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The Church publishes the Monitor because it sees good journalism as vital to progress in the world. Since 1908 ... glacier-capped highlands, many in Irian Jaya speak with the same combination ...
Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has called for tough action against independence movements in Irian Jaya and other provinces trying to break away from the world's fourth-most populous state.
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Oct. 9 -- Activity in Indonesia's remote Irian Jaya province remained at a ... the NTSB has found. World News // 14 hours ago Gazans overwhelm U.S.-backed alternate aid ...
Energy giant BP is also setting up a huge natural gas project in the west of the province - expected to become one of the world's largest ... although she has apologised to Irian Jaya, and to the ...
Her father, Indonesia's first president Sukarno, first promised autonomy nearly 40 years ago after gaining control of West Irian from the Dutch. But it has taken till now for it to be implemented. In ...
Irian Jaya's regional Parliament yesterday condemned the weekend murder of independence leader Mr Theys Eluay as an "act of terrorism" as thousands of protesters gathered at the provincial ...
The block is mostly onshore along Irian Jaya's north-central coast in the Waropen basin, east of the Bintuni and Salawati basins (see map, OGJ, June 18, 2001, p. 34). Several undeveloped gas ...
Natural gas is fast becoming a primary energy source throughout the world. Its varied use ... and on the western half encompassed by Irian Jaya Province, Indonesia. The articles presented here ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A strong earthquake measuring magnitude 6.6 struck off Indonesia's Irian Jaya early on Friday local time at a depth of 15 miles (24 km), the U.S. Geological Survey said on ...