Rapports

Face à l'ampleur de la catastrophe, la Croix-Rouge Française a déclenché son dispositif d'urgence, à savoir : ce soir, 27 décembre, 4 délégués embarquent avec Monsieur Michel Barnier et resteront en Thaïlande afin d'apporter leur concours à l'organisation d'un éventuel…

CARE Australia has launched an emergency appeal to provide lifesaving assistance to the survivors of yesterday's devastating southern Asia earthquake. It is currently estimated that at least 12,000 people have been killed and thousands more are affected after an earthquake measuring…

Worst quake in 40 years kills 24,000 Food for the Hungry is providing relief to thousands of Asia quake victims. Registering 9.0 on the Richter scale, the "tsunami" or undersea earthquake that hit Dec. 26 has left 40,000 missing and…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec 27 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency, supported by its Dutch partner, is set to distribute emergency aid to victims of Sunday's tidal waves in Sri Lanka while awaiting news of refugees possibly affected elsewhere…

NEW YORK, 27 December 2004 - UNICEF is rushing supplies to coastal communities across Asia hit by massive tidal waves triggered by Sunday's earthquake. "Hundreds of thousands of people fought to survive the tsunamis on Sunday. Now we need to…

HONG KONG, Dec 28, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The death toll in the massive tsunamis triggered by a magnitude 8.7 earthquake in South and Southeast Asia on Sunday has reached over 25,317. Following are the figures reported from…

By Robert Evans GENEVA, Dec 27 (Reuters) - The United Nations warned on Monday of epidemics within days unless health systems in southern Asia can cope after more than 15,500 people were killed and hundreds of thousands left homeless by…

Washington (dpa) - The United States has sent a team of 21 people to the area affected by the earthquake-triggered flooding in the Indian Ocean region to help with sanitation, health and other kinds of relief, U.S. officials said…

Moscow (dpa) - Two Russian planes carrying relief supplies left Moscow for Sri Lanka on Monday following the devastation from tsunamis triggered by a powerful earthquake in Indonesia. The two Ilyushin-76 planes carried tents, blankets and other needed items, officials…

Colombo (dpa) - The death toll in Sri Lanka from Sunday's massive earthquake-triggered tsunami exceeded 6,000 as relief workers and doctors moved in to help the injured and displaced in coastal areas across the country, government officials said Monday. The…