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  | Victory News Magazine |  Cerita Dari Meulaboh |   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Meulaboh was the city closest to the epicentre and suffered the greatest loss.
He told me that he lost a brother in Banda Aceh, and he was actually scared to go to Meulaboh as the route was not safe, it was a battle ground between the military and the separatist movement.
Kami bertemu dengan relawan lokal Singkil yang juga ingin mengirim bantuan ke Meulaboh.
www.victorynewsmagazine.com /5CeritaDariMeulaboh.htm   (1613 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Near quake's epicenter, a race to limit devastation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Meulaboh was the city closest to the epicenter of Sunday's quake.
In Meulaboh, where 4,900 out of 40,000 residents are confirmed dead, the city closest to the epicenter of Sunday's quake is being dubbed "ground zero" in Asia's largest disaster in decades, with the death toll now above 117,000.
Meulaboh is some 90 miles from the epicenter of the earthquake.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-12-30-epicenter_x.htm   (867 words)

  
 Tsunami Aftermath - Photo Essay - ADB.org
Meulaboh, on the west coast of Aceh province, was one of the most devastated areas in the calamity of 26 December 2004.
Meulaboh, on the west coast of Indonesia's Aceh province, was one of the cities most devastated by the earthquake and tsunami.
A father and son at Meulaboh general hospital who survived the tsunami -- thousands of families were torn apart by the calamity.
www.adb.org /TSUNAMI/photo-essay/story-11.asp   (474 words)

  
 Meulaboh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Meulaboh (or Moulabouh) is the capital of Kabupaten Aceh Barat, Indonesia.
Meulaboh is among the hardest hit areas by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
Meulaboh is about 245 km southeast of Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Meulaboh   (307 words)

  
 CNS STORY: In Meulaboh, Indonesians find remnants of their previous lives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
MEULABOH, Indonesia (CNS) -- In the rubble of his seaside village along Aceh province's West Coast, Sofyan Umar cleaned off the identity card of a female neighbor.
As he stood on the concrete slab that was the foundation of his house in January, Umar met with a small group of villagers, some of whom were returning for the first time, others who make a daily pilgrimage in search of their loved ones.
Meulaboh's coastline was completely destroyed, except for the frame of a mosque located less than 1,000 feet from the water.
www.catholicnews.com /data/stories/cns/0500430.htm   (812 words)

  
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God Miraculously Protects His People, Christians in Meulaboh, from the Tsunami We already knew how the dreadful earthquake and tsunami ruined and destroyed the city of Meulaboh in Aceh province of North Sumatera flat unto the ground.
As we already all knew that the next morning, very early on December 26, 2004 a dreadful earthquake and an enormous high tide of tsunami ruined and destroyed the city of Meulaboh where many were killed by the tsunami.
Meulaboh city was made flat to the ground and all of the houses and buildings were washed away and fell to pieces.
www.expat.or.id /info/MeulabohTestimony-January2005.doc   (356 words)

  
 DefenseLINK News: Water, Supplies Delivered to Indonesian Refugee Camp, Hospital
MEULABOH, Indonesia, Jan. 14, 2005 — Carried aboard an air-cushioned landing craft, a large amount of humanitarian assistance — food, water and medical and engineering supplies - was delivered here today.
Part of the core MSSG 15 team that stays ashore in Meulaboh to coordinate efforts with the government, Hatton said building trust is key.
From the beach, the water was driven to the city of Meulaboh, Indonesia, Jan.
www.defenselink.mil /news/Jan2005/n01142005_2005011407.html   (733 words)

  
 team returns from meulaboh - Food for the Hungry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It was their third trip to Meulaboh since the powerful December 2004 tsunami devastated the South Asia region.
The goals of this trip were to help Meulaboh’s education system, continue work on creating and maintaining jobs in the area, and meet with leaders to assess how the redevelopment effort is going.
In Meulaboh, Bilsten and some members of the team spent many hours teaching English lessons and crafts to Indonesian children who attend the English Club.
www.fh.org /20060502_meulabohteamreturns   (258 words)

  
 Direct Aid For Aceh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Even though we were only about two hours away from Meulaboh we could not continue as the truck's tank was almost empty and anyway if there was no diesel here there would also be none ahead.
He told us that the head of the PMI in Meulaboh was killed by the tsunami so they were without a boss.
One problem though was that the whole of Meulaboh had run out of diesel again so they weren't going anywhere until the morning.
www.directaid4aceh.org /meulaboh.php   (2824 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | In Pictures | In pictures: Meulaboh in ruins
Public buildings in the Indonesian town of Meulaboh such as this college have been turned into makeshift refugee centres to cope with those left homeless.
The devastation caused by the tsunami razed large parts of Meulaboh to the ground.
Meulaboh - a remote part of Aceh province - and other towns have been slow to receive outside aid.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/in_pictures/4149565.stm   (142 words)

  
 Aldiron.Com
The survey area is ± 320,000 hectares consists of Tutut formation and Meulaboh formation which applies 2 methods which are surface geology and drilling cartographing.
The areas lying in Meulaboh Regency can be reached from Medan by Medan-Tapak Ruan-Meulaboh Road in 12 hours journey.
Meulaboh is connected to some subdisrict or several villages by Regency Road and equipped by a port as a means of communication and transportation as well.
www.aldiron.com /coal.htm   (103 words)

  
 The Standard - SOS e-mail warns of starvation at ruined Aceh town - Business Section
In an e-mail contact from Meulaboh, which would have been among the first places hit by the enormous waves local police said only 20 per cent of the town still stood.
``The situation in Meulaboh and its surroundings is in an emergency.
Teungku Zulkarnaini, administrative head of the West Aceh district, speaking to local radio from a location outside Meulaboh where he was stranded by destroyed bridges, said he believes ``tens of thousands'' are dead in the area.
www.thestandard.com.hk /stdn/std/Business/FL29Ae08.html   (545 words)

  
 ANTARA News :: Eathquake jolts Meulaboh, Aceh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Banda Aceh (ANTARA News) - Residents of Meulaboh, West Aceh district, were gripped by panic and abandoned their homes when an earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted the town on Wednesday at 1.33 p.m.
The epicenter of the earthquake was located at coast of Meulaboh, some 250 km southwest of Banda Aceh, head of the Mata`ie meteorological and geophysics office Syahnan told ANTARA News here Wednesday.
The quake was felt by people living in Meulaboh at around the fourth level of the Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) and in Banda Aceh at between the second and third levels of MMI for around two seconds.
www.antara.co.id /en/seenws/?id=9860   (294 words)

  
 Christians Miraculously Saved in Tsunami?
Some Moslems of Meulaboh who were rescued from the disaster even said: "The God of the Christian has punished us, because we have been rude and not kind to them." Some even said, "Why did so many of our people die but none of the Christians died?"
If those 400 Christians in the city of Meulaboh insisted to hold their Christmas celebration inside the city instead of going to the mountain, for sure many of them would have died also.
But because of their humbleness of heart and mind, even though forbidden to celebrate Christmas in the city, they were not angry or furious.
jmm.aaa.net.au /articles/14507.htm   (743 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: Saved by Humility
Forbidden by the city's Muslims to celebrate Christmas in Meulaboh, Christians instead gathered on a high hill nearby and so were spared from the tsunami that wiped out the city.
When the killer waves came to take the lives of their Muslim oppressors and lay waste to the city that would not celebrate the birth of Christ, the faithful were elsewhere, having heeded the dictate to turn the other cheek in preference to digging in their heels to demand what should have been their right.
After the tsunamis, disaster teams moved into the city of Meulaboh as quickly as they could get there, both to bring relief to the surviving inhabitants and to establish one of the two major aid distribution points for Aceh province (Banda Aceh is the other).
www.snopes.com /religion/tsunami.asp   (3227 words)

  
 Meulaboh & Jakarta 2006
He was in Meulaboh to join Indonesian officials for the handover of a pier, and for the groundbreaking ceremony at the Cut Nyak Dhien General Hospital.
If you've been living under a rock for the past two years, Meulaboh was one of the towns on the west coast of Sumatra that was hit by the tsunami in 2004.
At Meulaboh airport, I was desperately trying to call my office but unfortunately the network was down and I had no choice but to file my story in Medan.
www.angelfire.com /planet/footprints/jakarta.html   (4028 words)

  
 Gods Protection in Aceh
Meulaboh in Aceh was destroyed by the Tsunami waves and 80% of the people also died.
Now [we're told that some of] the Muslims of Meulaboh [said] that the God of the Christians punished us for forbidding the Christians from celebrating Christmas in the city.
They were told that since Meulaboh is under Sharia Islamic law it would better to go somewhere where there are no Moslems.
across.co.nz /GodsProtectioninAceh.html   (587 words)

  
 400 Christians saved from tsunami death in Indonesia?-Unproven!
The email says that 80% of the town of Meulaboh in Ache, Indonesia, was destroyed by the tsunami in December, 2005.
But the lives of 400 Christians were saved because they had been prohibited from celebrating Christmas in the Moslem city and were on a hill outside the city for Christmas when the waves came.
Meulaboh on a high hill and there celebrate Christmas.
www.truthorfiction.com /rumors/m/meulaboh.htm   (548 words)

  
 ACT Photo Essay: Meulaboh, Indonesia
One of the worst hit areas on the west coast of Sumatra was the town of Meulaboh, which lost tens of thousands of its residents in the tsunami.
Many of those who escaped with their lives lost their homes, however, and now there are more than 35,000 displaced people living in tents or barracks in Meulaboh.
One of the three water plants in Meulaboh was destroyed completely, while the other two were badly damaged.
www.act-intl.org /news/dt_nr_2005/dtindonesia0905.html   (1445 words)

  
 The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today
They are being sheltered in 14 locations in five districts in a limited number of tents and 196 temporary housing units.
According to him, one of the obstacles was limited funds, besides the overpriced land in Meulaboh.
However, he said the construction of the dock, fully financed by the Singaporean government, was crucial so as to accelerate the reconstruction process in Meulaboh.
www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20050704.D09   (699 words)

  
 In Aceh, Indonesia gets tough
On one level, it is understandable that Indonesia's poorly trained and poorly paid conscripts, many of whom lost family and friends in the disaster, are not the best tools for a rapid relief deployment.
Even Meulaboh's pugnacious army commander, Colonel Geerhan Lantara, admits that it took a while before he could organize his men into a coherent and effective relief force — though he insists that is now happening.
In Meulaboh, I saw Indonesian troops mostly patrolling in trucks, manning checkpoints and lolling around piles of automatic weaponry.
www.iht.com /articles/2005/01/15/edvati_ed3_.php   (706 words)

  
 U.S. Advances Construction on Banda Aceh to Meulaboh Road   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Banda Aceh to Meulaboh Road Project, worth $245 million, is designed to ensure mobility, improve communication, create local jobs, and increase the potential for economic growth in the tsunami-devastated region.
The 240-kilometer Banda Aceh to Meulaboh road is the economic backbone of the region and is the first step toward reconnecting Western Aceh Province with the rest of North Sumatra and Indonesia.
This second contract for the overall design and construction supervision of the road is critical to realign and/or replace the existing road, no longer useable due to extensive tsunami damage and land mass alterations.
www.usembassyjakarta.org /press_rel/construction-aceh.html   (293 words)

  
 AsiaMedia :: INDONESIA: Chicago Tribune foreign correspondent detained, removed from Aceh city
We were kept overnight at a military base in Meulaboh (the translator and I were never separated from each other) but were never explicitly given a reason for being held, other than the fact that the military didn't want us in Meulaboh, and didn't want to let us go.
I was among the first reporters to reach Meulaboh and I expect the military was surprised to see us, since they are used to Aceh being closed to reporters without official approval.
The following morning, we were flown from Meulaboh to Banda Aceh by helicopter, held for hours at the airport in Banda Aceh and then flown to Medan on the night of Dec. 30.
www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=19734   (857 words)

  
 PC(USA) - Presbyterian Disaster Assistance - Photo update page 2 on tsunami response in Meulaboh, Indonesia - April, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Many villages and towns on the west coast of Sumatra, like Meulaboh, depend on fishing.
Following the tsunami, the number of fish sellers at Meulaboh's market fell to one-third of what it used to be.
In Meulaboh, gasoline is sold in bottles in the street stalls.
www.pcusa.org /pda/response/asia/tsunamiphotosmeulabohindonesiap2.htm   (375 words)

  
 Tsunami: Magnitude of Terror | Relief Efforts - Case Study: SAF   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Like many of the SAF soldiers at Meulaboh, liaison officer SSG Muhamad Azam Aziz (right) was a hit with the local residents - both young and old.
Endurance reached the devastated coastline of Meulaboh in Aceh province.
The Navy managed to obtain the only and special hand-traced sea chart of the Meulaboh area in western Sumatra, which was critical for navigation in the unfamiliar waters of Meulaboh.
library.thinkquest.org /04oct/01724/relief_saf.html   (1128 words)

  
 Red Cross Red Crescent - News
A short walk from the hospital is the headquarters in Meulaboh of Indonesian Red Cross.
Sent to Meulaboh along with many other Red Cross volunteers from all over the country, he has collected decomposing bodies from the rubble of the town for three weeks now.
But for the people of Meulaboh, access to clean water means the difference between life and death.
www.ifrc.org /docs/news/05/05012502   (1308 words)

  
 The Hindu News Update Service
Spokesman for the TNI Headquarters Col A Yanin said yesterday the soldiers airlifted the humanitarian aid for the tsunami victims using a helicopter.
Land traffic to Meulaboh is cut off due to the earthquake and tsunami, making the coastal towns relatively isolated, he said.
He said the TNI will send another 419 soldiers from different units to airlift logistics to tsunami-hit areas in Aceh.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/holnus/003200412301050.htm   (138 words)

  
 Press Releases: South Asia: Earthquake and Tsunami - Dec 2004, Indonesia: Salvaging Meulaboh's land registry documents
Meulaboh, Banda Aceh, March 23rd - UNDP has begun a project to rescue vital documents badly damaged by the tsunami which record land ownership in Meulaboh.
Until recently, it was assumed that all land ownership documentation in the area had been destroyed.
Their inspection revealed that the documents could survive but needed to be rescued immediately, as they had already started to rot.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6AT5N8?OpenDocument   (476 words)

  
 Press Releases: South Asia: Earthquake and Tsunami - Dec 2004, Tzu Chi ready to build 1,200 tent houses for tsunami ...
They will be unloaded on Jan. 28 and transported from Medan to Meulaboh by trucks, a 20-hour ride.
Tzu Chi has found two sites in Meulaboh, a city on the west coast of Aceh Province, for building the tent houses.
Twenty-two Tzu Chi volunteers reached Meulaboh from Medan with 11 truckloads of relief supplies on Jan. 17.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/VBOL-692HEY?OpenDocument   (585 words)

  
 An Internet cafe in tsunami-hit Meulaboh? You bet, and it's wireless
Three laptops are set on a table in Meulaboh, while a satellite phone sits on the other corner.
In Meulaboh and Banda Aceh, TSF provides free services to all the non-government organisations involved in the humanitarian relief effort.
Reverieu Vymvuhore, 36, of Action Against Hunger, was at the cafe on Tuesday reporting via satellite phone to his colleagues in Banda Aceh about details of their Meulaboh operations.
www.terradaily.com /2005/050119015154.y61l5szf.html   (728 words)

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