Bush: Nations Form Asian Relief Coalition
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With an image of the Christian &quot;Mother Mary&quot; attached to debris, a local resident salvages a bicycle from the devastation to his fishing village by the weekend&#39;s massive tsunami, Wednesday, Dec. 29, in the eastern coastal town of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.
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Crawford, Texas -- President Bush said Wednesday the United States would spearhead a worldwide effort to provide financial, military and humanitarian assistance to the Asian nations devastated by one of the world&#39;s deadliest natural disasters.
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President Bush personally contributed $10,000 toward tsunami disaster relief, the White House announced Wednesday.
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President Bush plans to seek support  from China and other key allies at the Asia-Pacific summit to  help resurrect talks with North Korea over its nuclear weapons  program, White House officials said on Friday.
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President Bush is sending a high-level delegation to Asia to assess needs in areas most affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami. Secretary of State Colin Powell and the president&#39;s brother, Jeb Bush, will lead the group.
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President Bush signed disaster aid to help hurricane victims in Florida and other states rebuild from hurricanes Charley, Frances, Jeanne and Ivan.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The world poured money  into tsunami-battered Asia on Saturday, as aid workers, troops  and grieving locals worked frantically to bury thousands of  rotting corpses and help millions threatened by disease.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - President Bush said U.S.  aid efforts following Asia's killer tsunami would improve  America's image in the Muslim world as fears receded that  diseases and infections could kill many thousands of survivors.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush said on  Wednesday a $35 million U.S. pledge for victims of the Asian  tsunami was only the beginning and any suggestions America was  stingy were "misguided and ill-informed."
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The United States is set to offer  "all appropriate assistance" to Asian countries hit on Sunday  by a powerful earthquake and the giant waves it generated, a  White House spokesman said.
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The United States has formed an international coalition with India, Australia and Japan to co-ordinate world-wide efforts to provide relief to victims of Sunday&#39;s earthquake and
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President Bush on Thursday said U.S.  military assistance to tsunami-stricken areas had improved  America's image in the Indian Ocean region, which is home to  large Muslim populations.
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SINGAPORE: Asian business circles reacted with relief Wednesday to the apparent re-election of President George W Bush, which eased fears of US protectionism, but some were concerned about his impact on the regionâs political stability.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - President Bush declared a  united front on Saturday between the United States and Asian  allies on demanding North Korea return to stalled talks about  giving up its nuclear weapons program.
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WASHINGTON Breaking his holiday silence, President George W. Bush on Wednesday promised a long-range American commitment to help the countries battered by tsunamis.
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America's Asian allies on Friday warmly welcomed President Bush's second term, though some in the region expressed concern that his inauguration speech pointed to a more aggressive foreign policy that could worsen global tensions.
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Pressuring North Korea to give up its nuclear-weapons program and strengthening the coalition in the war on terror will be the focus of President Bush&#39;s diplomacy at the Asia-Pacific summit that begins formally tomorrow.