U.N. Warns Against Fighting; Tsunami Pledges Rise
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Governments and rebels in  Sumatra, Sri Lanka and Somalia must keep the peace or risk a  cut-off in tsunami aid, the United Nations said on Wednesday,  as Australia and Germany pledged more than $1.4 billion in  disaster assistance.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - A legion of ships and  planes delivered aid to millions of Asian tsunami survivors on  Saturday as New Year celebrations around the world paused to  mourn victims of one of the worst disasters in living memory.  U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for a major logistical  operation to help a half-dozen countries shattered by Sunday's  tsunami, which by the latest count had killed 124,622.
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ACEH BESAR, Indonesia -- The United Nations has banned its staff from traveling in parts of tsunami-battered Aceh province because of reported fighting between Indonesian troops and separatist rebels. But a rebel commander yesterday begged foreign aid workers to stay and promised that guerrillas will not attack relief groups.
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GENEVA UN officials are warning that diseases could begin taking hold of tsunami-affected areas &quot;in the next few days.&quot;.
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The death toll from the epic tsunami that rocked 11 countries rose to 40,000 people Tuesday, and food and supplies poured into the region, part of what the UN said
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WASHINGTON -- World leaders meeting yesterday in the Indonesian capital promised more money, more cooperation, and a high-tech disaster early warning system in what UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called "a race against time" to save survivors of the deadly Asian tsunami and protect the region from future danger.
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The official death toll from the Asian tsunami climbed dramatically to 147,000 Friday and authorities held out little hope for tens of thousands still missing. Flying over miles of ravaged shoreline, a shaken U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan asked: "You wonder where are the people? What has happened to them?"
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - An army of aid workers  raced on Tuesday to deliver food and water to millions of  tsunami victims and the U.N. warned a death toll of 150,000  would climb as more bodies are found and disease stalks  survivors.
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Fighting in Darfur is escalating  and the Sudanese region could face a new upsurge in violence  despite efforts by the U.N. Security Council and others, U.N.  Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Friday.
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Heavy rains and floods are  holding up efforts to help victims of the Asian tsunami, but  the United Nations said on Tuesday that "extraordinary  progress" was being made and the total amount of aid pledged  had risen to between $2 billion and $3 billion.
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U.N. relief officials warned Monday that people affected by the south Asia earthquake and tsunami may be dying of hunger and disease because wrecked roads and bad communications are blocking the distribution of supplies.
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International Red Cross fears quake, tsunami death toll could top 100,000. UN warns disease could break out in tsunami-affected areas "in the next few days." Military says quake destroyed three-quarters of ...
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The United Nations warned on Monday of epidemics within days unless health systems in south and southeast Asia can cope after some 12,000 people were killed and tens of thousands left homeless by giant tsunami waves.
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The United Nations has said that ongoing fighting between government forces in Sri Lanka and Tamil Tiger rebels had badly hit tsunami reconstruction efforts.
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With multiple nations putting forward projects for a tsunami-warning system, the United Nations said Wednesday it should set up the system and extend it globally, but the United States voiced doubts about the U.N. ability to run such a program.
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World leaders meeting on Thursday to  discuss tsunami aid, debt relief and an Indian Ocean warning  system were told the waves' death toll could double to about  300,000 unless action was taken this week to prevent disease.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday cautioned against terrorism-fighting approaches that he said could generate problems in the long run.