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        "msgid": "fighting-flares-up-on-bougainville-1447893297",
        "date": "1996-01-13 00:00:00",
        "title": "Fighting flares up on Bougainville",
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        "summary": "Fighting flares up on Bougainville PORT MORESBY (Reuter): Fighting had flared up again on the Papua New Guinea (PNG) island of Bougainville with continuous rebel attacks on pro-government villages this week, Bougainville Premier Theodore Miriung said yesterday. The attacks have prompted some members of parliament to call for all-out war against the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA), which has been fighting for secession for almost eight years.",
        "content": "<p>Fighting flares up on Bougainville<\/p>\n<p>PORT MORESBY (Reuter): Fighting had flared up again on the<br>\nPapua New Guinea (PNG) island of Bougainville with continuous<br>\nrebel attacks on pro-government villages this week, Bougainville<br>\nPremier Theodore Miriung said yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The attacks have prompted some members of parliament to call<br>\nfor all-out war against the Bougainville Revolutionary Army<br>\n(BRA), which has been fighting for secession for almost eight<br>\nyears.<\/p>\n<p>Miriung said in a statement that several civilians were<br>\nwounded in the attacks, which have shattered hopes for peace<br>\nafter a second round of talks between all parties in Cairns in<br>\nAustralia last month.<\/p>\n<p>PNG opposition leader Roy Evara called on Prime Minister Sir<br>\nJulius Chan to declare an \"all-out war\" on the BRA.<\/p>\n<p>\"If the rebels want war it should be given to them,\" Evara<br>\nsaid in a statement. \"The BRA are at war with the rest of Papua<br>\nNew Guinea and we must stop playing marbles with them.\"<\/p>\n<p>South Bougainville member of parliament, Michael Laimo,<br>\nchallenged rebel leaders to prove their control over the BRA<br>\nmembers.<\/p>\n<p>\"Given the recent kind of behavior by the BRA, the BRA<br>\nleadership that is involved in the current peace process has<br>\neither lost all control or that is not a truly representative<br>\ngroup,\" Laimo said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>He called for the government to suspend all peace talks until<br>\nthe BRA leadership has proved its true credentials.<\/p>\n<p>A third round of talks was expected to be held in Australia in<br>\nMarch or April to continue discussions on disarming all factions,<br>\namnesty for rebels, and the future status of Bougainville.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict on Bougainville has devastated the resource-rich<br>\nisland, stopping all vital services and halting its lucrative<br>\nagricultural and mining industries, including CRA Ltd's massive<br>\nPanguna copper mine, idle since 1989.<\/p>\n<p>Since the conflict began, hundreds of people have died, either<br>\nin fighting or due to a lack of medical supplies available on the<br>\nisland, which is 800 kilometers northeast of Port Moresby.<\/p>",
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