US churches rush to fill void from tsunami
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Believers have raised funds and packed boxes while struggling to understand why disasters happen.
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ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN -- Desperate, homeless villagers on the tsunami-ravaged island of Sumatra mobbed American helicopters carrying aid yesterday, as the US military launched its largest operation in the region since the Vietnam War, ferrying food and other emergency relief to survivors across the disaster zone.
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Survivors prayed at mass graves and mosques Wednesday to mark the third anniversary of the Asian tsunami, while warning sirens sent hundreds fleeing beaches during a drill to test an alert network established since the disaster.
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The United States has dispatched disaster teams to the Asian countries hit hard by a massive earthquake and devastating tsunamis and is
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - 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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Families in the United States are asking about adopting children from areas devastated by the tsunami, but adoption officials say it's too early to consider bringing orphaned children into the country.
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Asian telecommunications carriers are rushing to restore service to customers in areas hit by Sunday's tsunamis and set up centers from which people can make calls at no cost.
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Pilgrims streaming into Islam's holy city for the annual hajj prayed for the 157,000 people killed in last month's tsunami that devastated southern Asia, asking God to give survivors the courage to cope.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - U.S. Navy helicopters,  unable to land in tsunami-ravaged Indonesian villages, dropped  aid Sunday to desperate crowds clamoring for the life-saving  parcels.
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Sri Lankans of all castes and creeds are pulling together to try to salvage what remains of their lives, following a series of tsunami waves that devastated coastlines across Asia.
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As the world mobilizes to provide aid for nations devastated by an earthquake, Mississippi charities and religious organizations are working to help the disaster victims.
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BOISE -- In Idaho, the phones at the Red Cross continue to ring as people look for ways to help those touched by tsunami disaster in Asia.
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International relief agencies were concentrating their efforts on countries least able to cope with what officials said Monday was &quot;unprecedented&quot; devastation wrought by tidal
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Rescuers were praying for &quot;individual miracles&quot; of survival as they combed the beaches and islands of southern Thailand on Wednesday for thousands of missing tourists and locals swept away by tidal waves.
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Anu Gopalakrishnan spoke to her mother and friends in the southeastern Indian city of Madras, but a grim uncertainty looms for many immigrant communities in the U.S. as they await word after tsunamis ravaged nine countries.
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Tsunami survivors were trying to rebuild their shattered lives on Friday as aid agencies scrambled to reach some 5 million people affected by the most wide-reaching natural disaster in living memory.
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Indonesian Christians in  tsunami-hit areas prayed in church on Sunday as life slowly  limped back to normal six days after the disaster that killed  nearly 700 people.