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NBC reports rice crisis in the Philippines
In Asia November 25th, 2008 | Comments (0)At Nightly News’ In-depth series about world food crisis, NBC quickly touches the effect and cause of rice problem in the Philippines.
Satellite photos show engulfed island in Indonesia
In Asia January 2nd, 2005 | Comments (0)Satellite photos show an island in Indonesia before and after the deadly waves hit the country, killing thousands of people.
Deaths could reach 120,000 on Asian tragedy
In Asia December 30th, 2004 | Comments (0)BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) – The mercilessness of Asia’s tsunami grew clearer on Thursday as worst-hit Indonesia sharply raised its death toll, taking the number of fatalities around the whole Indian Ocean region above 120,000.
– Yahoo News
More than 115,000 people are dead following Sunday’s huge earthquake that sent walls of water crashing across the Indian [...]
Tsunami-hit regions need help
In Asia December 29th, 2004 | Comments (0)“The UN has said it faces an unprecedented challenge in co-ordinating distribution of aid to some 10 nations at once,” BBC News reported. We can help. You can, or ask somebody that can, link to the sites listed below.
Command Post
American Red Cross
SEA-EAT
more links.
Tsunami toll hits 68,000, 'may double'
In Asia December 29th, 2004 | Comments (0)Death toll in the Asian tsunami has reached 68,000 according to some media outlets while the United Nations fears that the number “may double” because of disease outbreaks in the affected countries. The UN is faced with a huge challenge to aid the afflicted regions in Asia. “The UN has said it faces an unprecedented [...]
Storm survivors rescued under collapsed building
In Asia December 9th, 2004 | Comments (0)Rescuers discovered that around 20 people survived for ten days beneath the rubbles of a collapsed building in Real, Quezon. The survivors belonged to the people who seeked refuge in the two-storey building when a storm hit the Philippines last week. Mudslides buried it with more than 100 people in it. BBC News reported that [...]