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Banda Aceh, on the northern tip of ... hairpins and wallets in residential neighbourhoods. Before the tsunami, he worked as a storekeeper. “Months after the tsunami when things were starting ...

But the waves, possibly 30 metres high as they crashed into Banda Aceh, also led to peace after almost 30 years of war. Before the tsunami, more than 15,000 people, including civilians ...

Prayers and Tears Mark 20 Years Since the Indian Ocean Tsunami That Killed Some 230,000 People BANDA ACEH ... in Aceh has been rebuilt and is now more resilient than before the tsunami struck.

Although Koranic law was already in force before the tsunami, it is now applied ... Residents point to the fact that only Banda Aceh's mosque was left standing after the deadly wave.

The series of tsunamis generated by that magnitude 9.2 earthquake reached towering heights; Indonesia’s Banda Aceh ... known as BMKG. Before 2004, tsunami risk in the country was considered ...

Former rebel commander Muharram Idris once led 3,000 men to fight Indonesia's army in separatist Aceh, but now serves as a local politician after ... when the tsunami hit before his unit went ...