The Indian Ocean tsunami cut across ethnic lines and raised hopes that the shared suffering inflicted by nature might bring an end to some of the region's conflicts.
HOPES UP: In July, Indonesia signed a historic peace agreement ending 30 years of war with separatist rebels in hard-hit Aceh province.
HOPES DOWN: The window that seemed to open for ending Sri Lanka's 20-year civil war with Tamil separatists seems to have closed as killings resume and the peace effort runs up against hard-liners on both sides, AP reported.
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