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01/18/2005:

"Indonesia Wants Foreign Troops Out Soon"

Amid reports of increasing missionary work in the biggest Muslim nation on earth, Indonesia stepped up its effort to assert control over international relief operations, saying all foreign troops have to leave the country by March 26, and that its own forces would take over.

The move comes one day after Indonesian military imposed sweeping restrictions on foreign aid workers in tsunami-hit Aceh amid reports that some evangelical groups are mixing Christian missionary work with humanitarian aid.

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