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Government in Aceh Town Bans New Year Celebrations
To ensure compliance and maintain public order, the city government plans to deploy security patrols on New Year's Eve.
Indian Ocean tsunami memorials mark 20 years since one of the deadliest natural disasters in history
Christmas in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered tsunami waves that killed some 230,000 people ...
Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people
The powerful 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, triggered a tsunami that killed ...
After 20 years, the post-tsunami generation stays vigilant for future disasters
Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated her hometown two decades ago, has ...
The Jakarta Post2d
Aceh marches on with lingering grief 20 years after tsunami
Mourners flocked to several mass grave sites in Banda Aceh and neighboring Aceh Besar regency starting on Thursday morning.
AFP on MSN4d
Silent night in Aceh as Indonesian Catholics hold modest Christmas mass amid Shariah law restrictions
With flickering candles and the sound of organs, hundreds of Catholics held a muted Christmas Eve mass in Indonesia’s Aceh ...
Aceh Tsunami: Monuments help to remember disasters—and forget them
Memory canonization is evident in the creation of disaster monuments and commemoration events, including in Aceh.
Photo gallery: 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
The earthquake and tsunami claimed the lives of over 200,000 people, the deadliest natural disaster of the 21st century.
Antara News3d
2004 tsunami opened door for peace in Aceh: acting governor
Indian Ocean tsunami that devastated Aceh proved to be a blessing in disguise by paving the way for the immediate resolution ...
Lankaweb1d
7 Surprising Facts about the Nuclear Bomb Tests at Bikini Atoll: Of Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Weather Warfare
There is a long history of research experiments to generate earthquakes, tsunamis and climate disasters. As Partick J. Kiger wrote Between 1946 and 1958 the United States detonated 23 nuclear weapons ...