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        "id": 1434022,
        "msgid": "north-maluku-now-a-province-1447893297",
        "date": "1999-10-21 00:00:00",
        "title": "North Maluku now a province",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "North Maluku now a province AMBON, Maluku: Despite losing East Timor, the country still consists of 27 provinces after North Maluku was officially declared a new province on Tuesday. \"Administratively the new province was set up on Oct. 12 when Decree No. 46\/1999 was signed in Jakarta,\" Ternate deputy mayor Abdulrahman Kroy said. Local residents prayed in mosques and churches to welcome the founding of the province in a joyful atmosphere. \"Unlike Ambon, Ternate is peaceful.",
        "content": "<p>North Maluku now a province<\/p>\n<p>AMBON, Maluku: Despite losing East Timor, the country still<br>\nconsists of 27 provinces after North Maluku was officially<br>\ndeclared a new province on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\"Administratively the new province was set up on Oct. 12 when<br>\nDecree No. 46\/1999 was signed in Jakarta,\" Ternate deputy mayor<br>\nAbdulrahman Kroy said.<\/p>\n<p>Local residents prayed in mosques and churches to welcome the<br>\nfounding of the province in a joyful atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>\"Unlike Ambon, Ternate is peaceful. Muslims and Christians are<br>\nunited as members of a big family,\" a Ternate resident, who asked<br>\nfor anonymity, said. Ternate is the capital of the new province.<\/p>\n<p>Maluku, particularly its provincial capital Ambon, has been<br>\nrocked by sectarian clashes in which more than 500 people have<br>\nbeen killed since January.<\/p>\n<p>The governor of the province, Surasmin, and his deputies were<br>\ninstalled in Jakarta soon after the decree on North Maluku's<br>\nestablishment was signed.<\/p>\n<p>The City Hall is located on Jl. Pahlawan Revolusi.<\/p>\n<p>North Maluku comprises Ternate mayoralty, Central Halmahera<br>\nand North Maluku regencies, while Maluku now has Central, West<br>\nand East Maluku Tenggara, and Buru regencies and Ambon mayoralty.<\/p>\n<p>North Maluku is rich in clove, coconut, cocoa and teak.<br>\n(48\/sur)<\/p>",
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