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COPYRIGHT 2005 Asia Pulse Pty Ltd
BANDA ACEH, Jan 14 Asia Pulse - The battered minaret of the Baiturrahman Mosque sits on the divide between Banda Aceh's death coast and everyday life.
Three weeks after the tsunami which killed more than 106,000 Indonesians, the untouched half of the city is humming with business as Aceh's survivors ride a local economic boom fuelled by humanitarian aid and a rebuilding program which could top billion ($A2.61 billion).
In barber shops, supermarkets and roadside food stalls prices have doubled and tripled.
Those lucky enough to have homes intact rent them out to mostly-foreign media or aid workers for exorbitant sums of up to $US5,000 ($A6,518) a month, saving as much as possible for the inevitable crash when they are gone.
Cars command more than $A200 a day.
In contrast, almost 400,000 people live as refugees. They've pitched tents on whatever vacant high ground they could find in fear that another tsunami could come at any time.
These makeshift camps...
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