Tsunami Summit to Discuss Alert System, Show Support
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Global leaders gathering in Jakarta to  discuss the tsunami that devastated countries around the Indian  Ocean will try to draw lessons from the disaster, including  looking at a future warning system.
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Amid warnings of new infectious disease outbreaks, delegates to the World Health Organization&#39;s regional conference were discussing Tuesday ways to improve strategies for dealing with SARS, avian influenza and threats to food safety
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World leaders are meeting in Indonesia to coordinate relief after the Indian Ocean tsunami. How long will it take the affected countries to rebuild?
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OTTAWA (CP) - After listening to horrific accounts of death and destruction at an emergency one-day summit of southeast Asian nations in Jakarta on Thursday, International Co-operation Minister Aileen Carroll was to get a first-hand look Friday at the devastation inflicted upon the region by the Boxing Day tsunamis.
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Thousands of lives could have been spared if warnings had alerted civilians to head inland after a huge undersea earthquake in Indonesia, Asian officials said Monday.
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Indonesia plans to set up a tsunami warning system to prevent a repeat of the deaths caused by the Indian Ocean disaster.
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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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India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives issued tsunami alerts after a massive earthquake off the west coast of Indonesia&#39;s Sumatra island, officials said.
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PHUKET, Thailand  - The United Nations emerged  Saturday as a coordinator for a regional tsunami warning center  after officials from 43 nations including India, Indonesia and  Thailand failed to agree who should run it.
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World leaders gathered here for an emergency summit with the United Nations saying aid pledges since the Asian tsunami disaster were near four billion dollars as the International Monetary Fund offered one billion dollars in aid.
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LONDON, Jan 7  (IPS) - Setting up an early warning system for tsunamis is  expected to top the agenda at an  international meeting on small  island developing states taking place in Mauritius from  Sunday.
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Talks aimed at bringing together the warring parties in the conflict over the tsunami-hit Aceh province of Indonesia are to be held in Finland at the end of the week, a Finnish NGO said.
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India put coastal states and islands on alert against a ``possible&#39;&#39; repeat tsunami and asked people in low-lying areas to move to safer ground, after giant waves on Dec. 26 left more than 7,300 residents dead.
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US officials held a conference call yesterday to discuss ways to aid the south Asian countries inundated by the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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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.
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World leaders have concluded a summit in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, designed to set out priorities for dealing with Asia's tsunami disaster.
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The U.S. weather chief called Wednesday for a global surveillance system to detect and forecast disasters like tsunamis, hoping the tragedy in Asia will build the political resolve to buy and deploy equipment.