Emergency aid in action
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When the Asian tsunami struck, several charities and relief agencies mobilised an emergency plan of action to help the tens of thousands of victims left homeless by the disaster.
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The relief effort moves in fits and starts in 11 nations where infrastructure has been destroyed and disease looms. By Chris Brummitt / Associated Press.
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ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN -- Desperate, homeless villagers on the tsunami-ravaged island of Sumatra mobbed American helicopters carrying aid yesterday, as the US military launched its largest operation in the region since the Vietnam War, ferrying food and other emergency relief to survivors across the disaster zone.
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Scottish aid agencies join the international effort to bring help to the thousands affected by the tsunami across Asia.
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The global Red Cross issued an emergency  appeal Sunday for immediate aid to hundreds of thousands of  people stricken by the tsunamis in South-East Asia.
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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.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 6 (IPS) - Preventive and reconstruction aid to the Asian  countries hit by the tsunami will top the agenda at an emergency  meeting of EU foreign, health and development ministers Friday.
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LONDON : Governments and humanitarian organisations around the world scrambled to offer aid and technical help Sunday after the devastating quake and tidal waves that killed thousands of people in southern Asia.
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World leaders gathered here for an emergency summit with the United Nations saying aid pledges since the Asian tsunami disaster were near four billion dollars as the International Monetary Fund offered one billion dollars in aid.
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on  Friday it had made available up to $325 million in emergency  lending for tsunami relief efforts in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and  Maldives. The Manila-based lending institution said about $175  million could be diverted from existing projects in the three  countries, while up to $150 million in new low-cost loans could  be drawn.
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The global Red Cross issued an emergency  appeal for immediate aid to hundreds of thousands of people  stricken by tsunamis that pummeled coastal communities in  southern Asia on Sunday.
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New Delhi, Dec 26 Two Emergency Medical Relief Teams have been rushed to Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry and Andhra Pradesh while the government has set up an Emergency Control Room to give the latest information about the situation in the Tsunami-affected states
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Emergency supplies from the Red Crescent in Iraq have arrived in the Fallujah. It&#39;s the first batch of humanitarian aid transported to Fallujah since the US forces launched
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Aid began trickling through to survivors across the earthquake and tsunami-battered Indian Ocean today, but tons of emergency supplies continued to pile up at some overstretched airports as the death toll continued its inexorable rise.
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Emergencies responded to quickly beat targets but concern remains over  patients waiting to be taken to A&E.
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[World News]: London, Dec 26 : The European Union today announced euro three million (USD 4 million) in emergency aid in response to the crisis triggered by the tidal waves in the Indian Ocean and set up a team to monitor the situation.
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