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/ 26 December 2005
A year after the tsunami laid waste to Aceh, tens of thousands of people still live in a vast archipelago of townships made of scrap wood spit back by the sea. Along the coast of the Indonesian province, little remains of villagers but swampland and ankle-high rubble.
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/ 3 February 2005
Days after seizing power, King Gyandendra moved on Thursday to tighten his grip over Nepal by clamping down on the media — issuing a ban on independent news broadcasts and threatening to punish newspapers for reports that run counter to the official monarchist line. Meanwhile, a Maoist call for a nationwide strike went unheeded.