23 DECEMBER 1997. INDONESIA: CLIMATE:

Crop failures in the last four months following a six-month drought, have killed 400 people in Jayawijaya, Irian Jaya, despite relief efforts that were hampered by transportation problems. --based on a report by Bachti Alisjahbana <bachti@melsa.net.id> on promed@usa.healthnet.org

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