After tsunami, relief begins
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As people gathered on the beaches of southern India to scatter flower petals on the sea, and began to bury the dead, nations
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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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PADANG, Indonesia  - Aid began to flow on Wednesday to survivors of deadly earthquakes in Indonesia's West Sumatra as rescue teams searched frantically for victims who may still be trapped beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings.
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Thousands of people were killed and millions made homeless by recent tsunamis in southeastern Asia. The American Red Cross has set up a disaster relief fund.
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Humanitarian aid organization AmeriCares has begun emergency relief efforts to help millions of people affected by the powerful earthquake Sunday that devastated southern Asia.
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THE international hand of help finally reached out to tsunami-devastated Asia yesterday as aftershocks put the region on nervous alert and the death toll from the Boxing Day disaster seemed certain to pass 100,000.
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The international community has pledged more than &#36;250 million in emergency aid for victims of the tsunami that devastated coastlines from south Asia to east Africa, with planeloads of supplies leaving Britain and France on Wednesday.
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Aid workers cleared landing strips in  Asia's tsunami-hit regions Tuesday to start flying food, clean  water and medical staff to hungry and injured survivors, but  the global relief operation continued to struggle.
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Countries around the globe have stepped forward with pledges of cash and assistance to the victims of the southern Asian earthquake and tsunami disaster.
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The world has pledged about $220 million to help tsunami survivors, relying on lessons from past disasters to expedite relief. WASHINGTON - Aid workers in airplanes dropped thousands of packets of noodles to Indonesians stranded in cliff-top villages.
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Indonesia was to start the massive task of rehousing the thousands of people who have been living in tent camps and public buildings since December's devastating tsunami.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Help finally came from  the sky on Sunday for Indonesian villages in an area washed  flat by the tsunami a week ago, but it grew clearer no amount  of aid could stop more loss of life throughout the disaster  zone.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 6 (IPS) - As donations for the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster  continue to rise, development experts are hoping that the  generosity shown by governments and citizens will mark a ânew  beginningâ in the fight against poverty.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The world sped up what  may be its biggest relief effort on Friday to help millions of  tsunami survivors desperate for food, shelter and clean water,  while the death toll marched relentlessly on.
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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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In tsunami-ravaged Banda Aceh, Indonesia, survivors have a gritty determination to start over.
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On foot, by bicycle or in motorized rickshaw taxis, the people of this east coast village began returning home Wednesday as Sri Lanka turned its attention from relief efforts to resettling people uprooted by the Asian tsunami.