Indonesia: February 7, 2003

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The government plan to divide Papua-New Guinea (the western half of New Guinea island) into three provinces will apparently create yet more local resistance. The population of western New Guinea is only about 2.5 million, and dividing it into three provinces will make it easier for the government to control separatist movements.

 

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