41.   Many risk their lives, using unseaworthy boats provided by high-charging people smugglers to cross from islands in the Indonesian archipelago to Australian shores.

42.   Over the past week heavy rain has lashed the western part of the Indonesian archipelago, causing massive floods and landslides.

43.   Separatism is also rife in Papua - formerly called Irian Jaya -- at the opposite end of the sprawling Indonesian archipelago, albeit less violent.

44.   Suharto said the development of the national aircraft industry was linked to the need for fast, comfortable and accessible transportation in the Indonesian archipelago.

45.   The enclave of East Timor rises to a sharp point on its northeastern tip, a geographical jab into the sprawling underbelly of the Indonesian archipelago.