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Quake Hits Jayapura
; ...measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale shook Jayapura, capital city of Indonesia's Irian Jaya...agency reported Sunday. The quake jolted Jayapura at 05:23 (local time) when many of its...The epicenter was 25 km southeast of Jayapura, said a spokesman for the local Meteorological...
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Villagers watch TV in Jayapura
; Villagers watch TV as they gather in Jayapura for a conference on Papuan independence from Indonesia Reuters
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Flying the flag in Irian Jaya.(Brief Article)
; JAYAPURA THE separatists in Irian Jaya may be a long way from gaining...awed silence, it is lowered and put away for the night in Jayapura, the main town, it is saluted by black- clad separatist...Papuan Task Force. What the separatists are doing, in Jayapura and across the Indonesian half of the island of ...
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89 Involved in Irian Jaya Riot Arrested
; ...Indonesian people involved in Monday's riot in Jayapura, capital of Irian Jaya, have been arrested...today. The report quoted sources at the Jayapura police office as saying that 20 of the...leader Thomas Wapai Wainggai arrived in Jayapura for burial. He died on March 12 while...
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Enforcing law a wide challenge.(World)(Briefing/Pacific Rim)
; ...national police officers at Polres Jayapura. Superintendent Sihombing and his...responsible for public safety in Jayapura, the capital of Indonesia's Irian...Merauke, before being posted to Jayapura in November 1999. The interview...
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Indonesian province seeks self-rule.(World)(Briefing/Pacific Rim)
; JAYAPURA, Indonesia - Stone steps hacked into the hill follow a...Wospakrik, rector of the University of Cenderawasih in Jayapura. Mr. Wospakrik, 51, belongs to a team of lecturers, nongovernmental...Indonesian human-rights investigators found that police in Jayapura executed one man and committed ...
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Provocation; Indonesia; Clampdown in Irian Jaya.(Asia)(Indonesia tries to stifle an independence movement in Irian Jaya)(Brief Article)
; ...before the event, police in the capital, Jayapura, arrested Theys Eluay, the chairman of...peacefully. Both were being held in a Jayapura police station, where they were questioned...pouring more than 1,000 troops into Jayapura. The government is fearful of any moves...
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Fed: Papuans flee strife and face tempest befor finding refuge
; ...Kambu and fled the provincial capital Jayapura last November, fearing for his life...journey. By the time Mr Wainggai left Jayapura at the end of November, he had graduated...for raising the independence flag in a Jayapura sports stadium in 1988. Dr Wainggai died...
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Indonesia's other separatists.(Brief Article)
; JAYAPURA OUT of sight, out of mind. West Papua, until recently known as Irian Jaya, is a long way from Indonesia's capital, Jakarta...determined. Theys Eluay, the leader of the Free Papua movement, deployed members of his private security force at the airport in Jayapura, the provincial capital, to prevent ...
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Generals take over after deadly Papua riots
; ...control of the provincial capital of Jayapura in Papua on Friday, ordering the arrests...about 500 kilometers, or 300 miles, from Jayapura, turned violent when the police clashed...and markets were closed, residents of Jayapura said. The riot police officers from Brimob...
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