Word: madura
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...Savage fighting between Borneo's indigenous Dayak population and settlers from the island of Madura left at least 165 dead and sent thousands of Madurese refugees fleeing the province. Local Dayak government officials were blamed for inciting the violence, which soon became a fearsome frenzy, as machete-wielding gangs mutilated helpless immigrants and set fire to their homes. The instability added to the woes of Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid. The World Bank last week warned that ethnic unrest threatens to dismember the world's fourth-largest country and precipitate its financial collapse...