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America's most expensive hamburgers

In Jakarta, Indonesia, the local Four Seasons hotel offers a one million rupee ($108) hamburger topped with Asian pears, foie gras and Portobello mushroom.

Experts: Watch for climate flaws in fixes

The massive 1815 eruption of Tambora in what is now Indonesia produced such a strong cooling that 1816 became known as the “year without a summer” in New England, where snow fell in every month of the year. But Tilmes knew that volcanic eruptions ...

Torch relay confined to Jakarta stadium

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Torchbearers ran laps with the Olympic flame in front of an invitation-only crowd Tuesday after officials changed the relay route from Jakarta’s streets to a sports stadium amid pressure from China to keep away demonstrators ...

Malaysian cops detain family protesting torch

Security concerns prompted authorities in Indonesia, Australia and Japan — the torch’s upcoming stops — to change or shorten their routes. About 1,000 police guarded the Kuala Lumpur route. The only serious incident in the 10-mile run occurred ...

Agency warns of 'silent tsunami' of hunger

Indonesia's government needed to revise its annual budget to respond. Unrest over the food crisis has led to deaths in Cameroon and Haiti, cost Haitian Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis his job, and caused hungry textile workers to clash with ...