For Whom The Bell Tolls

The death knell sounded that morning while people were exercizing, eating breakfast, and taking a breath of fresh morning air. Then everything changed: Aceh became a field of death after an earthquake and tsunami. Bodies rot and wooden debris is strewn about. Nothing is left in the province except pain, pain, and pain...


January 4, 2005

IT seemed like another typical morning in Banda Aceh. Sudirman Mansyur merrily walked to Blang Padang Field to report on a 10 kilometer running event being held that Sunday, December 26.

Sudirman, the local reporter, carried notepad and pen. He joined the race’s organizing committee, which had set up this trophy competition from the Office of Youth and Sports for Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province.

About 100 residents of Banda Aceh had g

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