TSUNAMI IMPACT:  Reconstruction to Top EU Summit
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BRUSSELS, Jan 6 (IPS) - Preventive and reconstruction aid to the Asian  countries hit by the tsunami will top the agenda at an emergency  meeting of EU foreign, health and development ministers Friday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Indonesia said on  Thursday it had buried more than 100,000 tsunami victims as  government officials and rebel leaders from devastated Aceh  province gathered in Helsinki to revive peace talks.
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At their annual summit, European Union leaders also said they wanted to strengthen the 25-nation bloc&#39;s relationship with the newly re-elected President Bush, which was deeply strained by the Iraq war.
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International aid agencies say they hope an emergency summit of world leaders in Jakarta this week will offer direction to overcome logistical problems in the fight to help tsunami victims.
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Planes dropped water on  smoldering forest fires in Greece on Friday and the European  Union promised a huge aid effort to help the recovery from the  inferno which has been burning for more than a week.
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European insurers face new costs and  travel firms could lose business after tsunami waves killed  more than 21,500 in Asia this weekend, but the financial impact  is expected to be limited compared with other disasters this  year.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 6 (IPS) - As donations for the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster  continue to rise, development experts are hoping that the  generosity shown by governments and citizens will mark a ânew  beginningâ in the fight against poverty.
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Dovuto a multinazionali e boom turistico post-tsunami
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Indonesia said Friday it would host an international tsunami summit on Jan. 6, aimed at garnering more emergency aid for the disaster hit Indian Ocean region and discuss future reconstruction needs.
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Â· PM steps up pressure ahead of EU/Africa summit Â· Portugal scrambles to salvage key meetings
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World leaders who met Thursday at an emergency tsunami summit pushed to give the United Nations the central coordinating role for humanitarian relief and agreed to work toward the development of a regional early warning system for future tsunamis.
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International bodies and donor nations meet in Jakarta to discuss responses to the tsunami crisis.
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The EU leadership issue is essential. This entity, whose powers are so extensive, needs firm leadership.
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The tsunami catastrophe in South Asia is likely to have caused economic damage of more than 10 billion euros (about $14 billion), compounding what was already the most expensive year in history for insurers, the world&#39;s
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European insurers face new costs and travel firms could lose business after tsunami waves killed more than 21,500 in Asia this weekend, but the financial impact is expected to be limited compared with other disasters this year.
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World leaders step up plans for a united response to Asian tsunamis as the 124,000 confirmed dead are mourned.
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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.