Gov't offers help, scrambles to unravel impact of Asia tidal waves
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The Government offered help to Asian nations battered by deadly tidal waves triggered by a powerful earthquake, as it scrambled to take stock of the disaster and help British tourists.
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The shock wave that hit yesterday Southeast Asia yesterday claiming over 30,000 lives may have a lasting effect on the region. Government-led aid efforts offer a possibility for political reconciliation in
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The first signs of potentially deadly diseases are threatening survivors in areas hit by killer tidal waves in Asia, the World Health Organisation said.
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The Indian Ocean tsunami has pushed disaster early warning to the top of the agenda at a meeting of the world's small islands, potentially crowding out concerns about climate change and trade, some delegates say.
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To help create warning systems to detect catastrophic events such as the tsunamis in south Asia, scientific research needs adequate support.
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The Maldives fears the bodies of Asia's tsunami victims will wash up on its pristine beaches and increase the risk of disease, a minister said, as the president appealed for massive aid to help rebuild the Indian Ocean atoll nation.
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NEW YORK - The devastation in southern Asian areas hit by tidal waves this weekend had far less of an economic impact than it might have, given the extreme poverty of many of the regions.
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The Swiss government has promised an additional SFr25 million ($22 million) in immediate aid to countries hit by the tidal waves in southeast Asia.
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Smaller Commonwealth countries will next month discuss setting up a global early-warning system for tidal waves like the one which has just devastated countries around Asia, the organisation's chief permanent official said.
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STOCKHOLM  - Half a world away from the havoc of the tidal waves in Asia, Scandinavians desperate for information about loved ones gone missing while on holiday scoured the Internet for news amid reports that thousands of them may have perished.
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Massive rescue operations were scrambled along Asia's devastated coastlines as the death toll from a powerful earthquake and the giant tidal waves it unleashed rose to more than 23,200 and hopes faded for many thousands more still missing.
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U.S. officials held a conference call Sunday to discuss ways to aid the south Asian countries inundated by the Indian Ocean tsunami. A White House statement said aid had begun flowing to Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
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A computer model that can predict the impact of a tsunami from the San Francisco Bay area to Alaska is helping scientists plot danger zones in coastal cities to guide emergency planning.
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Following Saturday night's earthquakes and tidal waves in South East Asia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched an information service for those who are inquiring about any Maltese citizens, who might be in ...
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A mother holds her child as she looks at the destruction caused by Sunday&#39;s tidal wave to her home in the coastal town of Kosgada in southern Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004.
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A Thai medic sprays disinfectant over the rotting corpses of those killed in Sunday&#39;s tidal waves at a Buddhist temple in Pang-Nga province, southern Thailand, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2004.
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December's tsunami clogged shipping lanes, rearranged coasts, and created new islands. Now geographers are helping redraw the region so relief can reach ports in need.