SurfWax News Index  |  Track News  |  Save/Exchange Information |  About Us News and Articles on Lhokseumawe Holiday travelers already leaving town for Idul Fitri  Sep 24, 2008 Alwi and Ismi, who hail from the same village in Lhokseumawe, Aceh, were sitting comfortably and chatting under a big makeshift tent erected by the terminal management to shelter passengers returning home to celebrate the biggest Muslim holiday. Alwi, who has worked as a small-scale entrepreneur in Papua for three years, traveled by plane to see his friend Ismi, who lives in Bekasi, east of Jakarta, where they spent five days shopping for gifts for his parents and other relatives in Aceh. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City) Quakes rattle Aceh, three dead  Feb 21, 2008 People in Banda Aceh, Lhokseumawe, West Aceh and South Aceh felt the quakes. Many residents living along the coast reportedly fled in panic to higher ground for fear of a tsunami. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia) The red-and-white flag, always a burning issue  Aug 22, 2007 One theory says elements in the now-defunct Free Aceh Movement (GAM) are behind the burning and lowering of red-and-white flags in Lhokseumawe, with the apparent romantic motive of rekindling old sentiment against the Unitary State of Indonesia Republic ... Although different in nature, whoever was behind what happened in Lhokseumawe, Yogyakarta and Denpasar has picked the right object, the flag, to stir chaos. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial) Back to World Cities News [ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ] ©1998-2008 SurfWax, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2008