Christian groups and some other private relief agencies are being asked to halt their work in the tsunami-ravaged Indonesian province of Aceh and leave the area by March 26, Indonesia's defense minister said yesterday. The decision likely will target Western and smaller church groups as the government moves to tighten control over reconstruction work in Aceh, the home of a decades-old separatist insurgency. The relief organizations are being asked to leave Aceh by March 26 unless Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Alwi Shihab decides they can stay. One of the conditions for continuing work will be registering with the U.N. Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Catholic Relief Services, part of the private relief effort that plays a large and vital reconstruction role in the region, said it had not been asked to leave Aceh.
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