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ambon

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ambon /am·bon/ (am´bon) the fibrocartilaginous ring forming the edge of the socket in which the head of a long bone is lodged.
ambon
the fibrocartilaginous edge of the socket in which the head of a long bone is lodged.
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The conflict lasted three years; an estimated 10,000 people perished on the island of Ambon alone, and around half a million Indonesians were driven from their homes.
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In a rich but inconclusive overview of the Ambon conflict, Muhammad Najib Azca also acknowledges that security forces played a "partisan role" (p.
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* Indonesia arrested Jaffar Umar Thalib, leader of the Laskar Jihad, for allegedly inciting Muslims to attack Christians near Ambon.
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