Australian Red Cross to end mission in Aceh by 2010

The lord will repay their goodness."Banda Aceh (ANTARA News) - The Australian Red Cross will end its humanitarian mission of assisting post-tsunami rehabilitation and reconstruction programs in Aceh by 2010, a spokesman said. "Our commitment to assist Aceh in the...

150 houses from Islamic Relief for Aceh`s tsunami victims

Indonesian, especially Aceh people's will always remember theirgoodness.. "Banda Aceh (ANTARA News) - Britain-based Islamic Relief has donated 150 houses to victims of the 2004 tsunami in Aceh Besar, Aceh Jaya Districts, and Banda Aceh city, Aceh Province.The...

American journalist deported from Aceh

" An American freelance journalist believed to be linked with the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) has been deported from Aceh after attempting to enter the province on Feb. 8. It marks the fifth deportation for 50-year-old Willian Nessen since he was first barred from...

Indonesia: Supreme Court Rules Against Exxon in Aceh Case (News + Analysis)

This is an interesting case in many ways. What responsibilities does a corporation have overseas if, due to local politics and wars, employees are harmed or cause harm for reasons that have nothing to do with the company?This article doesn't quite make it clear if the...

RI ready to receive back Aceh tsunami evacuees from Malaysia: envoy

""We cannot continue asking Malaysia to accomodate the 24,000 Acehnese who were evacuated (to Malaysia) because of the December 26, 2004 tsunami," Indonesian Ambassadsor to Malaysia Da`i Bachtiar said here Thursday.Bachtiar made the remark in response to the call made on the...

NAD asks Foreign Ministry to help 24,000 Acehnese in M`sia

"Banda Aceh (ANTARA News) - The Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) provincial administration has urged the Foreign Ministry to help settle the cases of some 24,000 Acehnese in Malaysia currently facing the threat of deportation. "Indeed, it is the Foreign Ministry`s duty to...

Police besiege hideout of armed robbers in Aceh

"Banda Aceh (ANTARA News) - Hundreds of police personnel with the support of military troops and local residents besought a location suspected to be a hideout of armed robbers in Tumpui village, Trienggadeng sub-district, Pidie district, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam."The hideout...

Police, military still after robbers armed with AK47 rifles in Aceh

""The police with the help of army soldiers and the public are still trying to find the robbers armed with five AK47 assault rifles and FN handguns, who got away into the forests in Pidie Jaya," NAD police spokesman Senior Commissioner Jodi Heryadi said here Sunday night.The...

Nargis causing more economic damage than Indonesia`s tsunami

"New York (ANTARA News) - Cyclone Nargis may have inflicted more severe and longer-lasting economic losses to Myanmar than the tsunami that devastated part of Indonesia's Aceh province in 2004, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday before flying to Southeast Asia.Ban...

Reintegration of former GAM members into society remains difficult : Ahtasaari

"Although the peace process in Nanggroe Aceh Darusslam (NAD) province based on the Helsinki peace agreement between the government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) is generally running well, the reintegration of former GAM members into the local civlian society is not...

RI to provide $1 million in relief aid to Myanmar

"Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia has decided to provide relief aid worth US$1 million to Myanmar to help victims of Cyclone Nargis that left around 15,000 people dead or missing and caused serious damage to the country, a presidential spokesman said.The tragedy reminded...

Aceh more peaceful, US envoy says

"Conditions in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) province have begun to become more peaceful now, almost three years after the government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) signed their peace agreement in Helsinki, Finland, US Ambassador to Indonesia Cameron R Hume said here on...

Five Chinese hostages freed in Indonesia

"Five Chinese nationals held hostage in Indonesia's Aceh province for two days have been freed unharmed and without any ransom paid, police said Tuesday."Five Chinese nationals were evacuated Tuesday morning. All of them are in good condition," local police chief Armia Fahmi...