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Aceh Tsunami: Monuments help to remember disasters—and forget them
This later narrative was compelling enough to accelerate the post-tsunami recovery process. People in Aceh moved past the tsunami trauma by believing their deceased family members were martyrs who ...
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Death and rebirth: Aceh marches on, slowly, after 2004 tsunami
Nurlina is one of the thousands of people across Aceh who experienced, and survived, the magnitude 9.2 earthquake in the Indian Ocean west of the province and the tsunami that ensued, ravaging ...
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VOX POPULI: Though horrific, the Indian Ocean tsunami ended a 3-decade war
The province of Aceh on the northern end of Sumatra suffered the heaviest damage, with more than 160,000 people killed. Six years after the Boxing Day Tsunami—or the Asian Tsunami as the disaste ...
The Straits Times1mon
Aceh hopeful as Indonesia beefs up warning system 20 years after tsunami
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia-Traumatised by the Indian Ocean tsunami that hit Indonesia 20 years ago, Mr Teuku Hafid Hududillah has spent his adult life making sure that if disaster strikes again ...
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Berita Harian documentary marks two decades since tsunami hit Aceh
SINGAPORE – Two decades after a tsunami devastated the Indonesian province of Aceh, survivors told Singapore’s Malay-language daily Berita Harian (BH) how they rebuilt their lives in a ...
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'Peace was born': how the 2004 tsunami changed Indonesia's Aceh
Former rebel commander Muharram Idris once led 3,000 men to fight Indonesia's army in separatist Aceh, but now serves as a local politician after the legacy of a devastating tsunami two decades ...
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Indonesia's Aceh thrives 20 years after devastating tsunami, but anguish remains
The tsunami killed an estimated 130,000 people in Aceh. The densely populated Banda Aceh was the worst-hit — with some 60,000 people dead and many more missing.
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After 20 years, the post-tsunami generation in Indonesia stays vigilant for future disasters
Some 160,000 of those were in Aceh, at the northwestern tip of Indonesia. Ayuni survived the tsunami by chance, staying at her aunt’s house in Banda Aceh instead of her family home in Lampuuk ...
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Indonesia improves warning system 20 years after tsunami
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Traumatised by the Indian Ocean tsunami that hit Indonesia 20 years ago, Teuku Hafid Hududillah has spent his adult life making sure that if disaster ...
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Indonesians Pray At Mass Grave For 2004 Tsunami Victims In Banda Aceh
Indonesians pray for those who lost their lives in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami at a mass grave in Banda Aceh on the 20th anniversary of the disaster. More than 220,000 people across Asia died ...
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Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — People started gathering in prayer on Thursday and visiting the mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami, one of ...