Article: U.N. issues travel ban for tsunami-hit Indonesian province

MICHAEL CASEY, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
01-17-2005
Dateline: BANDA ACEH, Indonesia
The United Nations banned its foreign staff from traveling between Banda Aceh and Medan because of reported fighting between the Indonesian military and separatist rebels in the tsunami-battered area, a U.N. spokesman said Monday.

The 24-hour travel restriction, effective since Monday morning, came hours before the United Nations announced a state of "heightened awareness" for U.N. relief workers in Indonesia _ which bore the brunt of the Dec. 26 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

The U.N. measure was in response to a warning issued by Denmark's Foreign Ministry on Monday, cautioning Danish relief ...

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