Tsunami Nations Move Quickly to Rebuild: World Bank
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Countries hit by the Asian tsunami have moved quickly into the rebuilding phase, helped by an unprecedented outpouring of aid for humanitarian relief, a senior World Bank official said on Tuesday.
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Friday it had made available up to &#36;325 million in emergency lending for tsunami relief efforts in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Maldives. The Manila-based lending institution said about &#36;175 million could be diverted from existing projects in the three countries, while up to &#36;150 million in new low-cost loans could be drawn.
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The United Nations has received $500 million in pledges of assistance for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami. Half of the total came in one chunk from the World Bank.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - Stricken countries on the  Indian Ocean worked swiftly on Wednesday to bury thousands of  bodies as experts warned disease could kill as many people as  the 68,000 already dead from the violent crush of Sunday's  tsunami.
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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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New York (VNA) - Efforts to overcome the aftermath of the quake and subsequent tsunami in South and Southeast Asia need a close coordination of global emergency relief, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said at a press briefing in New York on
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Stricken Indian Ocean nations worked swiftly on Wednesday to bury thousands of bodies as experts warned disease could kill as many people as the 60,000 already dead from the violent crush of Sunday&#39;s tsunami.
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World leaders are meeting in Indonesia to coordinate relief after the Indian Ocean tsunami. Should debt be cancelled? How long will it take the affected countries to rebuild?
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Nations agree the UN should begin work on an tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean.
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Aid agencies around the world rushed  staff, equipment and money to southern Asia where hundreds of  thousands of people were left homeless after tsunamis pummeled  coastal communities on Sunday.
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World leaders vowed on Thursday to work  together more closely to help victims of one of the worst  natural disasters in living memory as U.N. Secretary General  Kofi Annan declared they were in a "race against time."
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Aid teams rushed from Europe to southern Asian countries devastated by tidal waves Sunday, warning that anything less than an urgent response would add many more deaths to a toll already in the thousands.
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World leaders vowed on Thursday to work together more closely to help victims of one of the worst natural disasters in living memory as U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan declared they were in a "race against time."
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The international response to a  catastrophic tsunami in Asia has been quick and generous, a  senior U.N. official said on Tuesday, playing down his earlier  comments that wealthy nations were stingy.
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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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UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called on world nations to make a long-term commitment to rebuilding lives and communities shattered by the south Asia tsunami disaster.
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The United Nations rushed disaster teams to Asian countries hit by tsunami wave devastation on Sunday as governments and aid groups sent money and rescuers to answer desperate pleas for help.