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Religious violence spreads to
Indonesia's tourist island
■J AKARTA, Indonesja(AP) Religious
rtolcncc that has claimed more than 2,000
ivt^ in eastern Indonesia spread to another
>ar af the country Monday, with a Muslim
no! burning seven churches on the tourist
slaud of Lombok, security officials said.
■ Police tried to stop the arson in the
nain town of Mataram, but the mob of
^Bcrnl thousand people began hurling
|ories at them, injuring at least two offi-
:eL Police said they tired warning shots
o disperse the crowd.
■ At least three people were being inter-
rolated, and there were no reports of in
jure s among the protesters, said a non
commissioned officer who identified
himself as Sgt. Johny.
I The \iolence did not affect any of the
^pch resorts on Lombok, which is adjacent
to Indonesia’s main tourist destination, Bali.
■ Violence also Hared in the neighbor
ing town of Ampenan, not far from the is-
lald's airport.
I Hie trouble broke out alter tens of thou-
Htds of Muslims protested against the
Htc’s failure to quell ongoing secular vio-
^ftce in the pun ince of Maluku, the official
Hnara news agency reported.
■ l ighting broke out a year ago between
Cl ristians and Muslims on Ambon Island
aiv quickly spread to other islands in
M iluku and North Maluku provinces,
kn vn during Dutch colonial rule as the
Moluccas, or Spice Islands.
■ Christians used to have a small ma-
jOiity in the provinces, but an influx of
Huslims from Indonesia's other islands
over the past two decades has changed
the religious makeup.
About 90 percent of Indonesia’s 210 mil
lion people are Muslims, making it the
world’s most populous Islamic state.
The Muslim protesters warned they
would wage a "jihad,” (holy war), against the
country's Christian minority unless the
bloodshed was immediately stopped.
On Saturday, the Indonesian Council of
Ulamas, a powerful group of Islamic lead
ers, said it backed calls for a holy war. But
President Abdurrahman Wahid, a Muslim
who advocates religious tolerance, angrily
rejected the ultimatum.
Meanw hile, five people were killed Sun
day when residents of two Muslim villages
clashed on Ambon Island in Maluku, 1,600
miles east of Jakarta, said the region’s mili
tary chief. Brig. Gen. Max Tamaela.
The two sides threw bombs at each oili
er until soldiers intervened, he said. He did
not explain what triggered the violence.
In the westernmost province, Aceh, sev
en separatist rebels were shot dead and scores
injured on Sunday in three different shootouts
w ith the military, Maj. Lko Para, deputy po
lice commander for the region said.
I le said the clashes followed attacks by
the rebels on police stations across the
province.
Guerrillas in Aceh have been waging a
struggle against Indonesian rule since the
mid 70s, accusing the central government of
siphoning off the oil-rich province’s wealth.
At least 5,000 people have died in the vi
olence during the past decade.
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Dutch Foreign Minister Jozias van Aart-
sen met Monday w ith Wahid and offered his
country’s assistance to stop the bloodshed.
"There may be ways that the Netherlands
can help with reconciliation,” he told re
porters after the meeting.
At the Dutch Embassy, 50 protesters
from West Papua, the Indonesian-governed
half of New Guinea, demanded the Dutch
government press Jakarta to grant indepen
dence to the region.
Papuan rebels have been fighting for in
dependence since the 60s, when it was in
vaded by Indonesia.
Wahid has overruled senior military
commanders calling for crack downs to re
store order in Malaku and Aceh.
The refusal has infuriated commanders,
who are already' upset with the government’s
plans to prosecute top generals for human
rights abuses, particularly in East Timor.
News in brief
Dallas-Fort Worth leader in
armored truck robberies
I FORT WORTH, (AP) — A recent robbery of an ar
mored truck courier is just the latest in a series of
such incidents in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
I In 1997, the area reported only two armored car
holdups. But the Fort Worth-Dallas led the nation in
such robberies in 1998 with six. Another six oc
curred in 1999.
I While the number is small compared to other
comes, the holdups can be among the most violent
ol robberies, FBI officials said.
I Armored trucks carry thousands of dollars, and
guards — and in most cases the robbers — carry
handguns.
f “You just don't see a robber handing a note to an
armored car guard demanding money like you would
in some bank robbery,” FBI Special Agent John
Skillestad told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Often
the confrontations lead to shootouts, he said.
I The FBI has arrested suspects in three of the six
1999 armored car heists in the Fort Worth-Dallas.
FBI officials estimated that 70 percent to 75 percent
ot such holdups are solved.
FBI agents earlier this month arrested two men
on suspicion of an Oct. 6 armored car robbery in Car-
rbllton, a northwest suburb of Dallas.
“We are keeping our fingers crossed that we just
have that one armored car robbery this year,”
Skillestad said. “But the trend is that we’ll probably
have more this year.”
Windstorms knocks out
power in Washington state
SEATTLE (AP) — A fierce windstorm swept through
the Pacific Northwest on Sunday, killing a 19-year-old
man in Washington state and leaving hundreds of thou
sands of customers without power.
The man, Hien Nguyen of Lacey, was killed around
noon when a 120-foot fir tree blew down on his pick
up truck, crushing the cab, Lt. Matt Koehler said.
Blown-down trees and limbs caused most of the
power outages, utility officials said.
The weather service reported sustained winds of
25 to 35 miles per hour. The highest gusts reported
by the National Weather Service were 115 mph at
midmorning at Cannon Beach, Ore. Gusts of 81 mph
at Netarts, Ore., knocked a house 12 feet off of its
foundation.
In the Seattle area, at least 36,000 Seattle City
Light customers were without power after high winds
swept through.
There were about 300,000 customers without pow
er in western Washington and about 100,000 in the
dark in western Orgeon.
The winds forced the precautionary closure of the
floating bridge linking Seattle and its eastern suburbs.
An estimated 100,000 cars use the 520 bridge each
day. The outage left the Interstate 90 floating bridge,
three miles to the south, as the only cross-lake span.
Puget Sound Energy spokesperson Kremiere Boone
said that most of the people living the Olympia,
Puyallup and Enumclaw areas were without power.
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Empowering Yourself
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A group for men and women with sexual molestation in
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Conflict and Loss in Relationships
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Biofeedback Workshops
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Older Than Traditional Age
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