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GENEVA (AFP) Dec 29, 2003 The United Nations said Monday that more money was desperately needed from donor countries as it began to assess the extent of the damage caused by the devastating earthquake in southeast Iran. Rescue teams quit Iran quake disaster site as diggers move in BAM, Iran (AFP) Dec 29, 2003 Hundreds of mechanical diggers rolled into the quake-hit city of Bam in southeast Iran on Monday, signalling the end of major efforts to find survivors as officials said the death toll was nearing 30,000. |
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Gulf ministers open extraordinary meeting on additional aid for Iran RIYADH (AFP) Dec 29, 2003 Finance and economy ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states opened an extraordinary meeting here Monday to coordinate sending more aid to Iran's earthquake victims, the GCC secretary general said. Iranian opposition organises collection for quake victims PARIS (AFP) Dec 29, 2003 Iran's main opposition group, the People's Mujahedeen, has joined with French authorities in a Paris suburb to start a collection for the victims of the devastating earthquake in Iran, the mayor involved said Monday. Natural disasters cost world 60 billion dollars: Munich Re MUNICH, Germany (AFP) Dec 29, 2003 Natural disasters this year have cost the global economy more than 60 billion dollars (48.4 billion euros), the world's largest reinsurer Munich Re estimated in an annual report released Monday. Reconstructing quake-hit Iranian city a costly proposition TEHRAN (AFP) Dec 29, 2003 Iranian authorities on Monday pledged to rebuild the city of Bam, largely destroyed Friday by an earthquake, but experts agree such a move would prove a very costly proposition. Rescue teams quit Iran quake site as the diggers move in BAM, Iran (AFP) Dec 29, 2003 Hundreds of mechanical diggers rolled into the quake-hit city of Bam in southeast Iran on Monday, signalling the end of major efforts to find survivors as officials said the death toll was approaching German recovery workers pulling out of Iran BERLIN (AFP) Dec 29, 2003 German rescue teams in Iran following last week's devastating earthquake will return home Tuesday because there is little hope of finding further survivors, a spokesman said. |
India to fly field hospital, aid for quake-hit Iran NEW DELHI (AFP) Dec 29, 2003 The Indian government said Monday it would fly emergency supplies to Iran including a mobile hospital to help thousands injured by an earthquake that killed tens of thousands. Afghanistan sends aid to Iran quake victims KABUL (AFP) Dec 29, 2003 Afghanistan has donated 150,000 dollars to neighbouring Iran to help victims of the devastating earthquake which killed some 25,000 people, a presidential spokesman said on Monday. Calm restored to Iranian quake-hit city after day of looting BAM, Iran (AFP) Dec 29, 2003 Police and soldiers were deployed in force Monday throughout the quake-ravaged city of Bam, in southeastern Iran, where looters have attacked convoys bringing in essential supplies. Tehranis rush to console Bam victims in capital's hospitals TEHRAN (AFP) Dec 29, 2003 Tehranis flooded hospitals Monday to offer sympathy and comfort to hundreds of injured survivors from the vicious Bam quake, who were flown here over the weekend, but many were unable to come to terms with their grief. Iranian president flies in to quake-hit city BAM, Iran (AFP) Dec 29, 2003 President Mohammad Khatami and several government ministers flew in Monday to the earthquake-stricken town of Bam in southeast Iran to inspect damage and rescue work, an AFP reporter said. |
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