Tigers receptive to rapprochement over tsunami relief
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KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka, Dec 30  - Tamil Tiger rebels Thursday left the door open for cooperation with their warring partner, the Sri Lankan government, on tsunami relief operations.
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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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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Indonesia looked forward  to debt relief from rich nations and promised on Wednesday to  crack down on anyone caught pocketing tsunami aid money.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Humbled by the tsunami disaster, political leaders on both sides of the conflict in this devastated nation say they feel a renewed obligation to find a peaceful settlement to the long-running civil war between the government and the Tamil separatist group that controls most of the country's northeast.
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Wildlife officials in Sri Lanka expressed surprise Wednesday that they found no evidence of large-scale animal deaths from the weekend's massive tsunami &#151; indicating that animals may have sensed the wave coming and fled to higher ground.
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The international response to a catastrophic tsunami in Asia has been quick and generous, a senior UN official said yesterday, playing down his earlier comments that wealthy nations were stingy.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Indonesia offered talks  with separatist rebels in tsunami-hit Aceh province on  Wednesday, hoping to calm security fears for foreign relief  workers helping the disaster's victims.
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The dog might be man&#39;s best friend, but the world&#39;s favourite animal is the tiger, according to an international survey published today.
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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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India have opened a national wildlife crime prevention bureau aimed at intensifying a difficult fight against the poaching of tigers and other endangered species, officials said.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - Long-running rebellions cast a  shadow on Sunday over relief efforts in Indonesia and Sri  Lanka, nations badly struck by the tsunami two weeks ago.
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Skin and bones of endangered Sumatran tigers are sold openly in parts of Indonesia for traditional medicine and jewelry despite bans, a trend that could mean the big cats' eventual extinction, a conservation group warned Wednesday.
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Three tsunami aid workers in Indonesia are buoyed by the courage of survivors as they help in the recovery.
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The United Nations envoy on Myanmar said Tuesday he was "encouraged" by Indian pledges to support efforts to resolve the crisis in its military-ruled neighbour.
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Elephants emerged safer and tigers won a vote of support, but sharks and corals failed to win protection at a two-week wildlife trade conference that ended Friday.
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Southeast Asian nations pledged Monday to work together to help the region's tourism industry recover from last month's tsunami, and launch a marketing drive to woo tourists back.
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Frankfurt (IANS) Moved by images they have seen on television during the past week, Germans have responded in unprecedented measure to calls by politicians and churches to donate for tsunami victims across ...