Aid Gives Tsunami Victims Ray of New Year Hope
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The world poured money  into tsunami-battered Asia 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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Countries around the globe have stepped forward with pledges of cash and assistance to the victims of the southern Asian earthquake and tsunami disaster.
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International organisation and countries are poring in relief and over $500 million have already been pledged. This includes $250 million for tsunami relief offered by the World Bank on Thursday.
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The International Monetary Fund is to offer up to $1bn in financial assistance to each nation affected by the Asian tsunami.
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People worldwide opened their hearts and wallets on Thursday to give millions of dollars to the victims of Asia&#39;s tsunamis, jamming phone lines and web sites and outpacing their own governments in their generosity.
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The US announces a big boost to funds to aid survivors of tsunamis that claimed more than 124,000 lives.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Refugees in Indonesia's  tsunami-devastated Aceh province woke up on New Year's Day to a  depressing rain, but there were signs that critically needed  aid was finally starting to reach them.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The hungry scavenged for  food and water and the wounded flooded hospitals in Indonesia's  Aceh Wednesday, as a global relief effort staggered to help  survivors of the tsunami catastrophe.
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One of the world's largest relief efforts is gaining momentum as countries and aid organizations make more donations of funding, supplies and personnel to areas ravaged by earthquake-triggered tsunamis.
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SYDNEY - Normally exuberant New Year celebrations were tempered by thoughts for victims of south Asiaâs tsunami as several major cities cancelled parties and Australia led a global minute of silence.
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Thousands of partygoers showed up for this sleepy island's annual New Year's Eve bash that is the talk of the Caribbean, swelling the population twentyfold. But this year the merriment came under the shadow of the Asian tsunami.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Eight days on, hungry and  sick survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami are waiting for food  and medicine in growing desperation as a multinational aid  operation tries to reach remote towns ravaged by the waves.
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The tsunami disaster has triggered a popular response worldwide that has raised hundreds of millions of dollars in aid, from inmates pledging funds behind bars and children selling their Christmas presents.
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Pope John Paul ushered in the New Year with special prayers for the victims of the Asian tsunami on Saturday, the Catholic Church's World Day of Peace.
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Organisations, companies and individuals have all responded generously to the call for aid to help the survivors of the tsunamis in Asia.
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International relief efforts  picked up on Tuesday for survivors of the earthquake that  killed more than 5,000 people on Indonesia&#039;s Java island, but  many victims complained that vital aid was not reaching them.
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Relief efforts are under way around the northern rim of the Indian Ocean, where tsunamis devastated low-lying villages and towns Sunday, killing thousands.