Saturday, January 12, 2008

Behind Irian Jaya's name change

By regional analyst Nicholas Nugent

The Indonesian province of Irian Jaya has been given a set of unprecedented autonomy measures, which officially came into effect on 1 January 2002.

Under the measures, the province takes much greater control of its own affairs, excluding only defence, foreign affairs, monetary affairs, the police and the courts.

Read more at bbc.co.uk

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