Tsunami tragedy: World leaders offer support
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US President George W Bush, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and a host of world leaders today telephoned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and offered support in the wake of the tsunami disaster.
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U.S. presidents past and present appealed to Americans on Monday to help victims of the Asian tsunami as one of the biggest aid efforts in history struggled to bring food and water to millions of desperate survivors.
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Japan will provide around $30 million in  aid to countries hit by an Indian Ocean tsunami that killed  more than 29,000 people, and will send three navy vessels to  waters off Thailand to help rescue survivors.
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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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U.S. officials held a conference call Sunday to discuss ways to aid the south Asian countries inundated by the Indian Ocean tsunami. A White House statement said aid had begun flowing to Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
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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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Armies of officials are tabulating the deaths caused by the tsunami that struck a dozen countries in Asia and Africa last weekend. The grim task is often imprecise.
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World leaders vowed on Thursday to work  more closely to help victims of the worst natural disaster in  living memory and experts warned more carnage from the Indian  Ocean tsunami may be uncovered and the death toll will climb.
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Global leaders gathering in Jakarta to  discuss the tsunami that devastated countries around the Indian  Ocean will try to draw lessons from the disaster, including  looking at a future warning system.
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One of the world's largest relief efforts is gaining momentum as countries and aid organizations make more donations of funding, supplies and personnel to areas ravaged by earthquake-triggered tsunamis.
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The world has pledged about $500 million to help tsunami survivors, relying on lessons from past disasters to expedite relief.
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With world and regional leaders meeting in Indonesia to discuss their response to the Asian tsunami disaster, papers in Germany and France attempt to gauge just how much aid is required.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin onSunday sent condolences to leaders of the Asian nations which werehit by tidal waves caused by a devastating earthquake off Indonesia&#39;s northwest coast.
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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.
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Celebrities across the globe were mobilizing to help relief efforts in countries affected by the deadly earthquake and tsunamis in southern Asia and eastern Africa.
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WASHINGTON -- Countries large and small mobilized yesterday in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunamis that spread devastation across South and Southeast Asia, but international officials said the millions of dollars in short-term assistance pledged so far fall way short of the billions needed to address one of the worst natural disasters in memory.
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World leaders are meeting in Indonesia to coordinate relief after the Indian Ocean tsunami. How long will it take the affected countries to rebuild?