JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesian security forces clashed with independence supporters in the easternmost province of Irian Jaya over the weekend, leaving at least 10 people dead and dozens wounded ...

Irian Jaya, Indonesia's easternmost province, is beset by regional and ethnic conflict, fueled by resentment among the local population toward Jakarta's rule.

Irian Jayan separatists wielding machetes and axes have killed two police officers and a civil servant in an attack in the restive Indonesian province. Residents said the mob launched an assault on a ...

2000-07-07 04:00:00 PDT Jakarta-- Less than a year after East Timor voted to sever itself from Indonesia, calls for independence for the resource-rich province of Irian Jaya are making this ...

JAYAPURA, Indonesia: Police in Indonesia's restless easternmost province of Irian Jaya have arrested a fifth leader of the independence movement, an officer said Tuesday.

At least two people were shot to dead and 21 others wounded when government forces clashed with pro-independence supporters on Friday in Indonesia's far-east ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia's Irian Jaya late at night on Saturday, the National Centre for Seismology reported.

At dawn that day, Dec. 15, 2000, Sahrudin and four fellow soldiers had climbed the high hill where the Dani of Tiom and Pirime villages in Irian Jaya's western Baliem Valley had hoisted the banned ...