Madiun
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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National police spokesman Dedi Prasetyo said Thursday that the counterterrorism squad arrested suspected militant instructor Joko Supriono in East Java’s Madiun town on Tuesday, and eight others were apprehended separately in Central Java province.
From Seattle Times
Stoked by frequent evocations of the Madiun Affair of 1948, in which Communist rebels murdered some Muslim leaders before they were defeated, many Muslims were sold on the idea that they were victims of Communist aggression.
From The Guardian
The deadliest before Tuesday was the 2009 crash of a C-130 near the city of Madiun in East Java, which killed 97 passengers and crew members and two people on the ground.
From New York Times
Nigerian Martin Anderson chose to be buried in the West Java town of Bekasi, and fellow Nigerian Raheem Agbaje, wanted to be buried in the East Java town of Madiun where he had been a prisoner.
From Time
Tjokroaminoto's home was a meeting place of revolutionaries�one of whom, Muso, a Communist, was later to die leading the Madiun uprising against Sukarno�but the quick-witted young Sukarno was soon Tjokroaminoto's favorite.
From Time Magazine Archive
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