Elections in a 17000 island nation
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Elections in a 17000 island nation
Voters in Indonesia will elect a new president on 8 July, a decade after the country was convulsed by sectarian clashes as it emerged from 30 years of authoritarian rule.Around 170 million registered people, spread out over 17000 islands will choose from a field of three candidates.Karishma Vaswani reports from Pramuka off the coast of Jakarta on the challenge of ensuring everyone has the opportunity to vote.
BBC | July 7, 2009
