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...million rupiah (about $3,200) to owners of badly damaged homes so they can quickly get back on their feet, without waiting months for a grand?and cumbersome?reconstruction plan of the sort devised for Aceh after the 2004 tsunami. In some areas life is already returning to normal. Malioboro, Yogyakarta's main tourist drag, is open for business again. "Visitors are slowly returning, but they are mostly local," says Suhartono, a batik vendor. "We hope it won't be like Bali [after the bombings], with foreigners afraid to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Helping Hands | 6/5/2006 | See Source »

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