BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Jan 1, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- A 35-member Chinese rescue team arrived late Friday in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh that was devastated when an off-shore earthquake...
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South Asia: Singapore offers use of hospitals for tsunami injured
Singapore (dpa) - Singapore offered the use of its hospitals and medical facilities on Sunday to those injured in the tsunami disaster and expressed willingness to beef up medical facilities in the...
Bangladesh + 9 more
South Asia: Massive relief efforts hampered by lack of coordination
Thousands of survivors of the tsunami disaster in Asia continued to wait for emergency relief Saturday as lack of coordination and difficult conditions slowed down international aid efforts. ...
Somalia + 9 more
Earthquake and Tsunami - Situation map #4
Please refer to the attached Map.
Bangladesh + 9 more
Asia: Earthquake and Tsunamis - Appeal No. 28/2004 Operations Update No. 5
The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are...
Sri Lanka + 5 more
American Red Cross response to Southern Asia disaster - Operational guidance and information as of 01/01/05
WASHINGTON, Saturday, January 1, 2005 Overall operational information Nine American Red Cross workers currently in or en-route to affected areas (Sri Lanka, Maldives, Indonesia and India) with...
Indonesia + 1 more
Bilan J+6 de l'intervention d'Action Contre la Faim en Asie du sud
Présente en Asie du Sud depuis de nombreuses années, Action contre la Faim se mobilise très fortement et a immédiatement réagi face à l'ampleur du tsunami de dimanche dernier. Face aux millions de...
Tsunami: IMC finding solutions to logistical bottlenecks in South Asia
Jakarta, January 1, 2005 - The U.S. Military has offered International Medical Corps (IMC) airlift support between the U.S. and Asia. Separately, inside Indonesia, a group of IMC's Indonesian...
Sri Lanka + 1 more
Medical volunteers bring healing and hope in Sri Lanka
Volunteer physicians, nurses and paramedics have arrived in Sri Lanka and are moving into areas affected by the tsunami disaster. Additional volunteers are in transit and will arrive on Jan. 3. Other...
Bangladesh + 11 more
Indian Ocean Earthquakes and Tsunamis Situation Report No. 12
as at 19.00 hrs 01 January 2005 Note: Updated status reports on each country, and on action taken by selected organisations, are maintained by the CHAD Operations Room and are available on request...
Bangladesh + 9 more
Appeal from the SG of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to rescue tsunami victims
The Muslim world is following with increasing sorrow and regret the impact of the destructive earthquake that hit the regions of South and Southeast Asia, causing huge human and material damage. In...
Indonesia + 3 more
UNJLC Air and Logistics Coordination South Asia Bulletin 1
The aim of this UNJLC Bulletin is to provide a first overview of Air Operations and other Logistics in the South Asia Crisis region that was affected by the Tsunami of the 26th of December 2004. You...
Bangladesh + 9 more
UN reports over $2 billion in pledges for the tsunami relief effort
With some 40 countries offering support for the victims of the tsunami disaster, over $2 billion in pledges had already been recorded for the emergency and recovery phase, a senior United Nations...
German military set up medical station in Indonesia's Aceh
Berlin (dpa) - The German Armed Forces medical service is to set up a field hospital in Aceh province to treat Indonesians injured by the December 26 tsunami or caught up by the spread of diseases...
Indonesia - Earthquake and Tsunami: OCHA Field Situation Report Update No. 7
Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (Aceh) and North Sumatra This report is developed by OCHA Office in Indonesia and based on information provided by the Department of Social Affairs, UNFPA (The United Nations...
Indonesia + 3 more
WFP's latest update on countries affected by tsunami - 01 Jan 2005
INDONESIA Two U.S. C-130 cargo planes carrying nearly WFP 10 tons of rice, biscuits and noodles flew today from the capital city Jakarta to Banda Aceh in one of the regions of Indonesia hardest hit...
Sri Lanka + 7 more
Indian Ocean tsunami disaster - Comments by Prime Minister Koizumi
Faced with the unprecedented disaster that struck Asian countries, I have decided to attend the Special ASEAN Leaders' Meeting on the Aftermath of the Earthquake and Tsunami on 6 January in Indonesia...
Sri Lanka + 1 more
Action Against Hunger increases aid delivery to South Asia
New York, January 1, 2005 -- When the Tsunami hit Sri Lanka with 50-foot waves traveling more than 1.2 miles inland, the country was already reeling from floods two weeks earlier. Over a period of 10...
Sri Lanka + 4 more
South Asia: Massive tsunami relief efforts underway
Written By Bonnie Gillespie, Staff Writer and Photographer Saturday, January 01, 2005 -- As the new year dawned, millions of tsunami survivors, who were already struggling to cope with a catastrophic...
Indonesia: NZ medical team to head to Aceh
New Zealand will contribute urgent medical assistance in response to the crisis caused by the catastrophic impact of the earthquake and tsunami in Aceh province, Indonesia, says Foreign Minister Phil...