UK leads world quake aid effort
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Britain is leading the drive to raise money for the Asian tsunami victims, with public donations of up to Â£1m an hour.
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Experts travel to Sri Lanka to join the aid efforts after giant waves triggered by an earthquake hit the region.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has made a substantial donation to aid efforts for victims of the tsunami disaster in Asia, royal officials said.
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The international community pledged more relief efforts for tsunami-devastated South and Southeast Asian countries Thursday as the death toll from the worst earthquake and tsunamis climbed to over 115,000. UN ...
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Prime Minister Tony Blair called for a long-term effort from the international community to help overcome the tsunami tragedy in Asia which he said was a "global catastrophe".
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Britain's treasury chief called Thursday for half a trillion dollars in new aid for poor nations, particularly in Africa, a continent where Prime Minister Tony Blair said a tsunami-scale death toll happens every week.
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Governments around the world, as well as non-profit organizations, are pledging support for victims of Sunday&#39;s massive earthquake and resulting tsunamis that have affected more than a million
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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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WASHINGTON -- Humanitarian groups and governments across the globe launched the largest relief effort in history Tuesday in a desperate race to save thousands of tsunami survivors facing a new threat from deadly diseases.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for international coordination in response to the devastation caused by the &quot;terrible catastrophe&quot; in southeast Asia,pledging Britain
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The international community has pledged more than $250 million in emergency aid for victims of the tsunami that devastated coastlines from south Asia to east Africa, with planeloads of supplies leaving Britain ...
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Countries hit by the Asian tsunami have moved quickly into the rebuilding phase, helped by an unprecedented outpouring of aid for humanitarian relief, a senior World Bank official said on Tuesday.
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International aid efforts got under way today, with private, government and UN aid teams heading to southern Asian countries devastated by tidal waves after the region was rocked by the world - s most powerful ...
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World leaders who met Thursday at an emergency tsunami summit pushed to give the United Nations the central coordinating role for humanitarian relief and agreed to work toward the development of a regional early warning system for future tsunamis.
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LONDON, Jan 4 (IPS) - There is nothing quite like a calamity to bring the   best out of the British. Over the last two days British people  have been  donating something like two million dollars an hour  for people hit by the  tsunami.
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British charities announced on Thursday that they have so far raised 15 million pounds (about 28.9 million US dollars) in aid for Asian tsunami victims.
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THE British government today raised its pledge for aid to the tsunami disaster to Â£50 million ($124.22 million), up Â£35 million ($86.96 million) from yesterday, the Department for International Development said.