter plane crashed into a home in suburban Buffalo and erupted in flames late Thursday.

State police say all 48 people aboard the Continental Connection Flight 3407 are dead.

Clarence emergency control director Dave Bissonet says the crash also killed one person on the ground.

The turboprop plane from Newark, New Jersey, hit a house in Clarence around 10:10 p.m. Thursday (0300 GMT, Friday).

Bissonet says the plane was approaching Buffalo Niagara International Airport, about 10 miles away.

Twelve homes near the crash site have been evacuated.

Continental Airlines says the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 operated by Manassas, Virginia-based Colgan Air was operating between Newark Liberty International Airport and Buffalo Niagara International Airport.

taken from: thejakaratapost

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Nantikan Langkah Obama, Investor Urung Bertransaksi

NEW YORK, SABTU — Nilai saham yang ditutup di bursa saham Wall Street, New York, melemah ke angka terendah sejak November tahun lalu dengan angka penurunan mingguan mencapai 5,2 persen. Kelesuan itu menunjukkan sikap investor di Wall Street yang menekankan akan menjauhkan diri dari transaksi sampai Pemerintah AS mengambil langkah konkrit untuk mengatasi resesi.

Wall Street tenggelam dalam ketidakmenentuan kondisi ekonomi AS. Paket ekonomi Barack Obama yang dinilai terlalu besar bagi beberapa pihak dan terlalu kecil bagi beberapa pihak lain dinilai masih jauh dari kata efektif untuk memulihkan ekonomi AS. Investor juga tidak menaruh ketertarikan terhadap rencana Pemerintah AS untuk kembali menyuntikkan subsidi bagi penyelesaian kredit kepemilikan rumah yang bermasalah.

Indeks Dow Jones turun 82,35 atau 1,04 persen serta ditutup menjadi 7.850,41. Ini merupakan penutupan terendah Dow Jones sejak 20 November tahun lalu saat indeks saham unggulan itu mencapai angka terendah dalam 5 setengah bulan serta ditutup pada 7.552,29.

Sejumlah indikator saham lainnya juga merosot. Indeks The Standard & Poor’s 500 turun 8,35 poin atau 1 persen serta ditutup pada 826,84 dan indeks gabungan Nasdaq turun 7,35 atau 0,48 persen menjadi 1.534,36.

taken from: kompas

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