Tsunami Adoption Efforts Thwarted, for Now
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The U.S. State Department has ruled out, for now, the adoption of children from countries devastated by the tsunami disaster.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Aid agencies have  prevented disease spreading through Indonesia's  tsunami-stricken Aceh, but the threat remained strong, the  United Nations said Friday as doctors reported children dying  from pneumonia.
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PHUKET, Thailand  - Officials from dozens of Asian  nations including India, Indonesia and Thailand failed on  Friday to agree who should run a regional tsunami warning  system, officials said, dashing hopes for its quick  establishment.
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LONDON, Jan 6 (IPS) - World leaders need to cancel debts of poor tsunami-   hit countries rather than just freeze them for now, leading  campaigners  say.
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The fact that the tsunami happened at the peak of tourist season could deter others from coming in the future. Other countries weren&#39;t hit as hard.
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Aid agencies struggled on Tuesday to  cope with the enormity of the Asian tsunami disaster which has  killed more than 28,000, with the International Red Cross  saying it may have to treble its appeal for funds.
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Aid agencies struggled on Tuesday to  cope with the scale of the Asian tsunami disaster which has  killed more than 38,000 people, with the International Red  Cross saying it may have to treble its appeal for funds.
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Global efforts to assist victims  of the Indian Ocean tsunami are zeroing in on isolated parts of  Sumatra where hundreds of thousands of people may still need  emergency aid, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - A helicopter crash and a  powerful tremor in Indonesia hindered relief operations on  Monday for the millions of victims of the tsunami and  earthquake that rocked Asia more than two weeks ago.
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International aid organizations rushed yesterday to respond to the tsunami that left thousands dead in Asia, hindered by telephone lines knocked out by the floodwaters or clogged with calls.
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Aid agencies have prevented disease spreading through Indonesia's tsunami-stricken Aceh, but the threat remained strong, the United Nations said Friday as doctors reported children dying from pneumonia.
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An evangelical Christian charity has  dropped plans to settle 50 Muslim children orphaned by the  Asian tsunami in a Christian-run home after the Indonesian  government blocked the move, the group said on Thursday.
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NEW DELHI -- India's government again put aside private aid groups' urgent requests yesterday to help tsunami survivors on the devastated Andaman and Nicobar Islands, saying a decision would be made after five days.
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Well said...   "These powerful and well-funded political Christian fundamentalist organizations appear to be suffering from a compassion deficit. Organizations which are amazingly quick to organize to fight against same-sex marriage, a woman's right to choose, and embryonic stem cell research are missing in action when it comes to responding to the disaster in southern Asia. None of their web sites are actively soliciting aid for the victims of the earthquake/tsunami."  "In fact, there is no mention of the giant earthquake and tsunami that devastated southern Asia. There are no headlines about the dead, injured or the tremendous damage; there are no urgent appeals for donations; there are  ...
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Jan. 22 -- A lone tsunami survivor has been rescued from a remote Indian island, officials said Saturday, a rare moment of hope in the Indian Ocean since the giant waves struck on Dec. 26.
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Global efforts to assist victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami are zeroing in on isolated parts of Sumatra where hundreds of thousands of people may still need emergency aid, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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A mass innoculation drive and adequate clean drinking water has so far prevented the outbreak of an epidemic in the district of India worst-hit by killer tsunamis, doctors said.