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Mimika focuses on alleviating maternal mortality (23 Sep 2009)
The Jakarta Post- The Mimika regency administration is focusing on alleviating the maternal mortality rate in their 12 districts through the local health office, in line with the program initiated by the provincial administration to provide good health care for people in rural areas of Papua, be they in the mountainous, hinterland or southern areas of Papua.

Schools in Indonesia's Papua Closed For Months As air link cuts strand teachers (22 Sep 2009)
Classes at some schools in Papua's Mimika district have been at a standstill for the past few months because their teachers are stuck in Timika city. The principal of Jila district's junior high school (SMP), Natalis Nimbitkendik, said he and other teachers at the school were stranded in Timika.

Terrorism Law: Revise and Violate? (20 Sep 2009)
KONTRAS- A HEATED debate at Sahid International Hotel in Jakarta early this month focused on a proposed revision of the law on terrorism.

KPU finalizes seat allocations for Papua (19 Sep 2009)
Jakarta Post- After a series of delays, the General Elections Commission (KPU) has decided to go with the results of its original count of votes from the legislative election in Papua, bowing to the Elections Supervisory Board's (Bawaslu) official recommendation.

Aid dispatched after hunger-related deaths in Papua (18 Sep 2009)
JAKARTA, 18 September 2009 (IRIN) - The Indonesian government said it will send a team to a poor district in eastern Papua Province after a rights group reported deaths from hunger and associated diseases there.