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Jarawa

Aboriginal tribe from the Andaman Island in the Indian Ocean.

DISEASE STRIKES 16% OF ISOLATED ANDAMAN TRIBE

Forty-two children from the isolated Jarawa tribe of the Andaman Islands have been hit by disease in the last three weeks, in an epidemic which could wipe them out. The figure represents 16 percent of the tribe's total population of 270.

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