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	INDIA Only Catholic Church left on Andaman Islands to help tsunami victims PIME missionary slams government, international NGOs and media for lack of interest in the reconstruction of the Indian archipelago. Monsoons are coming and we need real homes, not tents, he says.
	ITALY - ASIA PIME's tsunami campaign raises over 1.6 million euros Various projects still have to be completed in the affected areas. Appeals are made for the world not to forget even if TV coverage has come to an end.
	INDIA Christian Mizoram donates bamboo to tsunami victims
	INDIA Church in Andhra Pradesh leads fishermen back to the sea The diocese of Vijayawada gets 100 boats repaired and pays school fees for tsunami-affected children.
	INDONESIA - SRI LANKA NGO cries foul as Paris Club set to penalise tsunami-stricken countries Paris Club's solidarity means that interest run up on delayed debt repayments by Indonesia and Sri Lanka during 2005 moratorium is to be capitalised and repaid as deferred payments.
	asia Tsunami death toll now in 170,000-182,000 range
	INDIA Many flock back to God on the Andaman Islands India decides that reconstruction is not feasible on six islands. Young and old pray together the rosary in the ripening fields, says a missionary.
	NEPAL - SRI LANKA Relief from the Himalaya for tsunami victims
	ITALY - INDIA - THAILAND PIME's tsunami reconstruction campaign raised almost 600,000 euros
	India Tsunami Missionaries: we help tsunami victims to start life anew P.I.M.E.'s campaign is bringing boats, nets, material for lodgings to India, but also pots and pans and a lot of psychological and moral help for those who lost family, home and work.
	THAILAND - INDONESIA - SRI LANKA Tsunami survivors sue Thai government The first lawsuit was filed for failure to warn people of the pending disaster. If experts and authorities had issued a warning in time, many of the 287,000 dead might not have died.
	INDIA In the wake of tragedy Hindus, Muslims and Christians seek healing at the Lourdes of the East Our Lady of Velankanni was hit by the tsunami in December, but now is a place of social rebirth and inter-faith encounter.
	INDIA Tamil Nadu fishermen ask state government for safe homes not far from the shore In a letter to Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister, fishermen ask that homes not be built beyond 200 m from the sea; it would upset their lifestyle and economic future.
	VATICAN - ASIA Sea apostolate working for tsunami-stricken fishermen, says Card Fumio Hamao President of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant People explains how Catholic organisations are dealing with the tsunami tragedy.
	THAILAND - ASIA UN World Tourism Organisation in Phuket to discuss industry recovery Thai Prime Minister calls on Asian leaders to cooperate to prevent other tsunamis.
	SRI LANKA Caritas office in Jaffna complains that relief is being hampered by government bureaucracy War-torn northern region has been waiting for weeks for tents and generators blocked in the south.
	INDIA Gilbert, a post-tsunami hero A young Tamil Nadu Catholic survivor gets an entire village, his friends and clients abroad involved in reconstruction.
	SRI LANKA Government plans penalise fishermen and Church
	THAILAND The Church helps people return to normal life In southern Thailand Catholic relief centres provide medical care as well as education and leisure activities to tsunami victims.
	INDIA New boats for fishermen who survived the tsunami PIME priest speaks about the PIME relief campaign he is coordinating in Tamil Nadu. A month after the tragedy rebuilding has started.
	ASIA A month after the tsunami Christians leading reconstruction efforts
	SRI LANKA Violence against women continues after the tsunami Women's rights groups sound the alarm bell about the violence and rape that are taking place across the country.
	ASIA - TSUNAMI Tsunami, tragedy and solidarity in a globalised world
	INDIA Church encourages tsunami-affected fishermen to go back to the sea Bishop of Kottar visits coastal parishes by sea. The Archbishop of Pondicherry hands new boats over to fishermen so they can go back out to sea and fish.
	ASIA Tourists wanted for tsunami-affected region The death toll reaches more than 280,000. ASEAN tourism ministers call on the West to tone down negative travel advisories.
	VATICAN - ASIA The tsunami questions man about his limits and the reasons for evil, says Card Sodano
	INDONESIA One killed, four injured in Central Sulawesi earthquake The death toll from the Asian tsunami rose close to 234,000
	ITALY - ASIA After the tsunami: sponsoring as a partnership between people and cultures
	ITALY - ASIA Sponsoring: help beyond emergency One million donors give 240 million a year to sponsor 2.5 million people in the developing world.
	ASIA Death toll still rises as reconstruction starts
	PAKISTAN Pakistani Christians pray for ecumenism and inter-faith dialogue
	VATICAN ASIA Solidarity towards tsunami victims should not end, says Mgr Migliore at the United Nations
	INDIA After the tsunami children are our hope, says Andamans Bishop World Health Organisation chooses a Catholic hospital on the Nicobar Islands as its disease surveillance centre.
	INDONESIA Jakarta promises transparency in how tsunami aid is managed Indonesia, one of the world's most corrupt countries, says that that tsunami aid money will be properly managed. Happy ending for parents who find their daughter almost a month after she was swept away.
	ITALY - ASIA PIME tsunami campaign to assist Andaman Islands Schools in Italy are paired with schools in the tsunami-affected areas.
	SRI LANKA Sri Lanka, women survivors of tsunami victims of abuses
	Indonesia Indonesian tsunami death toll to reach 150,000: official Tsunami experts: 'Make December 26 an international day of tsunami commemoration".
	INDONESIA Aceh Muslims against relief aid from Islamic extremists Separatist exiles claim Indonesian government backing criminal extremists.
	SRI LANKA Government and rebels turn tsunami aid to their own benefit
	asia Death toll in Asian tsunami disaster passes 168,000
	INDIA Fishermen most affected by the tsunami Clergyman accuses government for failing to deal with disaster and calls for greater assistance to help fishermen get back fishing.
	THAILAND No aid to Burmese tsunami victims Police pick up illegal immigrants in refugee camps to deport them. Rumours accuse them of looting damaged hotels. The government does not plan helping them.
	THAILAND Threats against missioners come from Indonesia and Malaysia Fr Bruno Rossi, whose name appeared on an al-Qaeda-linked website, said inter-religious cooperation is good. AsiaNews sources warn against foreign fundamentalist groups operating in Thailand.
	INDIA Struggling through the emergency to get back to a normal life after the tsunami Christians, Muslims and Hindus are working together to rebuild their lives, says Sr Benigne Menezes. Things are getting better in the state of Andhra Pradesh but it is still an emergency situation in Tamil Nadu. For many, the Nirmala Hospital is the only refuge to go to.
	ASIA Paris Club agrees to freeze Asian debt
	INDONESIA Foreign aid as a Trojan horse for proselytising and espionage Government, Islamic fundamentalists and Aceh separatists are worried about the presence of foreign military and humanitarian organisations.
	INDIA Situation getting worse by the day for orphans People from hardest-hit areas in 'Black Sunday' deplore attempts to snatch children left on their own.
	ITALY ASIA Tsunami aid must be quick and on target PIME Centre director says that reconstruction must be people-oriented and long-term. Sponsoring tsunami orphans is still premature. He insists how aid money is spent must be closely scrutinised.
	ITALY ASIA PIME Campaign for tsunami victims in Asia: An update
	ITALY Sponsor a child, national forum at PIME headquarters in Milan At least 70 organisations are meeting to discuss how to sponsor children, one of the better ways to help Third World children.
	INDONESIA Islamic laws suspended because of Tsunami emergency Ulemas Council agrees to mass burial and accelerated purification rites for the dead. All emergency food is declared in principle 'halal', i.e. permissible.
	THAILAND Houses, boats, schools and scholarships for tsunami victims The Church launches a five part plan to rebuild tsunami-stricken areas. From a tragedy comes solidarity between Christians and Muslims.
	ASIA Tsunami toll could rise to 200,000: UN official UN take measures in its global tsunami relief campaign to guard against improprieties.
	ASIA Foreign debt moratorium for tsunami-hit countries The Paris Club will discuss Wednesday a moratorium approved by G-7 members. The step gives debtor nations one and half month breathing space. But pressure for total debt cancellation is increasing. Indonesia's debt corresponds to 80 per cent of its current GDP.
	INDIA Tsunami dalits discriminated by government and NGO Government and Ngo provide help only to fisherman but they stay afar from dalits, priest says. Catholic church efforts to overcome survivors "agony".
	PAKISTAN Pakistani Church close to Sri Lankan victims Funds are being raised in schools and churches. A medical team is travelling to Sri Lanka to help out.
	SRI LANKA Post-tsunami support for children Church has set up programmes geared towards children to help them cope with tsunami-related issues. A spirit of collaboration and unity after years of civil strife is starting to be felt.
	SAUDI ARABIA ASIA Tsunami: Little aid from Arab countries
	SRI LANKA Adoption ban in Sri Lanka A spokesman for the Prime Minister and the head of National Child Protection Authority say that abductions are rising. Pressure is mounting on Indian government to ban tsunami orphan adoptions.
	INDIA After tsunami cynicism assails Christians, Muslims and Hindus Many ask "Why God did this?" Priests and nuns work on reconstruction and body identification. Without prayers the real meaning of life is loss.
	THAILAND Thai Catholics start reconstruction after the tsunami Surat Thani Bishop has a plan to help the population. Men and women religious are providing help to the victims, especially the children, and aid in restarting the local economy.
	INDIA Religious and caste discrimination in government aid distribution in Tamil Nadu Christian leaders say the government wants all the credit for aid and rescue. Police diverts aid lorries away from Vailankanni shrine. For two days local priests asked in vain for earth-moving equipment to save trapped survivors. In the first week, the Church was on its own. Dalits are turned away from refugee camps.
	SRI LANKA Mullaithivu, the tsunami and the civil war Bishop of Mannar promoted an aid campaign in an area marked by civil war and prostrated by tsunami. Many hopeless tried to suicide.
	INDONESIA Small signs of things getting back to normal in Banda Ache and Meulaboh Banks and markets reopen. Separatist guerrillas shoot at survivors and soldiers in Lhoknga.
	ASIA UN urges donors at Jakarta conference to give US$ 1bn for tsunami emergency Kofi Annan says we may never know how many people actually died. US disbands core group formed to tackle the crisis and yields to UN. China and Japan join hands to provide humanitarian aid.
	THAILAND Inter-faith prayer for tsunami victims in Phuket Catholics, Muslims, Buddhists, foreigners and Thais join together to remember the victims of the tragedy and give moral support to survivors.
	VATICAN Children, victims but also evangelisers, says the Pope John Paul II remembers the "small victims of the seaquake in Asia" and the children victim of hunger and disease, war and terrorism, as well as those who disappear, abducted or exploited for vile purposes. He also offers his best wishes to the Eastern Churches.
	INDIA Hope is found in faith in Tamil Nadu tragedy All India Catholic Union President says sorrow has led many people to rediscover faith. Life must be rebuilt by reactivating fishing industry and tourism.
	INDONESIA Rescue workers discriminate against ethnic Chinese tsunami victims
	THAILAND Pupils eager to study, relieved to find schoolmates Phuket missioner says he has not heard of post-tsunami child trafficking but knew of families driven to sell their children by abject poverty.
	THAILAND After the tsunami Thai Church to help the illiterate and the needy
	INDONESIA Famine haunts the population of Simeuleu Island The island lacks food, drinking water and medicines. In Banda Aceh makeshift shelters are being built out of tsunami rubble.
	VATICAN - ASIA Pope joins Europe in mourning tsunami victims
	EU - ASIA Europe, 3-minute silence for dead and missing The death toll from the tsunamis will be over 155,000. WHO estimates there are more than 500,000 people injured and in need of medical care.
	INDONESIA At least 20 tsunami orphans victim of child trafficking Government adopts strict rules about child foster care and adoption.
	SRI LANKA Sri Lankan Bishops urge prayers and action for survivors Health Ministry releases data about medicines and equipment needed to face the health emergency.
	ASIA In Jakarta, the world mobilises to prevent other tsunamis ASEAN summit should come up with a joint system to prevent other tragedies. Meanwhile, the international community has already raised US$ 2 billion for early aid operations.
	PHILIPPINES Christians and Muslims pray for tsunami victims Manila declares January 7 a "day of national prayer and mourning".
	THAILAND - MYANMAR Myanmar is withholding true casualties figures, says Thai priest A missioner in Ranong, a town on the border between Thailand and Myanmar, says locals talk about 600 victims. Burmese political dissidents say the same.
	india Hindu fundamentalists praise the work of Christian missionaries In Tamil Nadu, a Catholic priest is sheltering 300 Hindu tsunami survivors in his church.
	THAILAND Aid should be targeted, says Bangkok Cardinal First, long-terms storable food and cooking tools are needed; next come housing and schools. Meanwhile, missioners say that many children thought orphaned are finding their parents.
	INDIA Great solidarity among tsunami survivors in Karinkal, say missionary sisters The sisters, who are part of PIME, are nursing the injured and survivors. PIME fund raising campaign is designed to help their work.
	INDONESIA - VATICAN Apostolic Nuncio: The tsunami, survivors and children The disaster has devastated life in the entire nation, children hit hardest. Among Christians and Muslims, there is greater spirit of collaboration and the desire to rebuild.
	INDIA Rumours about children being kidnapped to get government money "Although I have no evidence, it is a possibility," says the Bishop of Thanjavur. UNICEF representative warns against the danger.
	SRI LANKA Government and press against orphan trafficking Greatest threat to recovery is international aid that does not focus on human needs, says Jesuit missioner.
	INDONESIA Jakarta blocks tsunami orphan adoptions As the death toll reaches 95,000, a series of alphanumeric messages sent via mobile phones have been urging people to "adopt orphans".
	INDONESIA Tsunami orphans available for the right price
	INDONESIA Tsunami brings US and Indonesia closer US marines and choppers arrive in the world's largest Muslim country with aid for tsunami survivors.
	VATICAN - ASIA God never abandons us, even in a calamity, says Pope
	THAILAND Buddhists pray for the dead, elephants help in post-tsunami recovery
	INDIA Everything has been destroyed, but I bow before God, says Andaman Bishop Causalities on that island itself could rise to 15,000, says Bishop Dias. The Indian government report instead 712 dead and 3,700 missing.
	VATICAN - ASIA God's blessing on a New Year marred by tragedy, says Pope John Paul II feels close to tsunami victims.
	THAILAND Thai churches shelter tsunami survivors
	VATICAN - ASIA WORLD PEACE DAY Promoting peace with the weapons of love, says Pope Pope sends a special greeting to ambassadors from tsunami-stricken countries.
	INDONESIA Five years and three billion dollars to rebuild tsunami-ravaged Aceh Jakarta will host an international relief summit on January 6 to consolidate joint commitment and plan reconstruction and rehabilitation.
	asia Tsunami toll feared at 150,000
	VATICAN - ASIA Pope will remember tsunami victims and rescuers in midnight mass
	INDONESIA Indonesia's airspace now open to foreign relief operations The death toll is continuing to rise and now stands at more than 79,000 in Aceh and North Sumatra. Military and civilian planes will be allowed in without visa to facilitate relief operations in tsunami-affected areas.
	ASIA Tsunami: a disaster at the human level, but less so for the economy Asian stock markets continue to gain, and growth rates in affected areas are not expected to drop by much.
	INDIA People united by the hand of God despite the tragedy The Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) is launching a campaign to raise money for the Nirmala Hospital in Karinkal (one of the hardest hit areas in Tamil Nadu), a health facility run by the Missionaries of the Immaculata. A nun confirms that "people feel lost and are afraid", but compassion and empathy amongst the faithful of different religions are "the starting point for rebuilding the country".
	ASIA - ASEAN - UN International community mobilising for south and south-east Asia "So far little aid has arrived; we need more time," says UN official.
	INDIA As the sea returns the dead it claimed, reconstruction becomes urgent in Tamil Nadu Father Stanley, the parish priest of Our Lady of Presentation, is in charge of relief operations in the fishing villages around Colachel, on India's southern-most tip.
	THAILAND After the tsunami prayers and questions Suffrage masses are held in all of Thailand's Catholic churches. The Pope's empathy is remembered. Card Kitbunchu urges leaders to be "wise".
	SRI LANKA The poor's show of solidarity Fr Sunil de Silva, secretary to the archbishop of Colombo, speaks about how Catholics and Buddhists, national political leaders and Tamil rebels, are uniting to rebuild the country. Today is a day of national mourning for the more than 25,000 people who were killed by the tsunami.
	PHILIPPINES Bishops look at 2004 The Filipino Church looks back at the great moments of suffering that marked 2004, urging the faithful to greater compassion and empathy.
	MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur suspends expulsion of Indonesian immigrants
	SRI LANKA Msgr Gomis, Archbishop of Colombo: "My journey into the tsunami inferno" Three days of reconnaissance in the country's worst-hit areas. Catholics, Buddhists and politicians will pray together for victims, in Colombo tomorrow.
	INDIA Salesians in Chennai: "People are helping, the government is slow" Inter-religious solidarity and prayers in churches for tsunami victims.
	thailand Phuket Parish: Anger, prayers and solidarity among survivors There is need of food, houses and work to restore the economy of the area, based on tourism. Christians are working as "translators" between foreigners and local people.
	INDONESIA New Year celebrations cancelled in Jakarta Indonesia's bishops urge fund raising for people left disabled by the tsunami.
	INDIA The tragic fate of the children, the power of solidarity among different believers
	ASIA - TSUNAMI Toll close to 100,000, 5 million displaced
	INDONESIA Meulaboh, a ghost town Rescue operations are still difficult and the twon of Meulaboh can only be reached by plane. Four fifths of all its buildings have been destroyed, and the authorities fear 20,000 people might have died. The death toll in Indonesia now stands at 45,000.
	INDIA We have no idea how many people died, says Tamil Nadu priest Diggers continue to find bodies of pilgrims killed near Marian shrine.
	INDONESIA Catholics show compassion and empathy to Muslim Acehnese victims The death toll stands at 36,000 and keeps on rising. The Bishops' Conference of Indonesia has set up collection centres, urging Catholics to help out the people in the hardest-hit areas.
	ASIA Catholic aid in Asia going to quake victims Solidarity and help from local Churches across Asia is getting under way. For the first time, Chinese Catholics send money for help abroad.
	INDIA As waters recede, epidemics become a risk Cholera and typhus vaccines are to arrive in Tamil Nadu. Caritas volunteers try to bury unidentified bodies in mass graves with some dignity.
	ASIA A battered continent: An Overview According to the latest figures, the death toll stands at 68,000. First rescue operations reach northern Sumatra, in Indonesia where about 3,400 bodies have been found. An overview of the situation in the various affected countries follows.
	HONG KONG - ASIA Christians and Buddhists to help tsunami victims On January 1, a prayer meeting and a fund-raising drive will take place in the cathedral.
	PHILIPPINES Catholic Church expresses solidarity to the victims of the underwater quake Bishops call for prayers for the victims and urge those who were themselves recent victims of typhoons and landslides to help quake survivors.
	VATICAN - ASIA Pope appeals for help in favour of Asia Cor Unum has sent aid and is accepting donations.
	sri lanka Bishop of Sri Lanka: Local Ngos better equipped to assist the survivors In some areas international aid has not yet arrived. Peoples are sheltered in schools, churches, temples and rely on local humanitarian organizations for water, food, clothes.
	INDONESIA Java and Bali fear another tsunami SMS message arrives from Meulaboth (West Sumatra) saying that only 20 per cent of the city is still "alive".
	SRI LANKA People united by tragedy The National Basilica becomes a relief centre. Catholic clergy and Buddhist monks are involved in relief operations. Government sources put the death toll at over 18,000.
	THAILAND Parish priest in Phuket: "A tragedy, worst hit are the poor" Bishop of Surat Thani says there are hundreds of bodies on the beach, some even in the trees. Children roam the streets looking for their parents. Food, medicine, clothes and blood needed. The Church is working with the government on relief measures.
	INDIA Fears of disease, mass cremations of bodies in Tamils Nadu "Pilgrims visiting the Marian shrine at Valinkani also died," says Bishop Ambrose. A man who lost his wife and two sons is still looking for the body of this three-year old daughter.
	INDONESIA Great show of solidarity, ships and planes bring aid Army declares ceasefire with GAM rebels to facilitate aid and rescue operations.
	asia - sri lanka Death toll in Asian disaster passes 26,000 Officials are warning the figure will rise steeply
	INDIA Indian Bishops: "The Church is at everyone's service, no matter their religion" Indian Church first to respond to the needs of areas hit by tsunami. Statement by Msgr Percival Fernandez, president of Caritas.
	THAILAND Grief and support not just for tourists and Phuket Fr Piergiacomo Urbani, PIME missionary: "There are thousands of fishermen on the coast: no one is saying anything about these poor souls." The Church launches a relief campaign for them.
	ASIA An entire continent battered by earthquake and tsunami: An Overview Facts and figures by country.
	INDONESIA Inter-religious solidarity for quake and tsunami victims
	INDIA Parishes and convents in Tamil Nadu are sheltering homeless in the wake of Sunday's disaster Archbishop of Pondicherry: "My diocese is devastated, but we must rebuild the mission. Food, drinking water and shelter are needed.
	asia More than 13 thousand dead after quakes, tsunami smashed southern Asia
	INDONESIA Earthquake and tsunami kill more than 400 people in Aceh and North Sumatra In addition to the dead in Indonesia, mostly fishermen swallowed up by the waters' fury, some 2,000 people die in Sri Lanka, 1,000 in India, 150 in Thailand, 17 in Malaysia. Initial reports are just coming in from Bangladesh and Myanmar.
	VATICAN Pope calls for prayers and help for the victims of the earthquake in Asia
	asia Multiple earthquake, tsunami hits Southern Asia, thousands killed The death toll is expected to grow as many more bodies are discovered.

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