French pair pitch in to help tsunami-stricken Sri Lankan fishermen
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In the month since the tsunami struck Sri Lanka, Frenchmen Pierre Layac and Jacques Quentin have bought six fishing boats for use by devastated locals, have been operating a pre-school, are building another and ...
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Celebrities across the globe were mobilizing to help relief efforts in countries affected by the deadly earthquake and tsunamis in southern Asia and eastern Africa.
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Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro and Hugh Grant join the line-up for a two-hour US TV tsunami benefit.
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Foreign aid started to pour in with 16 countries pledging assistance to the stricken victims in the coastal areas of Sri Lanka, local media reported Wednesday.
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France mobilized Friday to send urgent aid to Lebanon, the Red Cross managed to get relief supplies to the south &#151; and Israel agreed to allow a safe corridor crucial to ensuring that food and medicine reaches those in need.
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French President Jacques Chirac on Monday urged his government to "mobilize all means" to help millions of stricken people in tsunami-hit Asian countries.
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England and Sri Lanka will mark one of cricket's most poignant moments when they contest the third Test at the previously tsunami-ravaged Galle International Stadium from Tuesday.
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LOS ANGELES  - The French are no longer  alone.
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Joining relief operations, Bollywood star Vivek Oberoi and his father Suresh Oberoi and their team started work at the tsunami-ravaged Thevanampattinam coastal village near Cuddalore to set up temporary thatched huts to accommodate fishermen rendered homeless in the disaster.
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Foreign aid agencies  urge the authorities in the devastated Andaman islands to let them join the relief effort.
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Fishermen who saw much of their seasonal fishing village swept away by the Indian Ocean tsunamis said they were too scared to return to sea, fearing a repeat of the deadly disaster.
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Governments and individuals across the world were digging into their pockets on Thursday to help the millions of victims of the killer waves that struck southern Asia, as the UN said well over one billion dollars would be needed.
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Fishermen cast their nets for the first time since the tsunami; teenagers start looking for jobs to support their families; men talk of moving away from the shoreline, others of returning.
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U.S. officials held a conference call Sunday to discuss ways to help countries inundated by the Indian Ocean tsunami. A White House statement said aid had begun flowing to Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
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Relief agencies responding to the disaster in southern Asia, Indonesia and Thailand are seeking financial support locally for their efforts.
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One-upping the United States, France nearly doubled its aid pledge for tsunami victims to &#36;57 million Thursday and briefly claimed the role as leading donor nation, following barbs from Washington about French generosity.
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Development charity VSO appeals for  professionals to volunteer in communities devastated by the tsunami.