The death toll from Sunday's magnitude 6.9 earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok has almost doubled to reach 319, the government said Thursday.Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto released the latest figure, updated from 168 deaths announced earlier Thursday, after chairing a special meeting on coordination of rehabilitation and recovery efforts.Lombok was shaken again by a M.5.9 aftershock at 1:25 p.m., but there were no immediate reports of new casualties from that and no tsunami warning was issued.It was centered in the island's northwest, as wa…READ FULL ARTICLE
