(2002 est pop. 2.3 million). Maluku (Moluccas), a region of Indonesia formerly known as the Spice Islands, was once the source of cloves and nutmeg, spices highly valued for their aroma, preservative ability, and use in medicine before people learned...

"Maluku" redirects here. For the Indonesian provinces encompassing the islands, see Maluku (Indonesian province) and North Maluku. The Maluku Islands (also known as the Moluccas, Moluccan Islands, the Spice Islands or simply Maluku) are an archipelago...

Rescue boats picked up scores of exhausted survivors Sunday from an Indonesian ferry that sunk in the Java Sea, but they also recovered dozens of bodies and around 400 people remained missing.A fleet of navy ships, fishing vessels and aircraft has been scouring a large...

Rescue boats scoured the sea on Sunday where an Indonesian ferry sank during a violent storm, picking up scores of exhausted survivors from choppy waters, but at least 400 more remained missing, officials and media reports said.Almost two days after the ship went down in...

Rescue boats picked up scores of exhausted survivors Sunday from an Indonesian ferry that sank in the Java Sea, but they also recovered dozens of bodies and around 400 people remained missing.A fleet of navy ships, fishing vessels and aircraft has been scouring a large...