11. Earlier this month, U.S. officials urged Americans to defer nonessential travel to Indonesia and to stay away from outlying provinces where separatist and religious fighting has flared. 12. Eight of those killed were in outlying provinces, and many died of gunshot wounds. 13. Fighting raged in the Cambodian capital and spread to outlying provinces Sunday after an apparent coup attempt. 14. Human rights organizations have accused troops of atrocities in outlying provinces such as Aceh, East Timor and Irian Jaya, where the military has attacked rebel movements. 15. However, his inability to fix the economy and quell bloody unrest in outlying provinces has prompted calls for his resignation. 16. Last week, four Koha Jone vans that delivered newspapers to outlying provinces were seized by police. 17. Other small pockets of resistance still exist in some outlying provinces. 18. Resistance has continued in the outlying provinces. 19. The BOI has also been attempting to steer investment to outlying provinces, which are poorer, in an attempt to bring the fruits of development to rural areas. 20. The government declared a public health emergency late Monday in an effort to contain the epidemic to the capital city and put outlying provinces on alert, officials said. |