Aceh ceasefire talks edge closer
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Indonesia welcomes an initiative by rebels in Aceh province to join a ceasefire.
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THE Indonesian military continues to launch raids against separatist rebels in tsunami-devastated Aceh province, despite having earlier called a ceasefire to assist aid efforts.
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Voters in Aceh province took part Monday in elections seen as key to cementing a peace deal that ended a brutal 29-year war in the region worst hit by the 2004 tsunami.
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Indonesia will seek a peace deal to end a long-running separatist war on Aceh province where most of the 163,000 deaths from last month's Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunamis occurred, Vice President Yusuf Kalla said.
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The leader of the northeastern Indian state of Assam has offered to enter a ceasefire with rebels to end two decades of bloodshed that has claimed 10,000 lives.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia Sept. 22, 2004 - The former general who is set to become Indonesia&#39;s next president vowed Wednesday to broker a peaceful end to Indonesia&#39;s bloodiest internal conflict, the 28-year separatist war in Aceh province.
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Emergency relief in Indonesia's tsunami-struck Aceh is heading for a new phase, now that first contact has been established with most remote areas, the chief of U.N. operations there said Sunday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The emergency relief  phase is nearly over in Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged Aceh  province and foreign militaries should scale back operations,  the government said Sunday as it raised its death toll by  7,000.
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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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New President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday  he was close to reaching a deal with militants to cease attacks  on Israelis, a step needed to relaunch Middle East peacemaking.
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Aid groups, foreign armies and Indonesian officials have prevented disease and starvation from engulfing tsunami-hit Aceh province, but closer cooperation is needed to rebuild shattered livelihoods, government and aid officials said.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- A former rebel leader appeared headed to easy victory yesterday in the first elections in Aceh Province since the government and the separatists signed a peace deal in the tsunami-ravaged region last year.
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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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The head of a foreign monitoring mission overseeing a peace pact between ex-rebels in Indonesia&#039;s Aceh and the Jakarta government has given an initial nod to a law cementing the deal.
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A peace deal for eastern DR Congo is close, as talks between rebels and the government are due to end.
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HELSINKI -- The Indonesian government and Aceh rebel leaders will resume peace talks in Finland later this month, the latest effort to end a 30-year conflict in the breakaway region, the Finnish mediator's office said yesterday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Accusations flying  between the Indonesian military and rebels in tsunami-ravaged  Aceh province clouded prospects for recovery as aid workers on  Saturday began to switch their focus from relief to rebuilding.