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  • Indonesia, a nation of more than 237 million people, has made tremendous strides toward democracy since former dictator Suharto was ousted just over a decade ago, but it remains highly sensitive to ongoing separatist struggles in Papua and the Molucca islands.

    Soldiers Caught On Video Torturing Get Less Than A Year Sentence (Video) AP/The Huffington Post 2011

  • The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 and was centered 12 miles 20 kilometers beneath the Molucca Sea, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

    Indonesia Earthquake: Strong, Shallow 6.6 Quake Hits Waters Off Eastern Section Of Country The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Indonesia, a nation of more than 237 million people, has made tremendous strides toward democracy since former dictator Suharto was ousted just over a decade ago, but it remains highly sensitive to ongoing separatist struggles in Papua and the Molucca islands.

    Soldiers Caught On Video Torturing Get Less Than A Year Sentence (Video) AP/The Huffington Post 2011

  • The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 and was centered 12 miles 20 kilometers beneath the Molucca Sea, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

    Indonesia Earthquake: Strong, Shallow 6.6 Quake Hits Waters Off Eastern Section Of Country The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • In 1525, García de Loaísa followed the Magellan route under orders of the Emperor, whose goal was to reach the Molucca Islands.

    The Pacific route to the Orient 2008

  • In 1525, García de Loaísa followed the Magellan route under orders of the Emperor, whose goal was to reach the Molucca Islands.

    The Pacific route to the Orient 2008

  • That day Indonesian officials, who had previously rejected international intervention in a religious war in the eastern Molucca islands as well as separatist movements in two other provinces, said they were open to allowing U.N. peacekeepers to come across the border from East Timor to help restore order.

    'We Sit Here Like Bait' 2008

  • Macassar Strait and the Molucca passage, Mr Harold Smith rose to a higher flight.

    Framley Parsonage 2004

  • Amboyna and the other Molucca islands: Pombo (pigeon); milo

    The Malay Archipelago 2004

  • Borneo; on the east are the Molucca islands; and on the south is the Timor group — and it is on all sides so connected with these islands by its own satellites, by small islets, and by coral reefs, that neither by inspection on the map nor by actual observation around its coast, is it possible to determine accurately which should be grouped with it, and which with the surrounding districts.

    The Malay Archipelago 2004

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