On remote archipelago, villagers said desperate for water, food
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PORT BLAIR, India -- Fighting to survive without water or food since the tsunami, villagers on a remote southern Indian archipelago forbidden to outsiders are starving and desperate for humanitarian aid, survivors and officials said yesterday.
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Without water or food for six days after a tsunami, villagers on a remote southern archipelago are starving and desperate for relief to reach them, survivors and officials said today.
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Chaotic distribution of relief supplies to India's tsunami-ravaged tropical islands has sparked shortages, prompting the military to airdrop food to populations begging for succour, aid workers said.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Rescuers battled to reach survivors in stranded villages, restore basic services, and prevent the outbreak of deadly diseases across South Asia yesterday in the aftermath of a massive undersea earthquake and subsequent tsunami that ravaged the region.
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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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Homeless earthquake survivors living in rice fields and makeshift shacks begged for food and water under a blazing sun Monday as Indonesia&#039;s death toll rose to over 5,000.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Eight days on, hungry and  sick survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami waited for food and  medicine in growing desperation as a multinational aid  operation struggled to reach remote towns ravaged by the waves.
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Aftershocks continued to rattle the Andaman and Nicobar islands far off India&#39;s eastern coast, as authorities rushed drinking water, food and medicines to thousands of survivors of massive tidal waves that devoured at least
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KOLHUFUSHI ISLAND, Maldives -- Residents of this low-lying atoll are being forced to seek refuge on the sea more than a week after it destroyed their homes.
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In a cruel irony, survivors of the tsunami in South Asia whose lives were devastated by water, now need fresh water to help stave off the threat of disease.
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GONAIVES, Haiti  - More than a week after floods  devastated this impoverished Haitian city, aid workers were  struggling to bring food and clean water to thousands of  residents, some still perched on roofs.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Rescuers raced against  time to get food and water to millions of tsunami survivors on  Tuesday, struggling to clear runways and fly aid into areas  where huge waves washed away roads as well as people.
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Bodies, dirty water spreading disease. Medical supplies have started to run out and panicked residents are fighting for provisions.
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Fishermen who saw much of their seasonal fishing village swept away by the Indian Ocean tsunamis said they were too scared to return to sea, fearing a repeat of the deadly disaster.
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Aid workers trickling into Asia's  isolated tsunami-hit areas faced devastation on Thursday, with  towns and villages destroyed, countless people hunting water  and food -- and some of them growing ill or angry.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Help finally came from  the sky on Sunday for Indonesian villages washed flat by the  tsunami a week ago, but no amount of aid could stop the loss of  life.
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Marooned amid rising waters, many residents refused to leave their livestock, one of the most valuable assets in a country heavily dependent on agriculture.