World's biggest aid operation for devastated Asian countries
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The world's biggest-ever aid operation got into gear to help Asian countries stricken by tsunamis that smashed coastal towns leaving misery and the risk of disease in their wake.
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The largest international disaster relief effort in history shifted into high gear yesterday as aid agencies across the globe began shipping water purification kits and other supplies to survivors along the ...
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World leaders are headed to Indonesia to see first-hand the massive operation to save millions of tsunami victims as the United Nations suggested the catastrophe could end up being one of the deadliest natural disasters ever recorded.
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Aid agencies around the world rushed staff, equipment and money to southern Asia where hundreds of thousands of people were forced to flee after tsunamis pummelled coastal communities on Sunday.
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BANGKOK, Thailand  - Heavy rains and fresh floods  disrupted aid deliveries to Asia's tsunami-hit villages on  Sunday, just as a global $2 billion relief operation started to  kick in a week after walls of water left millions struggling to  survive.
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Aid agencies around the world rushed  staff, equipment and money to southern Asia where hundreds of  thousands of people were left homeless after tsunamis pummeled  coastal communities on Sunday.
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International relief agencies were concentrating their efforts on countries least able to cope with what officials said Monday was "unprecedented" devastation wrought by tidal waves and a massive earthquake that killed tens of thousands in southern Asia.
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Aid trucks loaded with food, medicines  and body bags rolled into tsunami-hit areas across Asia and  aircraft dropped supplies to cut-off villages as a huge relief  operation finally swung into gear Friday.
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International aid teams landed in Asia's tsunami-devastated villages on Wednesday in a desperate race to prevent the spread of diseases in one of the biggest catastrophe relief operations in history.
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BANGKOK, Thailand  - The massive Asian tsunami  relief operation faces absolute chaos and "a wall of  devastation" in Indonesia as well as the threat of pirates  plundering aid, relief groups struggling to help thousands in  camps said on Monday.
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A multinational force of aid workers, military aircraft and ships descended on Asia as global tsunami relief pledges topped &#36;1.36 billion, but the hundreds of tons of aid created a logistical nightmare.
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A multinational force of aid workers,  military aircraft and ships descended on Asia as global tsunami  relief pledges topped $1.36 billion, but the hundreds of tons  of aid created a logistical nightmare.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The world poured money  into tsunami-battered Asia Saturday, as aid workers, troops and  grieving locals worked frantically to bury thousands of rotting  corpses and help millions threatened by disease.
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Governments and registered aid organizations have so far pledged more than &#36;1.5 billion to aid victims of the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami. In addition, the World Bank and the Asian Bank of Development have pledged more than &#36;500 million, bringing the total for relief and reconstruction aid to more than &#36;2 billion, according to the United Nations. A look at major government pledges:
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Scottish aid agencies join the international effort to bring help to the thousands affected by the tsunami across Asia.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The world pumped aid into  the tsunami zone around south Asia on Friday in a frantic race  to save millions of survivors from dehydration and disease, and  stop a terrifying death count climbing further.
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UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations has started organizing what it says will be the biggest relief effort the world have ever seen, to help the survivors of Sunday&#39;s tsunami.