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Maluku
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Maluku [mɑːˈluːkuː]
n
(Placename) the Indonesian name for the Moluccas


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More than 170 people are currently imprisoned in Indonesia for peacefully promoting separatism in Indonesia, most of them from Papua or the eastern Maluku islands, according to Human Rights Watch.
A 2007 dispute over the use of "Rasa Sayange", a folk song that originated in Indonesia's Maluku islands, in a Malaysian tourism ad also has more than a whiff of familiarity with the current dispute.
In Indonesia, the communal conflict in the Maluku Islands provides one example of the media taking sides in reporting.
 
 
 
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