After tsunami, relief begins
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As people gathered on the beaches of southern India to scatter flower petals on the sea, and began to bury the dead, nations
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International organisation and countries are poring in relief and over $500 million have already been pledged. This includes $250 million for tsunami relief offered by the World Bank on Thursday.
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When the Asian tsunami struck, several charities and relief agencies mobilised an emergency plan of action to help the tens of thousands of victims left homeless by the disaster.
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Langi Martinga, 50, a tsunami victim from the from Car Nicobar island, looks on at a relief camp in Port Blair, in India&#39;s southeastern Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2004.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Eight days after a giant  tsunami struck Asia, relief workers faced "absolute chaos" in  Indonesia's Aceh province on Monday as a $2 billion operation  to help disaster victims fought to get off the ground.
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In tsunami-ravaged Banda Aceh, Indonesia, survivors have a gritty determination to start over.
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com. A number of local relief efforts from a wide variety of local communities have sprung up around the island for victims of the Asian tsunami catastrophe.
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Rescuers battled to reach survivors in stranded villages, restore basic services and prevent the outbreak of deadly diseases across South Asia on Tuesday in the aftermath of a massive undersea earthquake and subsequent tsunami that ravaged the region.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - A legion of ships and  planes delivered aid to millions of Asian tsunami survivors on  Saturday as New Year celebrations around the world paused to  mourn victims of one of the worst disasters in living memory.
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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.
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BANGKOK, Thailand  - Heavy rains and fresh floods  disrupted aid to Asia's tsunami-hit villages Sunday as the U.N.  refugee agency started a 400-tonairlift as part of a $2 billion  relief operation to save millions struggling to survive.
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SOLOK, Indonesia  - Aid began to flow on Wednesday to survivors of deadly earthquakes in Indonesia's West Sumatra as rescue teams searched frantically for victims who may still be trapped beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Help finally came from  the sky on Sunday for Indonesian villages in an area washed  flat by the tsunami a week ago, but it grew clearer no amount  of aid could stop more loss of life throughout the disaster  zone.
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THE international hand of help finally reached out to tsunami-devastated Asia yesterday as aftershocks put the region on nervous alert and the death toll from the Boxing Day disaster seemed certain to pass 100,000.
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The massive global aid operation to help the victims of Sunday&#39;s earthquake and tsunamis in the Indian Ocean is beginning to deliver results.
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Aid began trickling through to survivors across the earthquake and tsunami-battered Indian Ocean Friday, but tons of emergency supplies continued to pile up at some overstretched airports.
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A family displaced by Sunday&#39;s tsunami sleeps on the floor of a school converted into a relief centre in Kalmuni, Sri Lanka December 30, 2004.