Asian Tsunami Disaster News

KOCHI: Giving relief to those in the coastal areas, the Education Department in the district has decided to release scholarships to students from tsunami-affected areas for 2008-09. The meeting convened by Deputy Director of Education Jessy Joseph decided to distribute the scholarships to students by July 10.

We all know the miraculous story of Flight 1549 -- 155 people made it out alive when the US Airways jet made its splash landing into New York's Hudson River on its way to Charlotte in January.

THE brother of a Petersfield guitarist who died in a tragic accident has joined his sibling's band so they can play at a charity festival.

They helped with recovery efforts after a Tsunami, Earthquake and Hurricanes but Spring Lake's International Aid cannot find the financial assistance to continue its mission.

KOCHI: Even as the district administration is making all out efforts to complete construction of flats for the rehabilitation of those affected by the 2004 tsunami within the scheduled period of March 2010, doubts abound as to how many beneficiaries will actually accept those flats in the end.

CITY leader Jenny Dawe has paid tribute to the charity Mercy Corps after a visit to its European headquarters in Sciennes.

The initial objective of this 2004 tsunami disaster site was to provide information on aid and relief efforts to which we experienced great success through the help of volunteers and the media.

Beth DeGraff, CRWRC-US media contact, 616-648-7821 or 1-800-55-CRWRC Grace Wiebe, CRWRC tsunami project manager, 1-800-730-3490 Tsunami survivors celebrate restoration in Banda Aceh June 24, 2009 ? Four years ago, as semi-conscious Ihya Muhammad Isnaeil swam through a moving mountain of water to a nearby rooftop, he thought he was still holding his ...

A San Luis Obispo attorney's work to help people in Sri Lanka who have been devastated by poverty, war and the tsunami is the focus of a new book.

THE Piers Simon Appeal will continue to raise funds to help people who find themselves becoming a victim of disasters around the globe.

The efforts of two Babylon families to raise funds for tsunami victims by selling yarn bracelets has paid off: New York City radio station Q104.3 has offered to match the $1,000 they've raised so far.

The World Health Organization and UNICEF today called on governments to strengthen risk reduction measures in four key areas so that health and education systems are able to cope with disasters, including the risks from climate change.

EMBED SUMMARY: Carl Cameron reported that House Republicans are opposing President Obama's war spending bill because it contains funds "improper in a war funding bill." But Republicans passed numerous supplemental war spending bills during the Bush administration that contained non-war spending.

A global trend towards increasing weather-related disasters was confirmed in 2008, the second deadliest year in the past decade for natural catastrophes, an annual Red Cross report said on Tuesday.

The world is - sleepwalking' towards preventable natural disasters whose effects could be cut significantly with a modest increase in spending on risk reduction, the UN aid chief said yesterday.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Monday that Haiti has the best chance in decades to escape poverty and political upheaval and he will seek in his new job as U.N. special envoy to improve life for the estimated 9 million Haitians.

Posted on June 15 2009 Legendary rock band ALICE IN CHAINS has signed an exclusive worldwide deal with EMI's Virgin Records and are gearing up for the release of their first new studio album in more than 10 years.

GARDA COMMISSIONER Fachtna Murphy is sending two members of the force to Brazil to help identify the remains of victims of last week's Air France disaster.

UK: June 10, 2009. The International Director of the World Evangelical Alliance has called on Christians worldwide to help the Sri Lankan church meet the overwhelming humanitarian crisis affecting their country.

The Washington Post quoted Rep. Mike Pence -- criticizing Democrats' war funding bill -- as saying, "A war funding bill should be about war funding and nothing else." But the Post did not note Pence's previous support for war funding bills that included non-defense spending.