Netherlands East Indies
Netherlands (Dutch) East Indies (Nederlands[ch] Oost-Indie) was the colony covering much of present-day Indonesia. Until the late 1700s, the East Indies Company (VOC) represent...
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Javanese novelist and short-story writer (b. Feb. 20, 1925, Blora, Java, Dutch East Indies [now in
Indonesia
]—d. April 30, 2006,
Jakarta, Indon.
), was the preeminent prose writer of posti...
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Today is Friday, Jan. 11, the 11th day of 2008. There are 355 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 11, 1908, the Grand Canyon National Monument was created with a proclamation...
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Jakarta (dpa) - Former Indonesian president Suharto, who ruled the
world's fourth-most populous country with an iron-fist for more than
three decades, died Sunday in Jakarta...
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Jakarta (dpa) - Former Indonesian president Suharto, who ruled the
world's fourth most populous country with an iron-fist for more than
three decades, died Sunday in Jakarta...
Read more
Netherlands East Indies
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