Aid slow to reach desperate Haitians
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GONAIVES, HAITI - The lines grew longer and the people more desperate as flood victims in this city begged for food and clean water in order to survive another day.
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The United Nations relief agency has called for more international troops to be sent to the flood-devastated Haitian city of Gonaives to secure the delivery of emergency food supplies.
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Relief organizations from around the globe struggled Monday to deploy emergency supplies and personnel to south Asia, even as the list of communities scarred by the disaster continued to balloon.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE : Interim Haitian Prime Minister Gerard Latortue complained on Friday about the slow rate of delivery of 1.4 billion dollars of aid pledged by international donors at a conference in Washington in July.
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Bombed-out roads and traffic jams slowed the delivery of humanitarian relief to south Lebanon after Monday's cease-fire, and many aid workers were stuck on roads alongside the refugees they were trying to help.
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Rugged terrain, downed bridges, and the sheer volume of aid are slowing supply distribution.
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After four hurricanes, intensive relief efforts cannot get traction helping people and whole industries cope.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Eight days on, hungry and  sick survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami are waiting for food  and medicine in growing desperation as a multinational aid  operation tries to reach remote towns ravaged by the waves.
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Relatives of a baby who lost as many as 60 members of his extended family say rescue efforts were tragically slow.
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The interim president of Haiti, President Boniface Alexandre, yesterday appealed to world leaders for aid as the death toll from the country&#39;s second flooding disaster in four months reached more than 700.
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Aid agencies struggled on Tuesday to  cope with the enormity of the Asian tsunami disaster which has  killed more than 28,000, with the International Red Cross  saying it may have to treble its appeal for funds.
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Bambooflat island is only a 20 minute ferry ride from the capital of this Indian archipelago, yet no relief for the tsunami victims had arrived by Saturday, leaving some 2,000 families angry and desperate for humanitarian aid.
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Global pledges of aid pass $2 billion, but supply snags keep many survivors waiting.
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Bad weather, smashed infrastructure and logistical snarls have made it difficult to get food and medical supplies to survivors.
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Hungry, thirsty and increasingly desperate Haitians burned tyres in protest and attacked aid trucks and people carrying scarce food and water as workers struggled to bury thousands of victims of Tropical Storm Jeanne.
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The general in charge of UN peacekeepers in Haiti is critical of the slow pace of aid getting to hungry and sick residents, many left homeless by flooding.
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UN troops fired smoke grenades yesterday as crowds of Haitian flood victims, increasingly desperate over the slow pace of relief after Tropical Storm Jeanne devastated the