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Mimika, Banyumas disappoint over allowance payment (19 Nov 2008 )
The Jakarta Post - Mimika regency in Papua has been at a stand still since Monday, as local civil servants went on strike, demanding the immediate payment of a local allowance. Offices and schools across the regency have closed.

Thousands of boxes of liquor seized from warehouse (18 Nov 2008 )
Mimika police and regency administration have conducted raids on three alcohol distributors after military officers captured two trucks loaded with illegal liquor leaving Pomako port in Mimka, Papua.

Pro-independence group honors Theys (13 Nov 2008 )
The Jakarta Post - On Wednesday some 100 people, calling themselves the Papua Human Rights Awareness Coalition, commemorated the seventh anniversary of the death of Theys Hiyo Eluay, leader of the Papua Presidium Council, who was killed by government forces on Nov. 10, 2002.

HIV/AIDS infections rising rapidly in Papua: Official (13 Nov 2008 )
The Jakarta Post - The number of people living with HIV/AIDS in Papua is increasing every year with 319 new cases reported as of October, taking the total to 4,114 reported cases.

Hundreds of people welcome anti-graft chief in Timika (12 Nov 2008 )
The Jakarta Post - Hundreds of people swarmed the usually quiet Mose Kilangin international airport in Timika, Papua, to greet Antasari Azhar, the Corruption Eraducation Commission (KPK) chair, but they failed to see him.