21.   Several parts of the sprawling Indonesian archipelago have been racked by separatist, ethnic and religious violence for years.

22.   Satellite photos showed heavy clouds over much of the sprawling archipelago.

23.   Since the middle of last year, Jakarta and elsewhere in the sprawling archipelago have been wracked by bombings.

24.   Some cities in the sprawling archipelago nation have Christian majorities.

25.   The new exercise begins Sunday on Luzon island, in the north of the sprawling archipelago.

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