Flooded Nations Get U.S. Assistance
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U.S. officials held a conference call Sunday to discuss ways to help 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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Countries across the globe were yesterday responding to the massive tsunami catastrophe in south Asia as United Nations officials warned that it would require the world&#39;s biggest ever aid
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The four-day trip through the region is designed to assure nations devastated by the tsunami of the United States' support.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The United States stepped  up its diplomatic and relief effort in tsunami countries,  sending Secretary of State Colin Powell to the hardest-hit  region and promising more helicopters and field hospitals would  follow.
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International aid efforts got under way today, with private, government and UN aid teams heading to southern Asian countries devastated by tidal waves after the region was rocked by the world - s most powerful ...
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Protection of fresh water needs prompt clarification and strengthening in the United States.
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Japan will provide around $30 million in  aid to countries hit by an Indian Ocean tsunami that killed  more than 29,000 people, and will send three navy vessels to  waters off Thailand to help rescue survivors.
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WASHINGTON/JAKARTA  - U.S. presidents past and  present appealed to all Americans Monday to aid victims of the  Asian tsunami, as rescuers struggled to get food and water to  those clinging to life on shattered coastlines.
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The United States will respond to the unprecedented international catastrophe caused by the tsunamis that engulfed nations on the Indian Ocean.
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The United States on Tuesday dispatched about 600 Marines and Navy personnel from Okinawa to help residents in the flood-ravaged Philippines. The Pentagon said tents, water and medical supplies also were being sent.
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The United States dispatched disaster teams Monday and prepared an initial &#36;15 million aid package to the Asian countries hit by a massive earthquake and tsunamis. U.S. officials were seeking to contact hundreds of Americans who remain unaccounted for in the region.
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Nations and businesses pledge aid to areas hit by Sunday's disaster.
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The following aid agencies are accepting contributions for assistance that they or their affiliates are providing for those affected by the earthquake and tidal waves in Asia. U.S. organizations are members of InterAction, a coalition of relief, development and refugee assistance agencies.
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NOTTINGHAM, England -- The largest international disaster relief effort in history shifted into high gear yesterday as aid agencies across the globe began shipping water purification kits and other supplies to survivors along the tsunami-ravaged coastline of the Indian Ocean, hoping to stave off a second crisis brought on by waterborne diseases such as cholera and malaria.
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International aid starts to penetrate the areas worst affected by last Sunday's Indian Ocean wave.
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The United States dispatched disaster specialists and pledged an initial &#36;15 million Monday to Asian countries struck by a massive earthquake and tsunamis.
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Officials in the Philippines have called for international aid to help more than half a million people hit by devastating back-to-back storms.