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        "msgid": "amid-mass-prayers-ambon-paralyzed-1447893297",
        "date": "2001-11-21 00:00:00",
        "title": "Amid mass prayers, Ambon paralyzed",
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        "summary": "Amid mass prayers, Ambon paralyzed Novi Pinontoan, The Jakarta Post, Ambon Christians in Ambon, the capital of strife-torn Maluku, began three days of mass prayers on Tuesday, paralyzing almost all activities from administrative, schooling to public transportation both on land and sea. The mass prayers, called Hari Perkabungan (Days of Mourning), are an expression of growing concern in response to a series of violence which resulted in at least 10 deaths and the injury of dozens this month.",
        "content": "<p>Amid mass prayers, Ambon paralyzed<\/p>\n<p>Novi Pinontoan, The Jakarta Post, Ambon<\/p>\n<p>Christians in Ambon, the capital of strife-torn Maluku, began<br>\nthree days of mass prayers on Tuesday, paralyzing almost all<br>\nactivities from administrative, schooling to public<br>\ntransportation both on land and sea.<\/p>\n<p>The mass prayers, called Hari Perkabungan (Days of Mourning),<br>\nare an expression of growing concern in response to a series of<br>\nviolence which resulted in at least 10 deaths and the injury of<br>\ndozens this month.<\/p>\n<p>Prayers were staged in all churches as well as in many houses<br>\nand public buildings. Thousands of people took part, including<br>\ncivil servants, students and people from all walks of life,<br>\nbringing most activities to a halt.<\/p>\n<p>Hospital workers and security personnel, however, remained on<br>\nduty. Groups of police officers and military personnel guarded<br>\nthe city to ensure peace.<\/p>\n<p>Pattimura Airport in Laha was still operational, but almost<br>\nall land and sea transportation firms have temporarily halted<br>\nservices.<\/p>\n<p>\"These prayers are a display of concern about all the violence<br>\nthat has taken place during a relatively calm period in Maluku.<br>\nIn this way we call on all people to assess themselves and<br>\ncompletely put their fate in God's hands. This mourning period is<br>\nalso a moral movement to forge peace and unity,\" deputy chairman<br>\nof the Maluku Protestant Church Synod Leo Lohy said.<\/p>\n<p>Maluku Governor Saleh Latuconsina said on Tuesday that the<br>\nadministration could completely understand the purpose of the<br>\nprayers. \"Civil servants are excused from work to join the<br>\nprayers ... after that they should go back to their daily<br>\nroutines,\" he said. Similar support was also showed by Ambon<br>\nMayor MJ Papilaya.<\/p>\n<p>After months of relative calm, Ambon was rocked by bloody<br>\nviolence recently when armed rioters attacked a village.<\/p>\n<p>The first major incident took place on Nov. 3 in which gunmen<br>\nraided and occupied the predominantly Christian Waimulang village<br>\nin Seram islands, killing at least three villagers. At least<br>\n1,000 residents fled the village after rioters burned down 150<br>\nhouses.<\/p>\n<p>Later this month a spate of bombings and armed attacks<br>\noccurred in several parts of Ambon -- including a speedboat<br>\nshooting on Teluk Ambon Baguala waters and a blast at an<br>\nelectronics store in downtown Ambon -- which claimed at least<br>\neight lives.<\/p>",
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