Aceh Rebellion
(1873–1903). Despite the Dutch arrival in Indonesia in the seventeenth century, expansion into Aceh did not occur until the end of the nineteenth century. The people of Aceh fier...
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Umar, Teuku
(1854–1898), Acehnese war leader. Born in Meulaboh, Aceh, on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, Teuku Umar (Teuku Oema) first rose to prominence as a military leader on the western ...
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Jakarta (dpa) - A homemade bomb believed to be left over from the
conflict in Indonesia's strife-torn Aceh province exploded after
being found by local school children, kill...
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Two years after a peace deal was reached between the Indonesian
government and separatist rebels in Aceh, Japanese-funded small
businesses run by former guerrillas there are thriving, a recen...
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Jakarta (dpa) - A grenade exploded after it was hurled by an
unidentified man into the office of deputy district chief in
Indonesia's Aceh province, shattering windows but n...
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Jakarta (dpa) - Indonesian police were investigating "missing
flags" incidents in Aceh province as the country prepared to
celebrate its 62nd independence day, a senior poli...
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Jakarta (dpa) - Aid continue trickling to the flood-ravaged
Indonesia's Aceh and North Sumatra by air as land transportations
remained cut off despite floodwaters have reced...
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Banda Aceh, Indonesia (dpa) - Indonesia marked the second
anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami in a modest way Tuesday amid
a fresh disaster of flash floods in devastated...
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Jakarta (dpa) - Indonesian police beat and shot unarmed civilians
in strife-torn Aceh province as the country prepared to celebrate its
62nd independence day, wounding 12 pe...
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Jakarta (dpa) - A giant Hercules cargo plane airlifted relief
assistance to flood-ravaged regions in Indonesia's Aceh
province after the extensive floods cut off land links,...
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Two years after a peace deal was signed between the Indonesian
government and separatist rebels in Aceh Province, an international
think tank has warned that the conflict ''will inevitably re...
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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.Former separatist rebels and ...
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