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	Ambon City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		275,888) is the main city and seaport of Ambon Island, and is the capital of Maluku province of Indonesia.
		Ambon City has an airport, and was home to the Pattimura University, a state university, and the Indonesian Christian University of Maluku (UKIM), a private Protestant university, though both were seriously damaged during the violence in 2000-2002.
		During the Dutch period, Ambon City was the seat of the Dutch resident and military commander of the Moluccas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ambon_City (608 words)

	Ambon Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ambon City has an airport, and is home to the Pattimura University, a state university, and the Indonesian Christian University of Maluku (Universitas Kristen Indonesia Maluku, or UKIM), a private Protestant university.
		Ambon used to be the world center of clove production; until the nineteenth century, the Dutch prohibited the rearing of the clove-tree in all the other islands subject to their rule, in order to secure the monopoly to Ambon.
		Ambon City was the site of a major Dutch military base, which was captured from Allied forces by the Japanese in the Battle of Ambon (1942), during World War II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ambon_Island (871 words)

	Ambon City, Indonesia
		Ambon City has an airport, and was home to the Pattimura University, a state university, and the Indonesian Christian University of Maluku (Universitas Kristen Indonesia Maluku, or UKIM), a private Protestant university, though both were seriously damaged during the violence in 2000-2002.
		Ambon City was the site of a major Dutch naval base, which was captured in World War II by the Japanese in 1942.
		In 1950, Ambon City was the center of an uprising against Indonesian rule, which resulted in the Republic of the South Moluccas declaring its independence from Indonesia.
	creekin.net /c4291-n86-ambon-city-indonesia.html (817 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Ambon (Indonesia), April 26 (Reuters): Fresh clashes erupted today between Muslims and Christians in Indonesia’s eastern city of Ambon and officials said the death toll from two days of violence had risen to 23.
		A nurse at the city’s Bhakti Rahayu hospital said dozens of children and women were hurt, including one elderly woman who suffered serious injuries.
		Earlier, a city official said the death toll in the violence that erupted yesterday was 23.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040427/asp/foreign/story_3177493.asp (215 words)

	Report on Violence in Ambon - from HRW (in English)
		Ambon is the name of a city and an island, and the term "Ambonese" describes a cultural area that embraces many of the islands in the district of Central Maluku, Maluku province, Indonesia.
		A report from the task force of the Ambon branch of the Indonesian Council of Islamic Scholars (Majelis Ulama Indonesia or MUI) noted that three of the victims, Armin, Mui, and Husein died in the vicinity of the mosque, and the fourth, Usman Wakano, died after being attacked with a machete.
		The city was in flames, and the situation on the streets appears to have been one of total chaos with pitched battles taking place in several different areas simultaneously.
	www.fica.org /hr/ambon/idMaluku-HRW.html (17178 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Bombing at Christian market in Indonesia's Ambon city kills one, wounds 13 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		City police chief Leonidas Braksan said officers defused a bomb planted in the grounds of Maranatha church.
		The city in the eastern Maluku islands is still recovering from an outbreak of Muslim-Christian violence which began on April 25.
		Ambon and some other parts of the Maluku islands were ravaged by three years of sectarian clashes which killed more than 5,000 people before a February 2002 peace pact took effect.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/17c22251f9c8cf1c49256e9f00240c4c (330 words)

	Tensions high on Indonesian island of Ambon
		Ambon City was placed under military control on March 11 after pitched battles between thousands of armed Christians and Muslims resulted in 10 deaths and scores of injuries the previous day.
		Ambon is part of the Maluka province, also known as the Spice Islands, which had a long association with the previous Dutch colonial rulers.
		Bugis began to settle in Ambon City, gaining a hold in trading and transportation and exercising a degree of political clout through tight-knit associations.
	www.wsws.org /articles/1999/mar1999/indo-m23.shtml (1277 words)

	The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		A city whose status and importance exceeded that of Jakarta during that period, so much so that Amboina (as Ambon was officially known at the time) was also called the "Queen of the East".
		But that was then, and Ambon and it's people have, with the encouragement of community leaders and a progressive-minded governor, sought to move forward and put the bad times well and truly in the past.
		Pattimura, but Ambon proudly boasts of being the region from which the nationalist hero operated against Dutch colonial forces in 1817, and facing the city sports field and governor's office is a rather cartoon-like statue of Thomas Matulessy, aka Pattimura.
	www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20060226.L01 (1223 words)

	Christians killed in Ambon mob attack - smh.com.au
		Ambon: Armed attackers raided a Christian neighbourhood in the ravaged Indonesian city of Ambon yesterday, killing 12 people and raising fresh doubts about the chances for peace in the troubled Maluku region.
		Over the past three years at least 5000 people have died in religious violence in Ambon, about 2300 kilometres east of Jakarta, and in the Maluku islands of which it is the hub.
		Yesterday's attack is the latest in several days of fresh trouble in Ambon, undercutting hopes that a peace deal between Muslims and Christians in February would finally end the strife.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/04/28/1019441325839.html (361 words)

	Inside Indonesia 60 - What caused the Ambon violence?
		Ambon is in a state of simmering civil war.
		In Ambon at least, joining the Protestant or the Muslim community means being part of a network that not only worships God in a certain way but does practical things for its members - provide access to friends in powerful places for example, or protection when things get tough.
		Ambon’s urban population is rather heavily dependent on direct employment in the civil service: over a quarter by my crude calculations.
	www.insideindonesia.org /edit60/ambon.htm (1632 words)

	Go Asia Pacific Breaking News Asia - Tensions high in Indonesia's Ambon city after bomb blasts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Tensions are high in the eastern Indonesian city of Ambon, with residents setting up roadblocks in several parts of the city after bombs wounded five people.
		The city is still recovering from an outbreak of Muslim-Christian violence which began late last month, after a banned parade by members of a mainly Christian separatist group.
		Ambon was ravaged by three years of Muslim-Christian clashes, which killed more than 5,000 people, before a February 2002 peace pact went into force.
	www.abc.net.au /asiapacific/news/GoAsiaPacificBNA_1114806.htm (242 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Asia / Hatred, mistrust reigns in Indonesia city (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		AMBON, Indonesia -- Zeth Supusepa, an Indonesian Christian, is in no mood for forgiveness as he explains how suspected Muslim attackers hurled a bomb at him outside a church in the eastern city of Ambon.
		Across the city, Islamic fighters armed with long swords vow to avenge the deaths of fellow Muslims allegedly shot by Christian snipers.
		Five days of shootings, bombings and mob attacks have killed 36 people in Ambon, and raised fears of a return to the religious war in the Maluku islands that killed 9,000 people between 1999 and 2001.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2004/04/29/hatred_mistrust_reigns_in_indonesia_city (782 words)

	Bomb blast injures 5 in Indonesia's Ambon - May 23, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		AMBON, Indonesia-A bomb exploded in Indonesia's restive eastern city of Ambon, injuring five people, three of them seriously, police and hospital staff said Sunday.
		Ambon Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Leonidas Braksan said the blast was due to a homemade bomb put in a large biscuit tin.
		Ambon was ravaged by three years of Muslim-Christian clashes which left more than 5,000 dead before a February 2002 peace pact ended the violence.
	www.inq7.net /brk/2004/may/23/brkafp_4-1.htm (270 words)

	24 Die In Indonesia Clashes - CBS News
		Residents said the main roads in Ambon city were deserted with troops blocking the city center and many residents staying at home.
		Ambon is the epicenter of savage sectarian violence that has claimed more than 160 lives this year.
		Ambon city was turned into a battle zone Wednesday as troops fired on angry Christians and Muslims fighting each other with firebombs, machetes and arrows.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/1999/02/24/world/main36337.shtml (373 words)

	Ambon - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Ambon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The town of Ambon, formerly a historic centre of Dutch influence, has shipyards and is a port for trade in spices.
		Before social and political unrest erupted in 1999, it was a popular diving centre for tourists.
		Under Portuguese and Dutch occupation during the colonial period, Ambon was the centre of the spice trade.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Ambon (202 words)

	[Kabar-indonesia] Indo News - 5/24/04 (Part 3 of 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Two bombs exploded in Ambon on Sunday in what a police officer described as "efforts to provoke the population." Five people were injured in a blast in the mainly Christian village of Halong Baru and two of them were Monday still being treated in hospital, medical staff said.
		So when last April 25 in the city of Ambon renewed unrest broke loose, many villagers started to gather their most important belongings, ready to flee, as Waai is encircled by four muslim villages: Tulehu, Liang, Tial and Tengah-Tengah.
		She was flown by a helicopter from the airport at Laha, crossing the Bay to Merdeka Square in the middle of the city of Ambon.
	www.kabar-irian.com /pipermail/kabar-indonesia/2004-May/000770.html (4443 words)

	AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE * Police dispatch troops, arrest 27 in Indonesia's Ambon city
		Hundreds of police reinforcements were dispatched to Indonesia's eastern city of Ambon after more explosions overnight, further undermining a shaky peace pact.
		But police said a semblance of normalcy was slowly returning to the strife torn area, after blasts and angry demonstrations on Thursday's 52nd anniversary of the outlawed Republic of South Maluku (RMS) left six people injured.
		At least six blasts shook the city and crowds torched the half-rebuilt Silo Protestant church, which was burnt to the ground three years ago, after one of the blasts went off outside the church.
	www.geocities.com /kariu67/afp270402.htm (629 words)

	The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Ambon city has a colorful history, starting from the struggle between the Portuguese, British and Dutch colonial powers to the humanitarian tragedy that ravaged the city in 1999 when residents of different religions faced off.
		Ambon is a city of migrants, and its residents are descendants of Europeans, Arabs, Persians, Chinese and Malays, as well as indigenous Ambonese, making it pluralistic in terms of culture and religion.
		Pattimura University organized a seminar on the history of the city on Nov. 11 and Nov. 12, 1972 and, despite the long history of Ambon city, determined Sept. 7, 1575 as the city's anniversary.
	www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20050914.D10 (827 words)

	Diving Ambon in Indonesia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Ambon city's heyday was during the Dutch control of the last few centuries.
		A half hour's drive from the city is the dive centre, based at Namalatu Beach, at the south-west tip of the island.
		The colourful markets of Ambon are worth a visit; you can hire a bicycle carriage to do some shopping (which won't take long), but the main tourist attractions on the island lie outside Ambon city.
	www.divernet.com /travel/ambon397.htm (1208 words)

	Jubilee Campaign USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		In the morning of April 26, Christian mobs in Mardika area (east of the city) killed a Moslem man. At night of the same day, 19 Christians embarked from a ferry came from Kupang (west Timor) were attacked in Ambon seaport by Moslem mobs, although the police escorted the passengers inside a police truck.
		The issue of separatism is not the real issue behind the new violence in Ambon, although the government and security forces try very hard to coerce people and international communities to believe in their version of the story.
		The international communities should be aware of the latest violence in Ambon is a combination between religion-related terrorism/radicalism with the elements of the government and elites as the provocateurs.
	www.jubileecampaign.org /home/print.php?sid=60 (2381 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Death toll in Ambon stadium blast rises to four (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The Maluku islands, of which Ambon is the main city, has been the scene of fighting between Muslims and Christians which has left more than 5,000 dead since 1999 and the latest violence could further undermine a fragile pact signed in February.
		Ambon has seen intermittent violence since the peace pact was signed.
		A state of civil emergency is in effect in Ambon as part of efforts to halt the violence, which has largely subsided elsewhere in the Malukus.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/9fcd297e3413ef6385256c2f007943be (278 words)

	Darwin City Council
		In October 2003, Darwin City Council worked collaboratively with an aid organization to provide much needed assistance in the form of a solutions package to a Rabies Emergency, which had stricken the city of Ambon and at the time of program implementation, had already left 10 people dead.
		In 2004 to commemorate the lifting of the 'State of Emergency' in Ambon, on 15 September 2003, Darwin City Council brought a highly acclaimed photographic exhibition entitled 'Reborn - Ambon after the Conflict' to Darwin.
		During this time, Darwin City Council welcomed a delegation from the Ambon Mayor revitilising the sister city relationship and strengthening ties for the bright new future Ambon is now embarking on.
	www.darcity.nt.gov.au /aboutdarwin/sister_cities/ambon.htm (374 words)

	CNN - Eastern Indonesia remains tense, death toll rises - January 23, 1999
		As dawn broke Saturday on the worst-hit island of Ambon, the city streets were empty except for patrolling troops.
		Wary residents in the provincial capital of Ambon city guarded their homes Friday night with knives and swords amid reports that gangs of armed men were roaming the streets.
		The Ambon clashes were the worst single outbreak of violence since rioting in Jakarta in May killed about 1,200 people and helped force President Suharto from power.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/asiapcf/9901/23/indonesia.02 (848 words)

	Policeman shot dead amid unrest in Indonesia's Ambon - Apr. 27, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		AMBON, Indonesia--A sniper shot dead a paramilitary policeman and injured another on Tuesday in the eastern Indonesian city of Ambon, where hundreds and police and troops have deployed to quell Muslim-Christian battles.
		The witness said Ridwan was killed by a sniper in the Batugantung-Waringin area south of the city centre.
		Ambon said another policemen, who was wounded by a sniper, was admitted from the same area.
	www.inq7.net /brk/2004/apr/27/brkafp_1-1.htm (199 words)

	Guardian \| Indonesian army 'kills 24 Christians'
		Reverend Lopulalan, the priest at the Moluccas Protestant church of Galala, said the attack two miles outside Ambon City came at about midday on Wednesday after a Muslim mob had "stoned the village for the previous hour".
		Ambon, the capital of the eastern spice islands, is one of the few areas of predominantly Muslim Indonesia where Christians are in the majority.
		Much of central Ambon City was destroyed and several villages were burnt to the ground.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,3892071-103681,00.html (652 words)

	>>> AsiaNews.it <<< Ambon’s Bishop appeals to UN and the world for peace in Moluccas
		Ambon (AsiaNews) - Muslims and Christians equipped with homemade bombs and military-issue weapons clashed in Indonesia's eastern Ambon city Friday, leaving 15 injured and scores of houses in flames, witnesses and medical officials said.
		On April 25, 2004, a ceremony was held in Ambon on the occasion of the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of the South Moluccas (Republik Maluku Selatan — RMS).
		That was the starting-point of severe turmoil in the city of Ambon which has been going on up to this moment.
	www.asianews.it /view_p.php?l=en&art=702 (663 words)

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