U.N. Chief Says Aceh Devastation Worst He Seen
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - U.N. Secretary General  Kofi Annan flew over the ravaged landscape of Indonesia's  tsunami-hit Aceh province on Friday and asked "Where are the  people?" as Jakarta sharply raised its death toll.
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Secretary General Kofi Annan cut short his vacation and returned to New York on Wednesday to oversee the United Nations' extensive relief effort in Southeast Asia as the region's death toll topped 76,000.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Secretary of State Colin  Powell voiced shock at the devastation of tsunami-hit Asia  Wednesday, saying it was more horrible than the war he had  witnessed in his decades as a soldier.
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Areas hit by the Asian tsunami could take up to 10 years to recover, UN secretary general Kofi Annan warns.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Saturday he will visit tsunami-devastated Indonesia to work with regional leaders to help coordinate aid and relief efforts on the ground.
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Sudan's conflict-ridden Darfur region  faces a humanitarian "catastrophe" without rapid action to  improve the security situation and allow aid flow to those in  need, the head of the U.N.'s refugee agency said on Friday.
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The UN emergency relief agency is struggling to respond to a natural disaster that has brought death and destruction to at least eight countries.
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Tens of thousands of people have  probably died in Indonesia's western Sumatra and Aceh Province  or will perish before relief workers can reach them, a senior  U.N. official said Monday.
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Sudan's conflict-ridden Darfur region   faces a humanitarian "catastrophe" without rapid action to   improve the security situation and allow aid flow to those in   need, the head of the U.N.'s refugee agency said on Friday.
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U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the world on Tuesday to learn from the killer Asian tsunami, saying spending now could limit the loss of life and damage from inevitable natural disasters.
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The U.N. secretary general said that most Middle East leaders believe the invasion of Iraq and its consequences have been catastrophic for the region.
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The U.N. secretary general toured the tsunami-battered Indonesian island, where 4,000 more bodies were pulled from the rubble.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Indonesia's military and  rebels traded accusations in tsunami-ravaged Aceh province, as  the world promised to build an early-warning system that may  save lives in any repeat of the Indian Ocean disaster.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Secretary of State Colin  Powell saw the devastation of tsunami-hit Asia on Wednesday and  found it more horrible than the war he had witnessed during  decades as a soldier.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Secretary of State Colin  Powell flew over the worst scenes of devastation from Asia's  tsunami Wednesday and said it was more horrifying than wars he  had witnessed during decades as a soldier.
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Vice President Yusuf Kalla warned of massive carnage when rescue workers reached isolated areas of troubled Aceh province on the island of Sumatra.
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BBC's Rachel Harvey visits the devastation in Banda Aceh in western Indonesia, the closest land to the epicentre of the quake.