Tsunami leaves up to 5 mln needing urgent help-UN
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Up to five million people have been left without the resources for daily life by the Indian Ocean tsunami, lacking either water, food or basic sanitation, a senior UN official said on Wednesday.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday the international community has pledged anddisbursed around 500 million US dollars for relief efforts in tsunami-hit
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Nearly 800,000 people will need some form of food assistance in Indonesia's Aceh province as it recovers from the devastating Dec. 26 tsunami, the head of the U.N.'s food aid agency in the region said Monday.
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Countries hit by the Asian tsunami disaster could take up to 10 years to recover, the UN's Kofi Annan warns.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Logistical problems hampered a massive humanitarian relief operation along Asia&#39;s devastated shores as the death toll from a huge earthquake and killer tidal waves surged past 55,000.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The United Nations put  the latest death toll in Asia's tsunami at around 150,000 and  warned it could still soar as relief workers were confronted by  huge devastated areas without roads, bridges and airstrips.
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The UN warns of an epidemic as the number of tsunami and quake deaths soars above 55,000 and thousands remain missing. BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA -- Desperate refugees foraged for coconuts or looted food on Indonesia&#39;s
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The United Nations is sending special teams to Asia to help after the tsunami disaster which the head of UNICEF said had wielded "staggering" power.
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An estimated 30,000 to 50,000 Somalis  need immediate relief aid in coastal towns devastated by waves  whipped up by an earthquake in Asia, the United Nations said on  Wednesday.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan said yesterday that the United Nations had received pledges of $500 million to pay for emergency assistance to victims of the south Asia earthquake and tsunami.
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UNITED NATIONS  - The United Nations rushed disaster teams to Asian countries worst hit by the tsunami wave devastation as governments and aid groups sent money and emergency specialists to answer desperate pleas for help.
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A top UN humanitarian official said that billions of dollars of damage had been caused by the Asian tsunami disaster and that it now required the biggest relief operation ever to help the victims.
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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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An estimated 30,000 to 50,000 Somalis need immediate relief aid in coastal towns devastated by waves whipped up by an earthquake in Asia, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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UNITED NATIONS  - The United Nations said that the biggest disaster relief operation ever staged would be needed for the Asian tsunami victims as medicines and other emergency supplies started pouring into the worst hit zones.
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The United Nations has sentexperts to help with rescue and relief work in Indonesia, India and other Asian countries stricken by powerful earthquakes and tidal waves, a UN spokesman said on Sunday.
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The United Nations has received $500 million in pledges of assistance for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami. Half of the total came in one chunk from the World Bank.