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HELSINKI (FINLAND) - Indonesian officials and Aceh rebels ended their first talks in 20 months Sunday without agreeing to ceasefire terms. Talks broke off a day early, but the two sides said they would meet again soon with mediators in Finland. Senior security minister Widodo Adi Sucipto, who led an Indonesian team to Helsinki, said the form of the truce remained the main obstacle to a deal. Still, mediators were optimistic that an end to 28 years of fighting could be achieved.
Underscoring the fragile situation on the ground in Aceh, troops killed four rebels while the two days of talks were in progress. The military claimed they were returning fire on rebels who had arrived in a village to "disturb" residents. Indonesia has rejected rebel demands for independence, offering special autonomy and amnesties instead. The rebels have yet to publicly respond to the offer. The talks mostly focused on the immediate concern of getting aid to the hundreds of thousands of Acehnese displaced by the Dec. 26 tsunami. Neither side was willing to discuss the talks in detail, but Indonesia's minister of communications, Sofyan Djalil, says this first contact in 20 months is helpful.
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