Indonesia Acts to Protect Tsunami Orphans
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To prevent child trafficking, officials and schoolteachers are taking actions to stop smugglers from taking advantage of chaos.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Many desperate families  in Indonesia's Aceh province are turning to traditional magic  men to learn the fate of loved ones still missing more than six  weeks after the Asian tsunami.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Indonesia's tsunami  cleanup paused for prayer on Friday as President Susilo Bambang  Yudhoyono joined survivors crowding mosques in ravaged Aceh  province for an Islamic festival.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary General Kofi Annan said yesterday he will visit tsunami-devastated Indonesia to work with regional leaders to help coordinate aid and relief efforts on the ground. Annan said he will attend a regional meeting there Thursday. Asked how long he thought the reconstruction would take, Annan replied: "It will differ from country to country, but my own ...
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Children displaced, often orphaned, by tsunami, earthquakes and other disasters made last year a particularly sordid one for their exploitation as cheap labor or sexual victims, the government said Wednesday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Worries about corruption,  militant attacks and the missionary work of religious groups  blighted the effort to aid tsunami victims in Indonesia's Aceh,  but workers in the devastated province were undaunted.
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Global efforts to assist victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami are zeroing in on isolated parts of Sumatra where hundreds of thousands of people may still need emergency aid, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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The U.N. children's agency said Friday the rush to declare children orphans in tsunami-hit areas is premature and all efforts must focus on reuniting youngsters with their families.
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U.S. aid helicopters stepped up missions on Tuesday to Indonesia's tsunami-hit Aceh province, expanding help to millions affected by the giant wave that killed 175,000 around the Indian Ocean.
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Indonesia's military asked aid groups in tsunami-stricken areas Monday to draw up a list of international relief workers &#151; and to report on their movements &#151; as fears arose for the safety of foreigners helping survivors in a region wracked by rebellion long before the waves hit.
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WASHINGTON -- The youngest victims of the Asian tsunami waves may be homeless, traumatized, and possibly orphaned, but they are not yet candidates for adoption in the United States, the State Department said yesterday.
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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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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- The last time Amiruddin saw his shy 7-year-old daughter was three weeks ago when the tsunami snatched her away.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Indonesia said on  Thursday restrictions on aid workers in Aceh were only for  their own safety and denied the rules would hinder  international relief operations in the province devastated by  last month's tsunami.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- As relief officials struggle to reach homeless tsunami survivors, another concern is quietly making the rounds of donor meetings: the threat of corruption.
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International bodies and donor nations meet in Jakarta to discuss responses to the tsunami crisis.
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Global efforts to assist victims  of the Indian Ocean tsunami are zeroing in on isolated parts of  Sumatra where hundreds of thousands of people may still need  emergency aid, the United Nations said on Thursday.