First US cargo plane arrives in Sumatra; toll rises to 120,000
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As the first US military cargo plane arrived with supplies for this devastated town on Friday, the country&#39;s health minister warned that Indonesia&#39;s death toll alone could reach 100,000, as the scope of the devastation around Banda Aceh became apparent.
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marking the first time that a commercial American airliner will be landing in the country since the Vietnam War. and businessmen. It will show ties are on track between the old battlefield foes who still spar over human rights and.
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In Friday&#39;s national and international briefs, the first direct flight from the United States to Vietnam since 1975 is underway, Cpl.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - Asia's tsunami death toll  soared past 175,000 Monday as Sri Lanka confirmed thousands  more dead, while fears re-emerged over the safety of aid  workers in Indonesia's shattered Aceh province.
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Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc.   AAWW.O on Tuesday said it ordered 12 of Boeing Co.'s BA.N   new 747-8 freighters, worth about $3.4 billion at list prices,   making it the first North American air cargo carrier to order   Boeing's biggest commercial plane.
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The death toll rose above 14,000 after an earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the world&#39;s biggest in four decades, caused tsunami waves that devastated coastal towns from Thailand to India.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - U.S. helicopters stepped  up aid flights in tsunami-hit Indonesia Tuesday as U.N.  Secretary General Kofi Annan urged rich nations to spend more  on preventing natural disasters before the next one hits.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul D. Wolfowitz yesterday wrapped up a visit to Indonesia, where officials along the obliterated Sumatran coast reported finding 5,000 more bodies, raising the death toll in one of the world's worst natural disasters to more than 162,000.
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Food and relief supplies clogged airports across Asia, as the death count from Sunday&#39;s tsunami leapt to more than 114,000 in 12 nations.
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TORONTO (CP) - The first relief agency flights from Canada to tsunami-stricken Indonesia are expected to take off from Toronto this week.
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US strikes a deal, which could be costly, with 12 carriers after bacteria is found on 8 planes examined. By John Heilprin / Associated Press.
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The United States dispatched disaster teams Monday and prepared an initial &#36;15 million aid package to the Asian countries hit by a massive earthquake and tsunamis. U.S. officials were seeking to contact hundreds of Americans who remain unaccounted for in the region.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Asia's tsunami death toll  soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find  food, shelter and clean water, while the world began what may  prove to be the biggest relief effort in history.
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US troops and relief workers airdropped more food to the millions of people left homeless and hungry from Asia's tsunami disaster, as the death toll from the tragedy crept towards 150,000.
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The death toll from the Indian Ocean disaster rose dramatically to 125,000 after Indonesia said almost 80,000 had died in that country alone.
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Cargo planes carrying water purifiers, doctors and medicine touched down yesterday as thousands of bodies were found on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, bringing the death
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MOGOL, Indonesia  - Landslides and floods triggered by heavy rain have left over 120 people dead or missing on Indonesia's Java island, as rescuers struggled on Thursday to pull out bodies buried under thick mud, officials said.