UN disaster chief compares Asia tsunami to Great Tangshan Earthquake
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The chief UN disaster coordinator Jan Egeland compared the human toll from the Asian tsunami disaster to the Tangshan earthquake in China in 1976.
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A top UN humanitarian official said that billions of dollars of damage had been caused by the Asian tsunami disaster and that it now required the biggest relief operation ever to help the victims.
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Armies of officials are tabulating the deaths caused by the tsunami that struck a dozen countries in Asia and Africa last weekend. The grim task is often imprecise.
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World leaders vowed on Thursday to work together more closely to help victims of one of the worst natural disasters in living memory as U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan declared they were in a "race against time."
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Highlights of the Bush administration's response Wednesday to the earthquake-tsunami catastrophe in Asia:
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The Indonesian province of Banda Aceh was closest to the epicentre of the earthquake that sparked the devastating tsunami. Reuters.
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Countries across the globe were yesterday responding to the massive tsunami catastrophe in south Asia as United Nations officials warned that it would require the world&#39;s biggest ever aid
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A tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean could be running by next year, a UN agency says.
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Areas hit by the Asian tsunami could take up to 10 years to recover, UN secretary general Kofi Annan warns.
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UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called on world nations to make a long-term commitment to rebuilding lives and communities shattered by the south Asia tsunami disaster.
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Delegates at a UN aid conference will be asked to give firm commitments on helping Asian tsunami victims.
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United Nations officials acknowledged it will take days before tons of food, medicine and portable hospitals reaches tsunami survivors in devastated areas across Asia.
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World leaders vowed on Thursday to work  more closely to help victims of the worst natural disaster in  living memory and experts warned more carnage from the Indian  Ocean tsunami may be uncovered and the death toll will climb.
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KOBE, Japan  - U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan  urged the world on Tuesday to learn from the killer Asian  tsunami, saying spending now could limit the loss of life and  damage from inevitable natural disasters.
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Damage done by Asia's tsunami gives a clearer idea of the danger climate change poses to small islands, which fear rising seas will submerge them as the world warms, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday.
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The Asian tsunami disaster has been a uniquely continental catastrophe, striking hard from Thailand to the Maldives, and has stirred debate about how Asia should react as a region.
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United Nations experts called on governments around the world to build early-warning systems that can cut death tolls from natural disasters like the Indian Ocean tsunami that has killed nearly 40,000.