EVEN in a country as used to natural disasters as Indonesia, the chaos and the loss of life wreaked by the eruption of Mount Merapi has caused shock.

即使是在印尼这个已经习惯了自然灾害侵袭的国家，默拉皮火山的爆发所引起的混乱和死亡仍然制造了不小的轰动。

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These two Indonesia islands face perhaps more natural disaster hazards than anywhere else.

印度尼西亚的这两个群岛也许面临着比别处更多的自然灾难。

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Indonesia is an extraordinary country who has known extraordinary hardships from natural disasters.

印尼是个特别的国家，印尼人民与自然灾害打过特别艰难的交道。

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But there is a fear that the corruption in Jakarta, which devoured so much of Indonesia's natural wealth under Mr Suharto, will merely be replaced by the corruption of regional officials.

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Thus a recent U.N. report predicts that 98 percent of Indonesia's natural rainforest will be degraded or lost within the next 15 years, in large part because of the planting of palm trees for the production of the biofuel palm oil.

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And I want you all to know that as always, the United States stands with Indonesia in responding to natural disasters, and we are pleased to be able to help as needed.

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