AFTER four rounds of talks the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) finally came to an auspicious finale.

The fifth round of talks last week was held, just like the previous meetings, at Konigstedt Manor, a 500-year-old estate in Vantaa about 25 kilometers from the Finnish capital of Helsinki. After five days of deliberation, the GAM delegation decided it had reached the end of the line and held on to its demands. O