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Government response to cholera outbreak in Papua (4 Aug 2008 )
A cholera outbreak ‹first registered in April 2008 in Dogiyai District‹has claimed 173 lives over the last four months, and may soon affect indigenous Papuans living in the neighboring regency of Paniai.

PAPUAN CHOIR GOES TO THE WORLD (31 Jul 2008 )
The Papuan Choir Whaku Bhim won Gold and Silver Medals in the 2008 World Choir Olympics in Graz, Austria. The Choir from the Eastern most Province of Indonesia consists of the best singers from universities and churches from Jayapura and its surrounding. In this performance, Papua will be brought to you through its unique music, custom, songs and dances.

Diarrhoea kills 156 in Indonesian Papua (29 Jul 2008 )
A diarrhoea outbreak in a remote area of Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua has killed at least 156 people and sickened hundreds of others, media reports say.

West Papuans 'traumatised' (29 Jul 2008 )
West Papuans have yet to recover from the trauma of human rights violations, whilst continuing migration inwards is threatening to marginalise them in their resource-rich province, an ecumenical team from the World Council of Churches (WCC) has told top-level Indonesian government officials.