Chaos, Wall of Devastation Hinders Tsunami Aid
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BANGKOK, Thailand  - The $2 billion Asian tsunami  relief operation was encountering chaos and "a wall of  devastation" in Indonesia as aid workers struggled to help  thousands of survivors huddled in makeshift camps Monday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Aircraft, naval vessels  and trucks struggled on Friday to deliver aid around stricken  southern Asia as the death toll hit 124,000 from a devastating  tsunami that darkened the world's New Year.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - A helicopter crash and a  powerful tremor in Indonesia hindered relief operations on  Monday for the millions of victims of the tsunami and  earthquake that rocked Asia more than two weeks ago.
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The US disaster teams have rushed to the Asian countries hit by a massive earthquake and tsunamis while the US government is sending emergency aid package to the disaster affected countries, officials said here Monday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Aircraft, naval vessels  and trucks struggled Friday to deliver aid around stricken  southern Asia as the death toll exceeded 124,000 from a tsunami  which darkened the world's New Year.
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Aid trickled in to the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Thursday after a deadly quake but survivors said they still lacked food, water and shelter -- echoing criticism after past disasters.
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Recovery and aid efforts are daunting challenges throughout much of Asia in the wake of Sunday&#39;s tsunami, but in Sri Lanka and Sumatra&#39;s Aceh province those tasks are severely complicated by years of unrest.
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UNITED NATIONS  - The United Nations rushed disaster teams to Asian countries worst hit by the tsunami wave devastation as governments and aid groups sent money and emergency specialists to answer desperate pleas for help.
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Scenes of total devastation confronted aid teams as they arrived in Asia&#39;s isolated tsunami-hit areas on Thursday with entire towns destroyed and up to 5 million people in desperate need of food and water.
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Aid agencies around the world rushed  staff, equipment and money to southern Asia where hundreds of  thousands of people were forced to flee after tsunamis pummeled  coastal communities on Sunday.
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Villages along the western coast of Aceh Province in Indonesia, where help was slow to arrive, appear to have suffered some of the worst losses in the tsunami.
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Delivering aid to Sri Lanka&#39;s tsunami-struck disaster areas is being hampered by poor transport, aid officials have told CNN. &quot;Aid is trickling through, not flowing through,&quot; the
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Severe weather in Sri Lanka disrupts efforts to help more than one million people affected by the tsunami.
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WASHINGTON -- Countries large and small mobilized yesterday in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunamis that spread devastation across South and Southeast Asia, but international officials said the millions of dollars in short-term assistance pledged so far fall way short of the billions needed to address one of the worst natural disasters in memory.
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Aid began trickling through to survivors across the earthquake and tsunami-battered Indian Ocean Friday, but tons of emergency supplies continued to pile up at some overstretched airports.
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PARIS: Governments and aid organisations around the world scrambled to offer aid and technical help after the devastating quake and tidal waves that killed thousands of people in Asia on Sunday.
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Heavy rains and fresh floods disrupted  aid to Asia's tsunami-hit villages on Sunday as the U.N.  refugee agency started a 400-ton airlift as part of a $2  billion relief operation to save millions struggling to  survive.