SOURCES
Originally heard about this via The Week, 11/19/10
Bugs: Photojournalism on Discover Magazine
this must be what the source in The Week read
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/25/photos-insects-trapped-in-amber-offer-a-glimpse-of-prehistoric-bug-life/
Great article on amber
apparently DNA can survive a very long time encapsulated in amber...
http://discovermagazine.com/1993/aug/goldenwindowonal251/
A little more on plate tectonics of the region
http://discovermagazine.com/1996/jan/theindoaustralia639/