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The resource-rich islands in the East of Papa New Guinea are soon going to vote in order to decide whether or not the islands should become independent. There are currently 200,000 voters on the Bougainville islands and they will all cast their ballots on 23rd November. The referendum is coming as a result of a brutal civil war that ravaged the area for an entire decade.
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