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Gunmen kill 5 soldiers, 2 civilians in Indonesia
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 3 months ago
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Indonesia Unidentified gunmen have shot and killed seven people in two separate attacks against the Indonesian army in the easternmost province of Papua...Iskandar Sitompul says assailants armed with guns and machetes ambushed an army vehicle
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Indonesia struggles to enforce shark poaching
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 1 year ago
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But after confiscating their illegal catch and gear, the patrol officers had to let them go. The incident left conservationists and villagers frustrated, and it underscored one of the biggest challenges in protecting the ocean: Setting aside swaths
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Gunmen attack plane in Indonesian Papua, kill one
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 1 year ago
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The Twin Otter plane, operated by domestic carrier Trigana Air and carrying eight passengers and crew, ran into a building at the airport in the town of Mulia after the pilots lost control. Gun attacks are common in the Papua region in Indonesia's
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Trouble in Indonesia's last paradise (AFP)
Sorong :: Indonesia | over 1 year ago
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Trouble in Indonesia's last paradise Loic Vennin, AFP November 18, 2011, 7:15 pm Huts on stilts perch above the coral of the turquoise lagoon, hammocks awaiting a lazy siesta and sunset cocktails...This remote pearl of Asia between the Pacific and
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Indonesian mine declares force majeure
Jakarta :: Indonesia | over 1 year ago
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Freeport-McMoRan, owners of the strike-plagued giant Grasberg copper and gold mine in Indonesia, said it can no longer guarantee delivery of supplies. The announcement comes amid a worsening security situation in the remote eastern Indonesian Papua
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Indonesia: partial reopening of one of the largest mines in the world
U.S. giant Freeport said Tuesday the partial extraction of its wealth of gold and copper in Indonesia, one of the world's largest, closed Monday after a bitter strike and clashes that left one person dead.A pipeline that carries copper
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Languages on Papua vanish without a whisper
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | almost 2 years ago
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Probably no-one, as the languages of New Guinea the world's greatest linguistic reservoir are disappearing in a tide of indifference. Yoseph Wally, an anthropologist at Cendrawasih University in Jayapura keeps his ears open when he visits villages to
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Fiji Media Law Threatens Journalists with Jail
California City :: CA :: USA | 3 years ago
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The Fijian government will be able to imprison journalists for up to five years, obliterating media freedom, if its Cabinet adopts a repressive draft Media Decree today, says Amnesty International. Indonesian Papua risks erupting in bloodshed, with
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Arrests as thousands rally in Indonesian Papua
Nabire :: Indonesia | 4 years ago
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Thousands of people rallied in Indonesia's eastern Papua region Friday to call for independence from Jakarta and a boycott of elections amid a police crackdown on dissent, activists said. Police raided the offices of the Papuan Customary Council, the
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