Indonesians plead for aid; toll over 4,300
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Tens of thousands camped out for a second night Sunday in streets, cassava fields and the paths between rice paddies as the death toll from Indonesia&#039;s earthquake topped 4,300.
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Landslides triggered by rain left 33 people dead and 41 missing on the main Indonesian island of Java on Wednesday, officials said.
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Rescue workers dug  desperately for survivors on Sunday as residents returned to  ruined homes on Indonesia&#039;s densely populated island of Java a  day after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 3,300.
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Hunger and grief stalked Indonesia&#39;s devastated Aceh province yesterday as officials tried to reach remote areas where tens of thousands were thought to have died
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BUKITTINGGI, Indonesia  - Hundreds of Indonesians tried to pick up the pieces of their lives by starting to rebuild their quake-flattened homes on Thursday as aid poured in for thousands camping out in tents or open fields.
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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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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The emergency relief  phase is nearly over in Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged Aceh  province and foreign militaries should scale back operations,  the government said Sunday as it raised its death toll by  7,000.
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Pilots dropped food to Indonesian villagers stranded among bloating corpses Thursday, while police in a devastated provincial capital stripped looters of their clothing and forced them to sit on the street as a warning to others. The death toll topped 117,000, and officials warned that 5 million people lack clean water, shelter, food, sanitation and medicine.
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The death toll from the weekend&#39;s earthquake and tsunamis may reach 100,000, with efforts to get food, water and shelter to as many as 5 million affected people hampered by destroyed roads and bridges, officials said.
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Representatives of the Sudanese government and the southern rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) urged the world community to provide 300 million dollars (244 million euros) in aid to cover emergency needs.
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World leaders met on Thursday to  discuss tsunami aid, the task's urgency underlined by a  chilling warning that the death toll could double to about  300,000 without swift action to prevent disease.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Hungry and filthy,  Indonesians queued for water in their thousands on Tuesday as  aid deliveries to tsunami-ravaged Aceh province hit new snags.
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Indonesian rescuers pulled corpses from mud Thursday as they hunted for victims of landslides and floods on Java island that have left more than 130 people feared dead, officials said.
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Rescuers and volunteers are struggling to reach nearly 190,000 Indonesians left homeless by devastating floods sparked by heavy rains in and around Jakarta, as the death toll rose to seven.
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Aid agencies struggled on Tuesday to  cope with the scale of the Asian tsunami disaster which has  killed more than 38,000 people, with the International Red  Cross saying it may have to treble its appeal for funds.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The death toll in an Asian  earthquake and tsunami Sunday has jumped to more than 6,300,  according to officials and local media.
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Aid trickled in to the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Thursday after a deadly quake but survivors said they still lacked food, water and shelter -- echoing criticism after past disasters.