Maluku Reconciliation
Talking Time-Outs
Monday, December 11, 2000
A series of reconciliation meetings between conflicting groups in Maluku have been held. The short-term aim? To prevent bloodshed during Christmas and Lebaran.
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THE POSTER should have implied an appeal for peace: a picture of two hands with thumbs met. It was plastered on the wall of the Hotel Radisson Yogyakarta's ballroom. There were dozens of them posted row after row.
But the ambiance in the ballroom was heated. One man was pounding on a table, while another was screaming so forcefully that his neck muscles were strained visibly. There was no physical clash, but the aura of anger was overpowering.
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