World urged to learn from tsunami
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A conference on natural disasters opens in Japan with calls on the world to learn from the Asian tsunami.
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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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WASHINGTON -- World leaders meeting yesterday in the Indonesian capital promised more money, more cooperation, and a high-tech disaster early warning system in what UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called "a race against time" to save survivors of the deadly Asian tsunami and protect the region from future danger.
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Across nations and religions there has been a search for explanations of why the tsunami killed some and not others.
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GENEVA - The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that disease in the aftermath of southern Asia&#39;s tsunami disaster could kill as many people as the deadly waves and earthquake have.
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The UN secretary general asks world leaders to make an unprecedented response to the Indian Ocean disaster.
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With health officials warning that the death toll of more than 140,000 from last month's tsunami could jump sharply without a continual supply of aid, world leaders struggled Thursday to figure out the best way to help victims &#151; and to prevent such a catastrophe from happening again.
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Sri Lankans in Wales launch an appeal to help those affected by the tsunami which has killed thousands in Asia.
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Armies of officials are tabulating the deaths caused by the tsunami that struck a dozen countries in Asia and Africa last weekend. The grim task is often imprecise.
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World leaders vowed on Thursday to work  more closely to help victims of the worst natural disaster in  living memory and experts warned more carnage from the Indian  Ocean tsunami may be uncovered and the death toll will climb.
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Faulty equipment, poor communications and cumbersome bureaucracy are being blamed for the failure of nations around the Indian Ocean's rim to warn communities about to be hit by one of the world's most devastating natural disasters.
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The world's media outlets should use their power to promote peace and understanding and to mobilize aid during natural disasters, as happened following the recent tsunami in Asia, Pope John Paul II said in a message released Monday.
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The international community pledged more relief efforts for tsunami-devastated South and Southeast Asian countries Thursday as the death toll from the worst earthquake and tsunamis climbed to over 115,000. UN ...
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Other nations could learn from Japan's well-established tsunami warning system, writes Jamie Miyazaki.
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Denver: The high death toll in Asia caused by a massive tsunami might have been reduced had India and Sri Lanka been part of an international warning system designed to warn coastal communities about deadly waves, scientists say.
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The humanitarian catastrophe caused by the Indian Ocean tsunami is stretching the world&#39;s ability to respond, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said, urging a sustained relief effort.
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Online journals or weblogs are helping people share information about the tsunami disaster.