February 13, 2002	Wednesday	Ziqa’ad 29, 1422

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JAKARTA, Feb 12: Warring Indonesian Christians and Muslims from the ravaged Moluccas spice islands signed a peace deal on Tuesday aimed at ending three years of violence that has killed thousands, an official said.

“Yes, the document has been signed by both sides,” a senior official in charge of the talks said at Malino, South Sulawesi, some 1,425kms east of Jakarta, where the two sides are meeting.

If the deal works it could be a step towards building investor and donor confidence in the government’s ability to bring a measure of peace to archipelago’s trouble spots.—Reuters