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        "id": 1057494,
        "msgid": "tribesmen-cant-vote-1447893297",
        "date": "1996-05-17 00:00:00",
        "title": "Tribesmen can't vote",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Tribesmen can't vote JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Thousands of members of some isolated tribes in the hinterland of Baliem Valley, Jayawijaya regency, may not be able to vote in the 1997 general elections due to transportation difficulties. Antara quoted Jayawijaya Regent JB Wenas as saying on Wednesday that there are tens of thousands of nomadic tribesmen moving from one place to another across 12 subdistricts. The areas are difficult to reach by land transportation.",
        "content": "<p>Tribesmen can't vote<\/p>\n<p>JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Thousands of members of some isolated<br>\ntribes in the hinterland of Baliem Valley, Jayawijaya regency,<br>\nmay not be able to vote in the 1997 general elections due to<br>\ntransportation difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>Antara quoted Jayawijaya Regent JB Wenas as saying on<br>\nWednesday that there are tens of thousands of nomadic tribesmen<br>\nmoving from one place to another across 12 subdistricts. The<br>\nareas are difficult to reach by land transportation.<\/p>\n<p>\"They may not be able to vote,\" Wenas said.<\/p>\n<p>He added, however, that there are also a number of tribesmen<br>\nwho were already \"discovered\" and resettled. They will be able to<br>\nvote.<\/p>\n<p>Irian Jaya's 421,981 square kilometers is populated by only<br>\ntwo million people at a density of four people per square<br>\nkilometer. One fourth of the population lives in Jayawijaya.(swe)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/tribesmen-cant-vote-1447893297",
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