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In Irian Jaya, Indonesia Faces Yet Another Violent InsurgencyFriday Is 'Independence Day' / Huge Copper Mine as Hostage?
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International Herald Tribune
12-01-2000
Nestled in a small valley 1,850 meters above sea level with cliffs and forest-clad mountains towering above, this company mining town with its subsidized canteen, store, clubs and bars is aptly called Tembagapura, or Copper City, in the Indonesian language. Further up the precipitous road hacked out of the jungle is a mine that is one of the world's largest producers of gold and copper. Its production is worth nearly $1.5 billion ...
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The fire next time; Next time in Indonesia.(Leaders)(Using force against Indonesia's rebellious extremities solves nothing)(Brief Article)
The Economist (US)
; IT COULD have been much worse, and sooner or later it will be. Indonesia has come through the anniversaries of the independence movements of its two most rebellious provinces with only a dozen or so deaths in each, instead of the bloodbath that many feared. But the cost has still been high. In
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Dispassion needed in Irian Jaya crisis
New Straits Times
; K.P. Waran New Straits Times 12-11-2000 Dispassion needed in Irian Jaya crisis Byline: K.P. Waran Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2* Section: Opinion Column: Diplomatic crossroads SLINGSHOTS, bows and arrows against rifles and sub-machine guns. The result - scores of men in tribal gear lay dead last week
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Indonesia moves against separatists
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Indonesia moves against separatists Beleaguered president sends security forces to two provinces By GEOFF SPENCER Associated Press Friday, December 1, 2000 Jayapura, Indonesia -- President Abdurahman Wahid on Thursday ordered tough military action in far-flung secessionist provinces of Indonesia,
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FED: Irian Jaya wants self determination now too: church
AAP General News (Australia)
; AAP General News (Australia) 02-23-1999 FED: Irian Jaya wants self determination now too: church CANBERRA, Feb 23 AAP - Irian Jaya's expectations ...
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Separatists Rally in Irian Jaya; Top Indonesian General Calls Hoisting of Flag `Treachery'
The Washington Post
; ... unconfirmed reports that seven people had died in recent clashes. The army denied that anyone had been killed. The official Antara news agency said Indonesian troops were trying to disperse thousands of protesters who had hoisted a separatist flag at the local ...
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Cover up.(modernization programs in Iran Jaya province in Indonesia)
The Economist (US)
; PRIMITIVE tribesmen wearing penis gourds do not fit comfortably into modern Indonesia. Ever since the Indonesians took control of Irian Jaya in 1963, getting the inhabitants of their remotest province to put on some decent clothes has been a goal of government policy. Back in the 1970s, the army
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Trouble at mine: Indonesia.(shooting by Army lieutenant near copper and gold mine)(Brief Article)
The Economist (US)
; ... bodies of two colleagues back from a village, where they had been hacked to death after being accused of raping local women. News of the shooting must have sunk hearts in the boardroom of Freeport-McMoRan, which is struggling to repair the damage done by ...
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Perspectives on the Bird's Head of Irian Jaya, Indonesia: Proceedings of the Conference, Leiden, 13-17 October 1997.(Review)
The Contemporary Pacific
; ... Jelle Miedema, Cecilia Ode, and Rien A C Dam. Amsterdam and Atlanta, GA: Rodopi, 1998. ISBN 90-420-0644-7, xiii + 982 pages, maps, figures, tables, notes, references. $178.50. The ISIR project (Irian Jaya Studies, a program for Interdisciplinary Research ...
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The deforesting of Irian Jaya. (New Guinea)
The Nation
; Carrying its odd trio through a valley deep in Irian Jaya, the van made excellent time. The driver, a young hipster from for-off Java in jeans and reflecting sunglasses, cranked up a scratchy tape of Indonesian rock and drummed away on the dashboard. The wiry old man next to me, toothless and
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Indonesia backs Irian Jaya separatists into a corner: The 39th anniversary of a declaration of independence is marked today by Papuans.(World)
The Christian Science Monitor
; Through the phone from Jayapura, John Rumbiak's voice comes through tired and small. After two weeks of urging the Indonesian government and the people of Irian Jaya province to choose peace, the human rights campaigner is admitting defeat. Jakarta has created an arena of confrontation, says Mr.
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