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PHUKET, Thailand (AFP) Jan 29, 2005 Ministers meeting on this tsunami-ravaged Thai island Saturday tussled over competing plans for an Indian Ocean early warning system as the UN highlighted the scheme's huge coordination challenge. Thailand raises number of tsunami orphans to over 700 BANGKOK (AFP) Jan 29, 2005 Thailand has over 700 registered orphans who lost one or both parents in the tsunamis that raked six southern provinces, more than double the number from two weeks ago, a senior official said Saturday. |
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A shimmer of hope as Indonesia and Aceh rebels resume "tough" peace talks HELSINKI (AFP) Jan 29, 2005 After a first day of deliberations seen as constructive, Indonesian government ministers and separatist rebels in the Aceh province resumed negotiations here on Saturday aiming to end the 29-year-old insurgency in the area hardest hit by last month's tsunami. Malaysia to go ahead with crackdown on illegal immigrants on February 1 KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) Jan 29, 2005 The Malaysian government is set to crackdown on hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants when an amnesty for them to leave the country expires on February 1, a minister said Saturday. 'Cat Stevens' tours Indonesia's tsunami zone BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 29, 2005 Yusuf Islam, the British singer formerly known as Cat Stevens, flew into the tsunami-hit Indonesian province of Aceh on Saturday on a tour aimed at encouraging more aid for disaster victims. Tsunami to slash 0.3 percent off Thai GDP: central bank BANGKOK (AFP) Jan 29, 2005 The central Bank of Thailand has lowered its 2005 economic growth projection by 0.3 percent to 5.25-6.25 percent due to effects of the tsunami disaster, it said in a statement seen Saturday. Media shows Myanmar top brass intact, deflating coup rumours YANGON (AFP) Jan 29, 2005 Myamar's top three generals were pictured smiling together in state media Saturday, in what observers said was a calculated attempt to quash rumours of a coup or struggle at the pinnacle of power. US moves from military relief to civilian rebuilding efforts in Sri Lanka COLOMBO (AFP) Jan 29, 2005 The United States is ending its tsunami military relief efforts in Sri Lanka and Maldives and moving its support into civilian-driven reconstruction programmes, US officials said here Saturday. |
Islamic group aims to protect tsunami orphans from 'foreign elements' KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) Jan 29, 2005 The world's biggest grouping of Islamic nations has established an alliance to rescue children orphaned by the recent tsunamis from foreign influences, local media said Saturday. Sanyo Electric asks employees to buy products to help company: reports TOKYO (AFP) Jan 29, 2005 Japanese electronics maker Sanyo Electric has asked its workers to buy its own products, worth as much as 19,000 dollars per person, in a drive to narrow its losses in the year to March, news reports said Saturday. Tsunami early warning could blare from mosque minarets: UNESCO PHUKET, Thailand (AFP) Jan 29, 2005 The thousands of mosques which dot the world's largest Muslim nation Indonesia could help sound alarms in the event of another tsunami in the region, UNESCO said Saturday 'Tough' start to talks with Aceh rebels, says Indonesia vice president JAKARTA (AFP) Jan 29, 2005 Talks in Finland between Indonesian ministers and separatist rebel leaders from the tsunami-hit province of Aceh have got off to a "tough" start, the country's vice president said Saturday. Indonesia's tsunami-hit Aceh rattled by new quake JAKARTA (AFP) Jan 29, 2005 A strong earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale rattled Indonesia's Aceh province Saturday -- the latest in a series of aftershocks to hit the region after the December 26 tsunami disaster. No tears but many questions as father and son reunited after disaster BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 29, 2005 There were no tears when Khairul Habibie was reunited with his father more than one month after an earthquake and tsunami left about 230,000 people missing or dead in westernmost Indonesia. |
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