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BAM, Iran (AFP) Jan 06, 2004 International aid workers in Iran were trying Tuesday to organise the emergency evacuation of a two-year-old quake survivor who is stricken with cancer. US aid workers head home from Iran quake zone, more tremors hit elsewhere BAM, Iran (AFP) Jan 06, 2004 Most of the US aid workers rushed to southeastern Iran to help with earthquake relief efforts began heading home Tuesday, as tremors hit another part of the quake-prone country and sparked fears of another catastrophe. |
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Jordan's Queen Rania to visit Bam quake victims AMMAN (AFP) Jan 06, 2004 Jordan's Queen Rania travels Wednesday to the quake-struck southeastern Iranian city of Bam to deliver relief aid to the victims of the earthquake, her office said on Tuesday. Aid agencies to help drought-affected people in north Somalia NAIROBI (AFP) Jan 06, 2004 The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and other humanitarian agencies will this week launch a second phase of emergency aid distributions in northern Somalia, where tens of thousands of people are facing food shortages because of drought. Latvia chips in to help Iran's quake victims RIGA (AFP) Jan 06, 2004 Latvia's government said on Tuesday it would send around 40,000 dollars worth of humanitarian aid to Iran, rocked by a devastating earthquake last month. UN set to launch flash appeal for Iran earthquake GENEVA (AFP) Jan 06, 2004 The United Nations said Tuesday it would launch a multi-million dollar flash appeal this week to help fund reconstruction and relief efforts in the quake-struck city of Bam in southeast Iran. US aid workers head home from Iran quake zone, more quakes hit elsewhere BAM, Iran (AFP) Jan 06, 2004 Most of the 80 US aid workers rushed to southeastern Iran to help with earthquake relief efforts began heading home Tuesday, as jolts hit another part of the quake-prone country and sparked fears of another catastrophe. Quakes damage villages in southwest Iran TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 06, 2004 Several villages in southwestern Iran were damaged Tuesday when 11 mild earthquakes struck the area in quick succession, state radio reported. |
Two minor quakes hit Indonesia's Bali, four days after powerful tremor JAKARTA (AFP) Jan 06, 2004 Two minor earthquakes hit Indonesia's holiday island of Bali on Tuesday, four days after a powerful tremor which damaged thousands of buildings. Saakashvili poised for landslide victory in Georgian vote TBILISI (AFP) Jan 06, 2004 Armed with popular and Western support, Mikhail Saakashvili, who is poised for a landslide victory in Georgia's weekend election, faces a daunting task as the next president in the fight against separatism, corruption and poverty in the tiny strategic Caucasus nation. Strong quake jolts southwestern Japan TOKYO (AFP) Jan 06, 2004 A relatively strong earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck southwestern Japan Tuesday, the meteorological agency said. Cyclone Heta heads for Niue after pounding Samoa APIA (AFP) Jan 06, 2004 Tropical Cyclone Heta charged towards the tiny Pacific island nation of Niue Monday with wind gusts of up to 300 kilometres per hour (185mph) after lashing Samoa, damaging houses, destroying crops and cutting electricity supplies and telephone services. Landslide in Indonesia kills mother and three young children JAKARTA (AFP) Jan 06, 2004 A landslide which swept through a small Indonesian village has killed a mother and her three young children, reports said Tuesday. US insists rejected Iran earthquake mission was humanitarian, not political WASHINGTON (AFP) Jan 05, 2004 The United States insisted Monday that its rejected plan to send a high-level mission to Iran had been humanitarian in nature and not political amid confusion over its intent in the Islamic republic. |
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