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MDP Pledges To House Tsunami Victims Within A Year: "The largest opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), the first political party to officially unveil policies ahead of the country’s first multiparty polls, has pledged to house all 5,000 tsunami victims in a year.Part of a housing policy unveiled today, presidential candidate Mohamed Nasheed (Anni) revealed plans to privatise the housing

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In Asia » Blog Archive » From Thailand: Hundreds of Tsunami Survivors Receive Legal Identification: "From Thailand: Hundreds of Tsunami Survivors Receive Legal IdentificationThailandOver 200 new identification cards were distributed by Governor Kanjana Keeman to Thai citizens at a ceremony held in Ranong province on Tuesday, March 25th. The new I.D. card holders are participants of a major

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FACTBOX-Tsunami donations around $12 billion | Environment | Reuters: "SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Government and multilateral agencies have pledged around $7 billion in aid for nations hit by the December 26 earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean, while global private donations amount to around $5 billion."

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The Jakarta Post - Indonesia thanks world for post-tsunami aid: "Indonesia thanks world for post-tsunami aidWhen the deadly tsunami devastated Aceh and Nias in 2004, the global response was unprecedented. Millions of people -- from children to senior citizens -- donated huge amounts of money and goods to tsunami victims."

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Aid Efforts Continue Well After Devastating 2004 Tsunami | Asian Tribune: "Aid Efforts Continue Well After Devastating 2004 Tsunami Tue, 2007-10-30 13:38 Asian Tribune carries the following account appeared in the United States Department of State web portal on Monday, 29 October USINFO giving details of what has been done to bring relief to the Tsunami devastated nations in the Indian Ocean and

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SRI LANKA: Not All Tsunami Reconstruction Is Equal: "SRI LANKA: Not All Tsunami Reconstruction Is EqualBy Amantha PereraCredit:Brennon Jones/IRINDisplaced families near Jaffna town, many have only one meal a day.COLOMBO, Jul 26 (IPS) - It has been 30 months since the waves struck the coasts of Sri Lanka in the morning hours of Dec. 26, 2004. Since then, in a pattern that has become symbolic of

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Aust pledges $2m tsunami relief to Solomons. 02/04/2007. ABC News Online: "Aust pledges $2m tsunami relief to SolomonsAustralia will give up to $2 million to help the Solomon Islands recover from today's earthquake and tsunami.Aircraft from the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) are being used to assess the damage in the area."

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The Electric New Paper, Singapore - The Electric New Paper News: "WHEN Miss Frieda Chan returned from a week-long trip to Sri Lanka two years ago, she checked herself into a chalet on Sentosa - alone.There, she cried for three days.The 31-year-old is a social worker.She was so moved by the stories of loss and grief she had heard from the victims of the tsunami disaster that she needed some time

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:: Daily Mirror - FINANCIAL TIMES ::: "he government will be seeking unconditional support from the donor community at today’s Sri Lanka Development Forum 2007 opening in Galle.Deputy Finance Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said on Saturday the government is not ready to accept any conditions placed on them by the donor community.On the other hand he stated that the 10 year plan outlined by

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Indian tsunami victims sold their kidneys to survive | Society | SocietyGuardian.co.uk: "Police in southern India are investigating reports that poverty-stricken survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami sold their kidneys because of the slow pace of rehabilitation after the disaster. Up to 150 people, mainly women around the coastal city of Chennai, in Tamil Nadu, are believed to have sold their

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THERECORD.COM | INSIDER | Red Cross helping to rebuild lives of tsunami victims: "Canadians' donations to the Canadian Red Cross continue to make a tremendous difference for those whose lives were devastated by the tsunami of December 26, 2004. The Canadian Red Cross is committed to providing emergency relief and long-term rehabilitation, which is expected to take at least five years."

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Commentary: A Tsunami Of A Problem - The Post Chronicle: "A Tsunami Of A ProblemBy Nathan TaborJan 8, 2007Try to remember that time not so long ago when celebrities were flooding the airwaves, begging for help for victims of the tsunami. Only the most heartless of Americans could have possibly turned down those impassioned appeals.Now comes word from the BBC that half of the billions of dollars

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e-Gov - Home - GIO-initiated relief fund shows results in tsunami-hit nations: "GIO-initiated relief fund shows results in tsunami-hit nationsCheng Wen-tsang, head of the Government Information Office, said on Tuesday at a press conference that the 'Hope for Tomorrow, Love from Taiwan' care and assistance program carried out by the GIO is nearly 60 percent complete, and that the entire program

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Bill Clinton - Recovering From Tragedy - washingtonpost.com: "Recovering From TragedyLessons of Tsunami Reconstruction After Two YearsBy Bill ClintonTuesday, December 26, 2006; Page A25Today marks two years since the 2004 tsunami unleashed untold suffering and devastation upon Indian Ocean coastal communities. The tragic toll still resonates: more than 200,000 dead; 2 million people displaced;

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Moving on, two years after the Asian tsunami - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune: "BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: 'This is it,' said Safrial, a carpenter, to his two young sons when a towering tsunami of black water rushed toward them two years ago. 'This is the end of the world.'For most people who lived around him it was; and today Safrial, 45, hammers and sweats in the sun in a

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Telegraph | News | Britain is slowest to pay out tsunami aid: "The British Government has the worst record for honouring pledges to help to rebuild the area worst affected by the Boxing Day tsunami, it emerged yesterday."

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The return of stinginess - Editorials/Op-Ed - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper: "The tsunami which struck South and Southeast Asia two years ago next Tuesday, killing approximately 220,000, seems to be off the minds of many governments. As the BBC reported this week, several countries have given only a small fraction of their tsunami-aid pledges. Communist China pledged $301 million to

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Tsunami fund failures - The Herald: "Post this article to:Del.icio.us :: Newsvine :: NowPublic :: Reddit :: Yahoo Copyright © 2006 Newsquest (Herald & Times) Limited. All Rights Reserved Sitemap :: Circulation :: Syndication :: Advertising :: About Us :: Terms of Use Some talked of a double tsunami: first the deathly wall of water that bore down on 12 countries around the Indian Ocean on

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BBC NEWS | Programmes | Newsnight Home | Tsunami funds languish in banks: "Tsunami funds languish in banksBy Meirion JonesProducer, BBC NewsnightPeople in temporary housing in Sri Lanka two years after the tsunamiMany in Sri Lanka remain in temporary housing two years onNearly two years after the devastating tsunami in South East Asia, most of the donations given to help the survivors are still

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Agencies Under Fire for Tsunami Failures - Forbes.com: "The tsunami of 2004 triggered the biggest humanitarian response in history, feeding the hungry, heading off epidemics and engendering the hope that out of a calamity that took 216,000 lives, a better Indian Ocean rim would emerge."

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St. Paul Pioneer Press | 08/27/2006 | Digging deep for tsunami relief: "Digging deep for tsunami reliefThanks to Minnesota donors, a Sri Lankan village will get a community centerBY BRIAN BONNERPioneer PressWhile the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami is a receding memory, the rebuilding goes on in Sri Lanka and other countries with Dakota County residents and other Minnesotans remaining in the thick of

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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Spanish design for Thai memorial: "Spanish design for Thai memorialThe Spaniards will see their design constructed in 2008A Spanish design has been chosen for a tsunami memorial to be built in Thailand.The design, which is entitled Mountain of Remembrance, and beat out four other bids from Finland, China, Australia and the United States.The memorial will include five 30-

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Indonesia says received $5.9b in tsunami aid. 03/05/2006. ABC News Online: "Indonesia says received $5.9b in tsunami aidInternational donors have made good on $A5.9 billion in aid pledges to rebuild Indonesian areas damaged in the Indian Ocean tsunami, the government's planning minister said on Wednesday.On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.15 earthquake - the biggest in four decades - triggered a

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Zee News - European Commission pledges 145.75 mn euros for Nias, Aceh: "European Commission pledges 145.75 mn euros for Nias, Aceh Jakarta, Apr 26: The European Commission has signed the second commitment agreement to provide multi donor fund worth 117.5 million euros to finance post-earthquake and tsunami reconstruction efforts at the Nias and Aceh provinces of Indonesia. "

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Conservation Frontlines: CI Helps Tsunami Victims to Help Themselves: "CI Helps Tsunami Survivors Replant, Rebuild, and RestoreSusie Ellis, Vice President of CI's Indonesia and Philippines ProgramBanda Aceh, Indonesia (March 16, 2006): As our CI leadership team flew into this provincial capital last December for my third visit since the tsunami, it was hard to believe that almost a year had

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