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Indonesian Govt Gives Green Thumb-Up To Plant Papua ‘Food Estate’ (17 Jan 2010)
The government has finalized plans and is ready to move ahead with the country’s first integrated food production zone in Merauke, Papua, a minister told the Jakarta Globe on Sunday.

The Papua dilemma - Personal reflections on an ongoing challenge (17 Jan 2010)
Jakarta must give greater attention and care to Papua. And the international community should be ready, willing and able to support the development of this region. Looking back, the ‘event to remember’ for Indonesia was 1963 when the UN returned the sovereignty of Irian Jaya to Indonesia. We must not squander this opportunity.

Negotiating the past and looking to the future (12 Jan 2010)
History is one of the main sources of conflict in Papua. The Act of Free Choice in 1969 remains the subject of dispute, both because of the way it was carried out and because of its outcome.

Papua Rebel Group Founder Back in Indonesia (12 Jan 2010)
The Jakarta Post - Free Papua Organization (OPM) rebel group founder Nicholas Jouwe arrived in Jakarta on Tuesday and vowed to spend the rest of his life in the country.

Listening to Papuan voices (11 Jan 2010)
In November 2000, the Dutch Foreign Minister Josias van Aartsen commissioned the Institute of Netherlands History (ING) to write a study on West New Guinea leading up to and including the Act of Free Choice of 1969.