U.S. Steps Up Aid Missions in Indonesia
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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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A Virginia-based missionary group said this week that it has airlifted 300 "tsunami orphans" from the Muslim province of Banda Aceh to Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, where it plans to raise them in a Christian children's home.
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The United States plans to increase  its aid to victims of Asia's devastating tsunami to $350  million from $35 million, CNN reported on Friday.
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Indonesia will increase the amount of money it spends on fighting AIDS by 75 percent over the next three years, with the major focus on hardest-hit Papua province, the welfare minister said.
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International relief efforts  picked up on Tuesday for survivors of the earthquake that  killed more than 5,000 people on Indonesia&#039;s Java island, but  many victims complained that vital aid was not reaching them.
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International relief efforts  picked up on Tuesday for survivors of the earthquake that  killed more than 5,700 people on Indonesia&#039;s Java island, but  many victims complained that vital aid was not reaching them.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - President Bush said U.S.  aid efforts after Asia's killer tsunami would improve the U.S.  image in the Muslim world as fears receded that diseases and  infections could kill many thousands of survivors.
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Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz flew across the devastated wasteland along the Sumatran coast Saturday, voiced pride in the American aid operation but said Washington wants to hand over relief work to Indonesia and other affected nations as soon as possible.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Jan. 15 -- U.S. military commanders in South Asia said Saturday that they had nearly completed emergency relief missions in the tsunami-battered areas of Thailand and Sri Lanka and could withdraw the bulk of American troops within two weeks. But the devastated western coast of Indonesia could need foreign military assistance for some time, they said.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia  - The United States Monday  announced $468 million in aid to Indonesia, the world's most  populous Muslim nation, earmarking part of it to improve  Islamic schools, which have been blamed for encouraging  fundamentalism.
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The United States has received official requests for help from five of the 11 countries hit by the tsunami in the Indian Ocean. The State Department said so far the governments of Indonesia, Maldives, Somalia
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U.S. forces prepared to start winding down their huge tsunami relief effort while donors pledged &#36;1.7 billion to help badly hit Indonesia recover from a calamity which cost 226,000 lives across Asia.
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U.S. Marines joined an international effort to deliver aid and medical care to nearly 650,000 Indonesians displaced by a devastating earthquake, as hopes faded of finding more survivors.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia's defense minister urged the United States yesterday to ease restrictions on military relations between the nations and to help train Indonesian military leaders, reaching out during the period of cooperation that has emerged after the devastating tsunami last month.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz flew across the devastated Sumatran coast yesterday and expressed pride in the US aid operation, but said Washington wants to hand over relief work to Indonesia and other affected nations as soon as possible.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said yesterday that American aid to the stricken Indian Ocean region and other foreign assistance programs can help turn the developing world away from terrorism and thus strengthen US security.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and  world leaders arrived in Jakarta Wednesday to try to deal with  Asia's tsunami crisis and a $2.3 billion humanitarian relief  operation, the biggest since World War II.