Tuesday, January 25, 2005

For Men of Seaside Village, Lonely and Unfamiliar Roles


It was all too quick Posted by Hello

Tsunami Took Heavier Toll on Aceh's Women

By Ellen Nakashima
Washington Post Foreign ServiceTuesday, January 25, 2005; Page A01

LAMTEUNGOH, Indonesia -- Baharuddin, the head of this devastated Sumatran fishing village, gently lifted the limp remains of his 11-year-old daughter, swaddled in a plaid sarong.

"She was my youngest daughter," he said, gazing down mournfully and tenderly at the remains. "She was the most beautiful one."

He placed her in a communal grave not far from the sea, where a wall of black water crashed ashore last month and killed his wife and their five children. Baharuddin and two other villagers laid two other bodies in the grave and shoveled soil on top.

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Indonesia sends top team for Aceh rebel talks: Source

JAKARTA (Reuters): Indonesia's chief security minister will lead a top-level delegation to Finland to resume talks this week with rebels from tsunami-hit Aceh province, an official close to the negotiating team said on Tuesday.