Indonesia Time Line Peace Process
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2002 May - East Timor becomes independent.
2002 August -Constitutional changes are seen as a step towards democracy. For the first time, voters will be able to elect a president and vice president.
2002 October - Bomb attack on the Kuta Beach nightclub district on Bali kills 202 people.
2002 December - Government and separatist Free Aceh Movement (Gam) sign peace deal in Geneva, aimed at ending 26 years of violence.
2003 May - Peace talks between government and Gam separatists break down; government mounts military offensive against Gam rebels. Martial law is imposed.
2004 July - First-ever direct presidential elections; first round narrows field to Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri.
2004 September former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono wins second round of presidential elections, unseating incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri.
2004 December - The tsunami leaves more than 220,000 people dead or missing in Indonesia alone.
2005 August - Government and Free Aceh Movement separatists sign a peace deal providing for rebel disarmament and the withdrawal of government soldiers. Rebels begin handing in weapons in September; government completes troop pullout in December
2006 January - East Timorese hold Indonesia responsible for the deaths of more than 100,000 people.
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