JAKARTA: Hundreds of Papuans gathered in eastern Indonesia to mark the anniversary of their “declaration of independence” amid tight security, a customary council member said. Indonesia won sovereignty over Papua, formerly a Dutch colony, in 1969 after a referendum widely seen as a sham.--AFP
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: The brother of Sri Lanka’s president narrowly escaped Friday when a suspected Tamil rebel suicide bomber blew himself up, killing at least one soldier, police said. Gotabaye Rajapakse, the most senior civil servant in the defense ministry and younger brother of President Mahinda Rajapakse, later showed photographers blood stains on the sleeve of his white shirt.--AFP
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