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SAN JOSE (AFP) Jan 07, 2004 A pre-dawn earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale shook the border area between Panama and Costa Rica early Wednesday, with no reports of damage or victims, authorities said here. Japan to offer Iran more quake aid ABU DHABI (AFP) Jan 07, 2004 Japan has already given two million dollars in aid for Iran's earthquake victims and is looking at further help following a visit to Tehran this week by Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, her spokesman said here Wednesday. |
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UN expert urges safer housing standards following Iran quake GENEVA (AFP) Jan 07, 2004 A UN human rights expert called on the international community Wednesday to develop safer housing standards worldwide to minimise the loss of life in natural disasters such as Iran's devastating earthquake. Red Cross launches appeal for Philippine landslide victims GENEVA (AFP) Jan 07, 2004 Thousands of people in the Philippines left homeless by recent deadly landslides face a grim future unless quick action is taken, the Red Cross said Wednesday as it launched a 693,000-dollar appeal. "Maximum alert" in southwest Iran as 26 tremors hit in quick succession TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 07, 2004 Iranian authorities put a major oil- and gas-producing area in southwest Iran on a state of "maximum alert" Wednesday after 26 earth tremors jolted the region in less than 36 hours, state TV reported. "Maximum alert" in southwest Iran as 22 tremors hit in 36 hours TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 07, 2004 Iranian authorities on Wednesday put a major oil and gas-producing area in southwest Iran on a state of "maximum alert" after 22 earth tremors jolted the region in the space of 36 hours, state TV reported. Jordan's Queen Rania makes mercy visit to quake-hit southeast Iran TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 07, 2004 Jordan's Queen Rania arrived Wednesday in quake-struck Bam, delivering another consignment of relief aid and urging a long-term international commitment to this devastated city in southeast Iran. Schools shut in Iran's southwest after 14 quakes hit in 24 hours TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 07, 2004 Authorities in southwestern Iran have decided to shut schools until further notice after a series of 14 mild earthquakes shook the area in the space of just 24 hours, officials said Wednesday. |
Taiwan donates 30 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Iran TAIPEI (AFP) Jan 07, 2004 Taiwan on Wednesday sent a plane packed with humanitarian aid to earthquake-stricken Iran, the island's leading air carrier said. Alabama grandpas cook up new relations in Iran BAM, Iran (AFP) Jan 07, 2004 Around 20 of them are gathered around large cooking pots -- men in their 60s and 70s from America's Deep South who dashed to Iran to cook up some food for survivors of the devastating quake in Iran's own deep south. Iran quake workers seek help for cancer-stricken toddler 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. 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. |
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