Indonesia Hopes Tsunami Will Spur Rebel Talks
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Indonesia offered on  Wednesday to hold talks with rebels in tsunami-hit Aceh, hoping  to ease security fears in a stricken province where the  president said 40,000 people were still missing after the Dec.  26 disaster.
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A rebel fighting for autonomy in  Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta said he would meet  President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday to discuss terms to  end violence that helped push crude prices to record highs.
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Indonesia and Aceh separatists have  agreed to work toward a lasting peace deal to help rebuild the  province which took the brunt of the Dec. 26 tsunami, saying on  Saturday after talks in Helsinki they would meet again soon.
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Indonesian ministers and exiled rebel leaders seeking the independence of the tsunami-devastated Aceh province agreed with Finnish mediators on Thursday to hold face-to-face talks about ending nearly 30 years of fighting.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Indonesia's tsunami  cleanup paused for prayer on Friday as President Susilo Bambang  Yudhoyono joined survivors crowding mosques in ravaged Aceh  province for an Islamic festival.
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Sri Lanka&#39;s Tamil Tiger rebels appeared to be willing to join the government in relief work for Tsunami victims as President Chandrika Kumaratunga said a war with them was &quot;remoter&quot; now.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Indonesia will soon set the ball rolling to allow former rebels in Aceh to establish a political party and join the mainstream in the once volatile province, a top peace monitor said on Saturday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Indonesia sought to  reassure Western relief workers after a gunfire incident on  Sunday in a major tsunami aid base, but some organizations said  they were being vigilant in what they termed a zone of  conflict.
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The Indonesian government and Aceh separatists are expected to meet again in Helsinki to continue peace talks, former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, mediator of the negotiations, said after a first round ...
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Indonesia's president expects a team of  ministers to hold a second round of peace talks with separatist  rebels from tsunami-hit Aceh province at the end of the month  in Helsinki, the Financial Times said on Saturday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Indonesia's military asked aid groups in tsunami-stricken areas yesterday to draw up a list of international relief workers -- and to report on their movements -- as fears arose for the safety of foreigners helping survivors in a region wracked by rebellion long before the waves hit.
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Hopes for peace rose in Sri Lanka as the elusive Tamil Tigers chief planned to meet Norwegian peace brokers next week amid tension between the government and the rebels over tsunami aid.
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Indonesian officials plan to reopen negotiations with separatist rebels in Aceh by the end of this month, building on an informal truce that took hold after the province was battered by  the tsunami last month, Foreign Minister Noer Hassan Wirajuda said Wednesday.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- As Indonesia awaits next month&#39;s formal announcement that its new president will be Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the former army general has pledged to seek an end to the bloody separatist war in Aceh province.
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Indonesia said on Wednesday it hoped to hold talks with separatist rebels operating in tsunami-hit Aceh province at the end of this month to try to ease security concerns amid a massive humanitarian operation.
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Indonesia's military asked aid groups in tsunami-stricken areas Monday to draw up a list of international relief workers &#151; and to report on their movements &#151; as fears arose for the safety of foreigners helping survivors in a region wracked by rebellion long before the waves hit.
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Before last year's peace deal, Cek Bi used to lie awake at night listening to gunfire rattling through her village. Now, she hopes Monday's elections will make the truce between the government and rebels in Indonesia's Aceh province permanent.