U.S. Speeds Relief to Indonesia
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One of the largest U.S. military relief operations in history helped speed the pace of aid to desperate victims of Asia's tsunami disaster Sunday, delivering critical supplies to haggard survivors in severe need of food and water.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- A massive US military relief operation picked up steam yesterday, with helicopters dropping off cartons of food aid in Sumatra and warships with 2,200 Marines arriving in the Malacca Straits to ferry supplies to the tsunami-battered Indonesian island.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Relief workers used  everything from helicopters to elephants to reach survivors and  shift the rubble of wrecked towns eight days after giant waves  struck Asia, triggering one of the biggest aid efforts in  history.
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The United States upped its tsunami relief aid tenfold Friday as the world's ships and planes converged on devastated shores. Bottlenecks of supplies built up, fears of epidemics grew, and in an echo of 9/11's aftermath, people at a Thai resort scoured a bulletin board of 4,000 photos in search of the dead and missing.
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TORONTO (CP) - Two more planeloads of relief supplies were heading Tuesday from Canada to tsunami-stricken Indonesia to deliver more than 120,000 kilograms of desperately needed goods such as food, blankets and medical supplies to the survivors of the calamity that has claimed some 140,000 lives.
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The military's tsunami relief has boosted America's image in Indonesia. Will local hostility cut the mission short?
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The United States will provide $350  million in aid for victims of Asia's devastating tsunami, a  government official said on Friday.
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Medicines, rice, water and tarps were delivered to Indonesia&#039;s earthquake disaster zone Wednesday to help about 650,000 displaced people, but many said the international aid was taking too long to get there.
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Hungry refugees along Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged coasts complained of slow aid delivery Saturday, while world pledges for the massive relief efforts shot up to about &#36;2 billion, a quarter of it from Japan, which boosted its contribution to make it the single largest country donor.
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ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN -- Helicopters from this US Navy aircraft carrier flew repeated relief missions along the nearby shoreline of Indonesia yesterday, delivering food, water, and medical supplies to thousands of survivors stranded along the western coast of Aceh Province after last week's devastating tsunamis.
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U.S. forces prepared to start winding down their huge tsunami relief effort while donors pledged &#36;1.7 billion to help badly hit Indonesia recover from a calamity which cost 226,000 lives across Asia.
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The international relief effort kicked into gear as the secretary of state arrived in Bangkok with Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida.
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U.S. helicopters stepped up aid flights in tsunami-hit Indonesia Tuesday as U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan urged rich nations to spend more on preventing natural disasters before the next one hits.
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MEDAN, Indonesia -- President Bush announced a tenfold increase in US aid to tsunami victims yesterday, pledging $350 million, as relief supplies poured into Asia from around the world.
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Highlights of the Bush administration's response Wednesday to the earthquake-tsunami catastrophe in Asia:
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The United States is moving on several fronts toward a global tsunami warning system following the Asian catastrophe.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The U.S. military, a  leading force behind relief efforts in tsunami-hit nations,  said on Saturday it expected to end major work in Thailand and  Sri Lanka within two weeks but to stay longer in Indonesia.