Before Tsunami, World Aid Helped Armenia
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The sliding doors of the battered Soviet railroad car that Artak Akopian calls home reveal a small space almost as icy as the outdoors. The makeshift quarters are decorated by little but an old photograph of his mother, who was killed in the earthquake that devastated Armenia in December 1988.
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UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations has started organizing what it says will be the biggest relief effort the world have ever seen, to help the survivors of Sunday&#39;s tsunami.
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Aid from the UK is already helping in countries worst hit by the tsunami.
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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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Heavy rains and floods are  holding up efforts to help victims of the Asian tsunami, but  the United Nations said on Tuesday that "extraordinary  progress" was being made and the total amount of aid pledged  had risen to between $2 billion and $3 billion.
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The United States will provide $350  million in aid for victims of southern Asia's devastating  tsunami, a government official said on Friday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The world pumped aid into  the tsunami zone around south Asia on Friday in a frantic race  to save millions of survivors from dehydration and disease, and  stop a terrifying death count from climbing.
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The United States will provide $350  million in aid for victims of Asia's devastating tsunami, a  government official said on Friday.
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The United States upped its tsunami relief aid tenfold Friday as the world's ships and planes converged on devastated shores. Bottlenecks of supplies built up, fears of epidemics grew, and in an echo of 9/11's aftermath, people at a Thai resort scoured a bulletin board of 4,000 photos in search of the dead and missing.
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Countries across the globe were yesterday responding to the massive tsunami catastrophe in south Asia as United Nations officials warned that it would require the world&#39;s biggest ever aid
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U.S. officials held a conference call Sunday to discuss ways to aid the south Asian countries inundated by the Indian Ocean tsunami. A White House statement said aid had begun flowing to Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
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BANGKOK, Thailand  - Heavy rains and fresh floods  disrupted aid to Asia's tsunami-hit villages Sunday as the U.N.  refugee agency started a 400-tonairlift as part of a $2 billion  relief operation to save millions struggling to survive.
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Governments and individuals across the world were digging into their pockets on Thursday to help the millions of victims of the killer waves that struck southern Asia, as the UN said well over one billion dollars would be needed.
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Haunting images of the tsunami's aftermath attracted both aid and criticism.
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Thousands of people were killed and millions made homeless by recent tsunamis in southeastern Asia. The American Red Cross has set up a disaster relief fund.
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Australia has more than tripled its emergency aid to Asian nations stricken by the tsunami disaster, adding 25 million dollars (19.5 million US) to an initial pledge of 10 million dollars.
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Aid poured into the regions stricken by the Indian Ocean earthquake and the ensuing tsunamis on Thursday as governments and relief agencies mustered their forces to airlift supplies and personnel.