Helicopters reach isolated Aceh
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US helicopters start dropping food and medical supplies into parts of quake-ravaged western Aceh.
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The American military relief operation picked up steam Monday, with U.S. helicopters dropping off cartons of food aid in Sumatra and warships with 2,200 Marines arriving in the Malacca Straits to ferry supplies to the tsunami-battered Indonesian island.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- A US helicopter on a relief operation crashed in a rice paddy near Banda Aceh's airport, injuring at least two US servicemen and causing the military to briefly suspend flights today, while strong aftershocks and security concerns provided more challenges for aid workers two weeks after the disaster hit.
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ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN -- Helicopters from this US Navy aircraft carrier flew repeated relief missions along the nearby shoreline of Indonesia yesterday, delivering food, water, and medical supplies to thousands of survivors stranded along the western coast of Aceh Province after last week's devastating tsunamis.
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Five days after an undersea earthquake 160 miles south of here triggered a huge tsunami, Banda Aceh's little airport has begun to hum with the arrivals of C-130 Hercules transport planes bringing in relief supplies. But their numbers seemed nowhere near commensurate with the sweep of the disaster in northern Sumatra.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - U.S. aid helicopters  stepped up missions on Tuesday to Indonesia's tsunami-hit Aceh  province, expanding help to millions affected by the giant wave  that killed 175,000 around the Indian Ocean.
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A US aircraft carrier providing aid to Aceh's tsunami victims leaves, as emergency operations are scaled down.
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JAKARTA  - The Indonesian military says it is continuing to launch raids against separatist rebels in tsunami-devastated Aceh, despite having earlier called a ceasefire to help aid efforts.
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ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN -- Desperate, homeless villagers on the tsunami-ravaged island of Sumatra mobbed American helicopters carrying aid yesterday, as the US military launched its largest operation in the region since the Vietnam War, ferrying food and other emergency relief to survivors across the disaster zone.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The largest peace-time  relief effort in history zeroed in on the remote areas of  northern Sumatra that aid had yet to reach while doctors,  troops and relief workers raced to keep tsunami survivors  alive.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - A helicopter crash and a  powerful tremor in Indonesia Monday briefly hindered aid  operations for tsunami victims.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Salvage crews dragged a  damaged Boeing 737 cargo jet off the runway at Banda Aceh  airport on Tuesday, clearing the way for flights to resume  bringing in relief aid for Indonesian quake and tsunami  victims.
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Aid workers in Aceh begin longer-term projects, as the UN says the peak of the emergency has passed.
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Leaders of the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in Indonesia&#39;s Aceh province have declared a unilateral ceasefire with Government forces after tsunamis from an underwater earthquake killed thousands in the region.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - U.S. helicopter aid  flights in Indonesia's tsunami-hit Aceh province have resumed  after briefly stopping because of the crash of a military  helicopter on Monday, a U.S. navy officer said.
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A floating warehouse and the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior are among the more unusual ways relief workers reaching isolated tsunami survivors on the west coast of Indonesia's Aceh.
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A powerful aftershock and a U.S. helicopter crash on Monday rattled massive relief operations for victims of the tsunami and earthquake in Indonesia's Aceh province but not for long.