Colossal relief effort moves ahead as tsunami death toll tops ...
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (CP) - Pilots dropped food to Indonesian villagers stranded among bloating corpses Thursday, while police in a devastated provincial capital stripped looters of their clothing and forced them to sit on the street as a warning to
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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - Asia's tsunami death toll  soared past 175,000 Monday as Sri Lanka confirmed thousands  more dead, while fears re-emerged over the safety of aid  workers in Indonesia's shattered Aceh province.
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RESCUERS were today scouring flood-ravaged coasts across Asia after tidal waves killed at least 15,000 people. The death toll is still rising rapidly more than 24 hours after the world&#39;s strongest quake in 40 years.
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WASHINGTON -- Humanitarian groups and governments across the globe launched the largest relief effort in history Tuesday in a desperate race to save thousands of tsunami survivors facing a new threat from deadly diseases.
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The scale of devastation wrought by sea surges that killed about 23,000 people on Asia&#39;s shores is starting to emerge. The death toll is still climbing, thousands are missing and millions have been made homeless
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Local relief efforts for those in need after Sunday&#39;s massive tsunamis have kicked into high gear, with Red Cross officials saying the volume of donations pouring into their offices have
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An unprecedented world relief drive to shelter, treat and feed millions of survivors of Asia&#39;s tsunami disaster kicked into high gear Friday as donations poured in and aid planes and ships _ including a US aircraft carrier
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The death toll in Asia&#39;s tsunami disaster ticked relentlessly upward to top 125,000 as clocks ticked down to a desolate new year in countries struggling to get food and water to millions facing starvation and disease.
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Jakarta - The confirmed number of people killed in the massive earthquake and tidal waves that struck Indian Ocean shorelines at the weekend approached 59 000 on Wednesday, amid warnings the true toll could be far higher.
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Aid pledges for Asia's tsunami victims topped 1.6 billion dollars on a tide of New Year sympathy, but the United Nations warned it would take weeks for help to reach many survivors and that the death toll would likely rise to 150,000.
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At least 124,000 people have been confirmed dead in the Asian tsunami disaster as the effort to deliver relief supplies to the millions affected by the giant wave gathers pace.
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The death toll in the massive tsunamis triggered by a magnitude 8.7 earthquake in South and Southeast Asia on Sunday has reached over 55,000.
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More aid arrives in communities devastated by the Asian tsunami, as the clean-up operation continues.
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Jakarta - The confirmed number of people killed in the massive earthquake and tidal waves that struck Indian Ocean shorelines at the weekend passed 60 000 on Wednesday, amid warnings the true toll could be far higher.
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UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations has started organizing what it says will be the biggest relief effort the world have ever seen, to help the survivors of Sunday&#39;s tsunami.
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World leaders began putting $4 billion  in aid pledged for tsunami survivors to work on Thursday, the  urgency of their task conveyed in chilling warnings that more  carnage may be discovered and the death toll will climb.
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The massive global aid operation to help the victims of Sunday&#39;s earthquake and tsunamis in the Indian Ocean is beginning to deliver results.