BBC News | Asia-Pacific | New strife in Moluccas

Sunday, April 4, 1999 Published at 00:08 GMT 01:08 UK Front Page World World: Asia-Pacific UK UK Politics New strife in Moluccas Business Africa | Americas | Sci/Tech Asia-Pacific | Europe | Health Middle East | South Asia Education Sport Relevant Stories Entertainment 09 Mar 99 | SPECIAL REPORT Ambon's troubled history Talking Point 21 Mar 99 | Asia-Pacific In Depth Borneo engulfed by terror On Air 14 Mar 99 | Asia-Pacific People escaped last month's violence by ship Pope appeals for peace in Archive At least 30 people have been killed in new religious clashes Ambon in the Eastern Moluccan Islands, according to the Indonesian authorities. 11 Mar 99 | Asia-Pacific Ten dead in Ambon Feedback Local officials say Christians and Muslims have fought with violence Low Graphics swords, spears and home-made bombs over the last four Help 03 Mar 99 | Asia-Pacific days, ignoring appeals from community leaders to lay down Ambon police chief sacked their weapons. 27 Feb 99 | From Our Own The clashes took place on two remote islands in south-east Correspondent Maluku. Eyewitness: Religious strife in Ambon

Troop reinforcements have been sent from the provincial capital Ambon, which up until now has seen the worst of the Internet Links violence in the region. Indonesian Government The latest trouble started with Online the discovery of graffiti insulting Islam, and quickly escalated Antara: Indonesian News into bloody clashes where Agency gangs have been trying to drive out members of rival faiths and BBC Indonesian Service burn down their homes. The BBC is not responsible for the More than 200 people have content of external internet sites. Many homes in Ambon have been died since fighting between destroyed Christians and Muslims in the

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/311099.stm (1 of 2) [3/4/2004 2:04:57 PM] BBC News | Asia-Pacific | New strife in Moluccas Moluccas broke out in January. In this section Thousands of troop reinforcements have been flown to Indonesia rules out Aceh Ambon, where the situation has been calm for the past independence month. DiCaprio film trial begins Fear and mistrust Millennium sect heads for Christians and Muslims have lived side by side for decades in the hills the Moluccas. Uzbekistan voices security concerns

But the BBC South East Asia From Business Correspondent Jonathan Head Chinese imports boost US says they have now been trade gap infected by the climate of fear and mistrust which prevails in ICRC visits twelve Burmese much of the country. jails He says the continued unrest Falintil guerillas challenge will make it almost impossible peackeepers for the general election, scheduled for June, to take Malaysian candidates place in the worst-affected named areas. North Korea expels US 'spy'

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