Fire ebbs in Aceh's long conflict Elections to cap peace agreement that tsunami brought

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: December 11, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Seth Mydans
International Herald Tribune
12-11-2006
When tsunami waves hit Aceh two years ago this month, Irwandi Yusuf saved himself by climbing onto the roof of the jail where he was being held as a political prisoner.Now he is a candidate for governor of the province, and in the election being held here Monday, one of his eight opponents is a former commander of the Indonesian forces he faced as a separatist rebel.''He is so friendly to me,'' Irwandi said of his former enemy. ''We can cut off the line from the past to now. We just talk about funny things.''The tsunami that killed 170,000 ...

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