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PRESS DIGEST-Indonesian General News - June 17

Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:08pm EDT
Following are the leading stories in the main Indonesian newspapers on June 17.

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JAKARTA POST

- FUNDAMENTALISM THREATENS PAPUA: ICG

A Brussels think-tank, the International Crisis Group (ICG), warned Indonesia on Monday of potential communal conflict in the country's easternmost province due to strained relations between Muslims and Christians.

- INDONESIA TO BEGIN FOREST CARBON PROJECTS

Indonesia is expected to be the first nation to carry out forest carbon projects to help combat climate change after it launched a forest carbon partnership with Australia last week.

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KOMPAS

- RIGHTS GROUPS URGE PRESIDENT TO ANNOUNCE CTF REPORT

Rights groups urged Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to accept a report from the Indonesia-East Timor's Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) that investigated 1999 violence in East Timor and announce the report to public.

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