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Indonesia’s Aceh votes to decide life after war

Vote counting began on Monday in the once-rebellious Indonesian province of Aceh in a landmark election aimed at bolstering a peace deal between the government and separatists. About 2.6 million people are expected to have cast their ballots in the first direct election for a governor and top posts in Aceh, devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami two years ago and battered for decades before that by a civil war. Full Story