Asian Tsunami Disaster News

Fishermen entering the sea at Arukattuthurai protesting against their non-inclusion in the list of tsunami victims.

FEELING UNEASY: The Indonesian government sought to draw a line between Aceh and Papua Province, where activists still face life in prison for waving a separatist flag AFP, BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA Sunday, Oct 12, ...

The founder of the separatist rebel movement in the Indonesian province of Aceh, Hasan di Tiro, has flown home after more than 30 years in exile.

Relief workers reported the first signs of disease among survivors of a devastating earthquake and tsunami in the Solomon Islands, while aftershocks hampered efforts to get aid to survivors running low on food ...

Friday, 10 October 2008, 9:25 am Article: Scoop Daily Ratings A draft document published by the whistleblowing website Wikileaks entitled, "Army Regulation 500-3, Emergency Employment of Army and Other ...

MORE people died from natural disasters in the first six months of 2008 than in the Asian tsunami of 2004 due mainly to the earthquake in China and cyclone in Myanmar, the United Nations said Wednesday.

With natural disasters claiming 230,000 lives in the first six months of this year alone, the same toll as the massive Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, much more must be invested in disaster reduction and the ...

Tuticorin: Collector R. Palaniayandi has announced a package of measures for the tsunami affected people here on Monday.

A team of experts from Gujarat will help the Bihar government prepare a strategy for rehabilitation of flood victims, which will be on the lines of the assistance plan following the 2001 Gujarat earthquake, ...

ALAPPUZHA: The Alappuzha diocese of the Latin Catholic Church, which has been conducting a relay satyagraha in front of the District Collectorate for the last 17 days demanding speedy implementation of the ...

The production, initially, will cater to the local needs and will take up mass tailoring orders.

Poster Material: Children from tsunami-affected villages painting on the theme disaster risk reduction on Monday.

New Zealand's Ministry of Civil Defense issued no tsunami warning following the quake, while the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a bulletin on its Web site that "no destructive widespread tsunami threat ...

MADURAI: The Madras High Court on Friday admonished seven tsunami survivors for having obtained a blanket stay last year on allotment of 75 houses built by an Non Government Organisation at Vamabar South ...

Relief: A fisherman receives a free fishing net provided by People's Development Association in the tsunami-hit Kameswaram village on Friday.

Over one thousand American Tamils, Canadian Tamils and friends of Tamils protested Wednesday in front of the United Nations Headquarters in New York to draw attention of the United Nations, demanding sanctions ...

The former presidents first teamed up to raise $11 million for tsunami victims, then worked to raise private money to help victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

SOCIAL workers, hospital and school staff and emergency services personnel were among the frontline staff commemorated at a special reception to tahnk them for the work they do in the service of the public.

Elsevier is pleased to announce the launch of a new journal, in collaboration with the Asian Federation of Psychiatric Associations , entitled Asian Journal of Psychiatry .

"It's like an open prison," says Gajen Ponnambalam, the Member of Parliament for Jaffina, regarding the way officials treat the city's Tamil population.