Buru
Americannoun
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Buru Island in East Indonesia was once home to 12,000 political prisoners, suspected communist sympathisers sent to toil there during the rule of President Suharto from the late 1960s.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2015
He chose to stay in Buru after Suharto government released him at the end of the 1970s.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2015
AWE Ltd. and Buru Energy Ltd. are among other potential investments, he said.
From BusinessWeek • Jan. 18, 2012
The Buru Quartet documents, in essence, the struggle of Indonesia towards independence.
From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2011
In those days there was a place at which men used to assemble to meet Marang Buru and hold council with him: but they only heard his voice and never saw his face.
From Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Bompas, Cecil Henry
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