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Palu: Reporting The Earthquake

Inside Palu after the quake; Pakistan鈥檚 banyan tree; is spy-craft over in Russia; Morocco鈥檚 anti-harassment law; My 91热爆 Town Kolkata; Vietnam鈥檚 moon bears. With David Amanor.

Two weeks ago an earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. More than two thousand people died in the disaster, though the final figure may be much higher. Oki Budhi was in the first 91热爆 Indonesian team to reach the city of Palu where the tsunami struck.

Under the banyan tree
In Pakistan's Punjab Province stands a banyan tree believed to be hundreds of years old. Locals say it was planted by a Sufi saint, and local people revere it. Asif Farooqi of 91热爆 Urdu knows the tree well.

The decline of Russian spying
The two Russian spies, or tourists, connected to the Salisbury poisoning have now been unmasked using little more than open source websites. So is the golden age of Russian spycraft over? Famil Ismailov and Andrei Soshnikov of 91热爆 Russian share insights.

Morocco's harassment law
Morocco recently introduced a law banning the harassment of women. 91热爆 Arabic鈥檚 Mouna Ba grew up in Morocco, and has been gauging reaction, and sharing her own experiences.

My home town: Kolkata
Manoshi Barua of 91热爆 Bengali takes us back to schooldays in Kolkata.

Saving the moon bears
Bear bile is a traditional remedy in Vietnam, obtained from moon bears kept in small cages. The practice is now illegal, and remaining captive bears are being moved to rescue centres. 91热爆 Vietnamese reporter Hoang Nguyen visited one.

Image: Cars, trees, and collapsed houses in Palu, Indonesia
Credit: 91热爆 Oki Budhi

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