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Andaman and Nicobar island officials begin taking aid directly to tsunami victims rather than evacuating them.
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Relief operations are under way in Thailand&#39;s hard-hit resort islands, where it is feared hundreds of people have died from devastating tsunamis.
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The United Nations and other agencies offered aid and helicopters to Pakistan Monday after floods unleashed by a cyclone and days of torrential rain left 1.5 million people devastated.
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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 York, Sept. 22 (NNN): Haiti&#39;s president Boniface Alexandre on Tuesday appealed for aid to help the island nation in the aftermath of tropical storm Jeanne whose floods that have claimed nearly 700 lives and left another 1000 missing.
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Many US base officials across the Pacific are telling residents that cash donations are the best way for individuals to support relief efforts after Sundayâs massive earthquake and deadly tsunami left tens of thousands dead and millions homeless across
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Relief agencies responding to the disaster in southern Asia, Indonesia and Thailand are seeking financial support locally for their efforts.
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International aid starts to penetrate the areas worst affected by last Sunday's Indian Ocean wave.
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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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Military ships rushed to get desperately needed aid to the ravished coast of Sumatra island on Thursday, as villages strewn with bloating corpses remained isolated for a fifth day after a huge earthquake and tsunami devastated
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International organisation and countries are poring in relief and over $500 million have already been pledged. This includes $250 million for tsunami relief offered by the World Bank on Thursday.
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Medan (Indonesia), Dec. 31 : Aid began trickling through to survivors across the earthquake and tsunami-battered Indian Ocean today, but tonnes of emergency supplies continued to pile up at some overstretched airports.
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British charities have launched a mammoth aid effort for victims of the sea surges in south and east Asia.
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Foreign aid agencies  urge the authorities in the devastated Andaman islands to let them join the relief effort.
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Cargo planes touched down with promised aid Wednesday, bearing everything from lentils to water purifiers to help survivors facing the threat of epidemic after this week's quake-tsunami catastrophe. The first Indonesian military teams reached the devastated west coast of Sumatra island, finding thousands of bodies and hiking southern Asia's death toll to more than 67,000.
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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.
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U.S. officials held a conference call Sunday to discuss ways to help countries inundated by the Indian Ocean tsunami. A White House statement said aid had begun flowing to Sri Lanka and the Maldives.