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Raw levies for the Chinese army, 1894

First Sino-Japanese War (1st August 1894 17th April 1895). Raw levies for the Chinese army. The only reserve force is that of the Ying Ping or Chinese militia, sometimes called the Green Flags or the Braves, of whom 170,000 might be called out for service, but undrilled and mostly armed with hatchets, pikes, bows and arrows, and 'jingals' or heavy matchlocks. Some of these raw levies have, in their march towards the seat of war, perpetrated robberies and murders and other outrages. Date: 1894

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Tsunami turns Aceh more religious, but sharia outrages many

ULEE LHEUE, Indonesia - On Dec. 3, 2009, the so-called sharia police, the morality police, stopped two unmarried couples for traveling together on motorbikes in Ulee Lheue in the Indonesian province of Aceh. In Islam, a couple who are not married, nor brother and sister are not allowed to be together by themselves. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami turns Aceh more religious, but sharia outrages many

ULEE LHEUE, Indonesia - On Dec. 3, 2009, a young couple, panicky, tries to take a distance when the so-called sharia police, the morality police, approached them on a rocky beach in Ulee Lheue in the Indonesian province of Aceh where they were apparently planning to enjoy the sunset. In Islam, a couple who are not married, nor brother and sister are not allowed to be together by themselves. (Kyodo)