Emergency defers Maldives debate
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A parliamentary session due to have begun on Monday in the Maldives has been postponed indefinitely.
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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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LONDON, Jan 6 (IPS) - World leaders need to cancel debts of poor tsunami-   hit countries rather than just freeze them for now, leading  campaigners  say.
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Business & money: Â· Governor rules out emergency rate cutsÂ· Bail out would mean repeat of past errors
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NEW DELHI: The centre on Wednesday warned coastal area states and islands against another tsunami in the Indian ocean and asked them to keep continuous vigil.
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Experts say aid priorities should include preparation and risk reduction as well as emergency relief.
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The IMF says unrest in Haiti forces it to postpone talks on an emergency loan for the stricken country.
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KARACHI, Pakistan, Jan. 1 -- Opposition leaders on Tuesday debated whether to call mass street protests in response to a government decision to delay parliamentary elections that had been due next week, but now will be put off until after Feb. 8.
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The High Commissioner of the Maldives in London appeals for aid to the stricken islands after severe flooding.
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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has declared a state of emergency for 60 days, his spokesman said on Sunday. The emergency declaration excludes Iraqi regions run by Kurdish peoples
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Violence and a lack of preparedness spur calls to postpone the Jan. 30 election.
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It could have been a dark day for the Maldives, a nation of over a thousand islands, but it didnât work out that way.
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SRI Lanka cricket officials were expected to decide late last night whether their tour of New Zealand would continue in the wake of devastating tidal waves that have killed more than 6000 people in the island nation.
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RAMALLAH: The Palestinian cabinet last night declared a state of emergency in the Palestinian territories with President Yasser Arafat appealing for international help against a massive Israeli incursion that killed a further 11 Palestinians yesterday.
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Â· No plans for state of emergency, Guardian told Â· President's woes grow as exiled rival plans return
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Â· Emergency government meets in RamallahÂ· Immediate US aid for West Bank and Gaza
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A state of emergency is imposed in Fiji, three months after the previous one was lifted.