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February 7, 2005

Jakarta Post - February 7, 2005

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – Residents of Sukabumi Selatan subdistrict in West Jakarta will likely win the battle against 51 illegal denim processing plants, which have been blamed for

Human Rights Watch - February 7, 2005

New York – The Indonesian government's plan in Aceh to register and relocate more than 100,000 people displaced by the tsunami to semi-permanent camps threatens their right to return ho

Human Rights Watch (New York) - February 7, 2005

The Indonesian government's plan in Aceh to register and relocate more than 100,000 people displaced by the tsunami to semi-permanent camps threatens their right to return home, Human R

Reuters - February 7, 2005

Achmad Sukarsono, Banda Aceh – Aid groups, foreign armies and Indonesian officials have prevented disease and starvation from engulfing tsunami-hit Aceh province, but closer cooperation

Australian Associated Press - February 7, 2005

Tensions are rising between militant Islamic groups working in tsunami-struck Aceh and local residents as the outsiders seek to force hardline views on the traumatised local community.

Agence France Presse - February 7, 2005

The number of people believed killed in December's tsunami disaster rose to nearly 295,000, six weeks after the catastrophe, as Indonesia again increased its number of dead.

February 5, 2005

Associated Press - February 5, 2005

Chris Brummitt, Banda Aceh – With the birth of her first child just one month away, Wadiana Wahab worries about the world her baby will enter.

February 3, 2005

Newsday (Long Island, NY) - February 3, 2005

Letta Tayler, Bukit Barisan mountain range – The armed rebels huddled in the drizzle in their remote mountain hideout, a cluster of bamboo platforms and tattered tarps in a mosquito-inf

February 2, 2005

Pulsetc.com - February 2, 2005

Most Americans know little about the Indonesian province of Aceh.

February 1, 2005

Jakarta Post - February 1, 2005

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The trade of protected animals is still flourishing in the country, despite warnings from environmentalists that certain species could become extinct due to

January 31, 2005

Jakarta Post - January 31, 2005

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – The Tangerang regency council is summoning two developers to answer allegations their coastal reclamation projects have irrevocably damaged the environment and

January 28, 2005

East Timor Action Network Alert - January 28, 2005

The Pentagon and the Indonesian government are using the tragic tsunami that struck Aceh to call for US support including weapons and training – for Indonesia's brutal military.

January 27, 2005

Reuters - January 27, 2005

Banda Aceh – Indonesia has buried more than 100,000 tsunami victims, mostly in mass graves, a month after the disaster, the government said on Thursday.

Jakarta Post - January 27, 2005

I Wayan Juniartha, Denpasar – It clearly was not an ordinary day.

January 26, 2005

Jakarta Post - January 26, 2005

Santi Soekanto, Aceh – Nina recounted her story to me in the Lamsujen refugee camp in Lhoong subdistrict, Aceh Besar, on January 3. This is what she said: "Assalam mualai'kum.

Interpress News Service - January 26, 2005

Sonny Inbaraj, Bangkok – East Timor's Nobel laureate Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo is appealing for peace to be given a chance in tsunami-hit Aceh as an Indonesian top-level team meets wit

January 25, 2005

Associated Press - January 25, 2005

Jakarta – International financial institutions paid about $35 million in the late 1980s to build the highway that meanders from Jakarta's international airport to the city, crossing pic

Jakarta Post - January 25, 2005

Iman D. Nugroho, Surabaya – Protected turtle species in East Java are on the brink of extinction due to the rampant poaching of their eggs, says an environmental expert.

Jakarta Post - January 25, 2005

Jakarta – Convinced that mining company PT Newmont Minahasa Raya (NMR) is guilty of polluting Buyat Bay in North Sulawesi, the government aims to seek financial compensation from the US

Jakarta Post - January 25, 2005

Jakarta – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that health conditions in the disaster area of Aceh were improving, and that no major epidemics were likely, but all parties

Associated Press - January 25, 2005

Jakarta – Almost half a million Acehnese may suffer depression, anxiety and sleep disorders due to last month's tsunami disaster, but only five psychiatrists are on hand to treat them,

January 21, 2005

Reuters - January 21, 2005

Manuela Badawy, New York – A US Muslim group on Thursday accused evangelist Jerry Falwell of using money donated for tsunami relief to convert people in South Asia to Christianity and c

January 19, 2005

Bloomberg News - January 19, 2005

The United Nations said the destruction in Indonesia's Aceh province, the worst-hit area in the December 26 Asian tsunami, is "truly staggering" after relief teams reported back to the

Green Left Weekly - January 19, 2005

Max Lane – On December 26, one of the worst earthquakes in a century sent a massive tsunami travelling at 800 kilometres per hour out from an epicentre off the island of Sumatra.

New York Times - January 19, 2005

Ian Fisher, Banda Aceh – Business is coming back to Banda Aceh, a city hit hard by the tsunami, and not all of it fits into neat moral boxes.

NewsHour PBS Television - January 19, 2005

[Interview with US Deputy Secretary of State Paul Wolfowitz. Sections not directly related to South-East Asia and Aceh have been edited out - JB.]

January 17, 2005

Jakarta Post - January 17, 2005

Jakarta – Flooding over the past week around the country drove people from their homes and damaged infrastructure and crops.

The Guardian (UK) - January 17, 2005

John Aglionby – Rahmatun is almost inaudible over the drone of the low-flying aid helicopter. Pointing upwards, the softly spoken 14-year-old eventually makes herself understood.

Jakarta Post - January 17, 2005

Andi Hajramurni, Banda Aceh – At least six people in Banda Aceh, including two children, have died of tetanus over the past several days, while 30 others have been hospitalized with sev

January 16, 2005

Hong Kong Standard Weekend - January 15-16, 2005

Vaudine England – His long flowing hair and tight jeans mark him out as a young intellectual even before he starts talking.

January 15, 2005

International Herald Tribune - January 15, 2005

Michael Vatikiotism Meulaboh – Indonesia Almost a month after the tsunami, the town of Meulaboh still reeks of death and misery.

Jakarta Post Editorial - January 15, 2005

In the first weeks of the aftermath of the tsunami of December 26, we were stunned by the severity of the destruction, and thankful for the many small miracles of survival told by endur

January 14, 2005

New York Times - January 14, 2005

Ian Fisher, Calang – This town was not just destroyed. It vanished. After almost three weeks, only 323 bodies have been found.

January 13, 2005

ETAN Press Release - January 13, 2005

The East Timor Action Network (ETAN) today urged Congress and the Bush administration to maintain restrictions on US military assistance to Indonesia.

Associated Press - January 13, 2005

Yeoh En-Lai, Lhoknga – All that remains of the barracks that housed 2,000 Indonesian soldiers in this village is a huge mound of rubble, crushed in seconds by last month's tsunami.

The Economist - January 13, 2005

Banda Aceh – Indonesia bore the brunt of the tsunami, suffering 100,000 of the 150,000 fatalities. The world's response has been generous, but is already causing tensions

January 12, 2005

The Bulletin (Australia) - January 12, 2005

Paul Toohey – The stragglers below wave plastic flags and shirts as the US Navy Seahawk helicopter settles on an island of broken tarmac in the no-longer-existent village of Panga, some

January 11, 2005

John Roosa - January 11, 2005

On December 25, 2004, one day before Aceh was devastated by an earthquake-driven tsunami, the Indonesian military (TNI) announced that it had just killed eighteen guerrillas in the prov

Reuters - January 11, 2005

Andrew Quinn, Jakarta – As cash donations pour in from around the world for the victims of Asia's tsunami, fears are rife that corruption will divert big chunks of the aid money before

January 10, 2005

Jakarta Post - January 10, 2005

Jakarta – The Office of the State Minister for the Environment says its investigation into pollution that damage coral reefs and mangrove forests in Thousand Islands is almost complete.

January 8, 2005

Washington Post - January 8, 2005

Peter S. Goodman, Meulaboh – From the indentation her head left in the mud, the girl seemed about 5 years old.

Reuters - January 8, 2005

Dan Eaton and Achmad Sukarsono, Banda Aceh – Drive south from this devastated city and the road just stops.

Melbourne Age - January 8, 2005

Matthew Moore, Banda Aceh – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has labelled the tsunami calamity "the greatest challenge of my presidency so far".

January 6, 2005

New York Times - January 6, 2005

Jane Perlez, Banda Aceh – In the makeshift recovery room, Dr.

January 5, 2005

Washington Post - January 5, 2005

Edward Cody, Banda Aceh – Aceh's highly influential Islamic clerics have explained the giant wave that devastated this overwhelmingly Muslim region as a warning to the faithful that the

Associated Press - January 5, 2005

Jakarta – As relief officials work to help the thousands of people made homeless from last month's tsunami, another concern is quietly making the rounds of donor meetings: the threat of

Antara - January 5, 2005

Jakarta – At least 1,000 teachers have been reported missing in Aceh and over 50 percent of school buildings devastated by last week's tsunamis, an official said on Wednesday.

January 4, 2005

Straits Times - January 4, 2005

Anthony Reid – The magnitude of the devastation visited on Aceh on December 26 is almost beyond comprehension.

Democracy Now - January 4, 2005

ExxonMobil has contributed $5 million to the Tsunami relief efforts.