Aid to tsunami-affected area speeds up
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Medan (Indonesia), Dec. 31 : Aid began trickling through to survivors across the earthquake and tsunami-battered Indian Ocean today, but tonnes of emergency supplies continued to pile up at some overstretched airports.
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British charities are stepping up their efforts today to help the victims of the tsunamis which devastated countries around the Indian Ocean.
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The Bush administration is increasing its initial contribution for relief aid for the Indian Ocean tsunami to $350 million, a tenfold boost from the commitment it made earlier this week.
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MEDAN, Indonesia -- President Bush announced a tenfold increase in US aid to tsunami victims yesterday, pledging $350 million, as relief supplies poured into Asia from around the world.
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NEW DELHI/JAKARTA/NEW YORK - The death toll in the tsunamis that ripped across Southeast and South Asia climbed above 24,000 on Tuesday as emergency and government officials said two days after the disaster that they feared the number of victims would
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Relief workers used  everything from helicopters to elephants to reach survivors and  shift the rubble of wrecked towns eight days after giant waves  struck Asia, triggering one of the biggest aid efforts in  history.
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As the death toll continues to climb after Sunday&#39;s epic tsunami in the Indian Ocean, worldwide relief efforts are mobilizing, including some in central Maine.
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Relief organizations arriving in Asia&#39;s isolated tsunami-hit areas to bring in much-needed food and medical supplies say the needs are even greater than at first thought.
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The massive global aid operation to help the victims of Sunday&#39;s earthquake and tsunamis in the Indian Ocean is beginning to deliver results.
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The number of victims of the  Asian tsunami needing food stands at 1.8 million and could rise  further, a United Nations official said on Sunday.
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The British government raised its pledge for aid to the tsunami disaster to 96 million dollars, more than tripling its offer from a day earlier, the Department for International Development said.
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LONDON : The British government on Thursday raised its pledge for aid to the tsunami disaster to 96 million dollars, more than tripling its offer from a day earlier, the Department for International Development said.
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More aid from the international community poured into tsunami-devastated south Asian coastal nations on Wednesday as death toll from the catastrophe climbed toover 65,000 and concerns grew over epidemic outbreaks.
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The international community has pledged more than &#36;250 million in emergency aid for victims of the tsunami that devastated coastlines from south Asia to east Africa, with planeloads of supplies leaving Britain and France on Wednesday.
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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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BANGKOK, Thailand  - Heavy rains and fresh floods  disrupted aid deliveries to Asia's tsunami-hit villages on  Sunday, just as a global $2 billion relief operation started to  kick in a week after walls of water left millions struggling to  survive.
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MARKHAM, Ont. (CP) - Canada will increase its aid beyond the &#36;80 million already announced for victims of the devastating south Asia tsunami, which not only washed away lives, but washed away divisions between countries, Prime Minister Paul Martin said Monday.