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MRCS shifts focus to sending aid fast
The Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) has received RM10.65mil in cash donations since the start of collections for the victims of the Dec 26 tsunami.
Fong: Reward workers who joined rescue ops
Companies whose workers were involved in search and rescue efforts during the recent tsunami disaster have been urged to reward these employees.
Disaster rouses sleepy town
The tsunami that struck 10 coastal villages in Kota Kuala Muda here on Dec 26 has transformed Kota Kuala Muda town from a 'sleepy hollow' to a bustling hamlet.
89 relief workers return from Aceh
The first batch of 89 humanitarian relief aid workers from Malaysia returned from a 10-day search and rescue operation in Aceh on Saturday night.
250 police officers leave for Banda Aceh
A total of 250 police personnel from various units will be sent to Banda Aceh to provide assistance to the tsunami victims. The first batch of 125 personnel left for the devastated Indonesian province yesterday afternoon.
Group to search for survivors in Aceh's east coast
They called their group #8216;The Waves of Mercy#8217; and they are on a search and rescue mission to look for survivors and victims along the eastern shores of devastated Aceh that are difficult to reach by land.
Doctors volunteering for Aceh duty
Offers to provide medical aid to tsunami-hit Aceh have been coming in thick and fast to the Yayasan Salam Malaysia office in Petaling Jaya, with most of it from medical professionals.
US ‘build-up’ biggest in region since Vietnam War
THE picture of a US Air Force pilot carrying an injured boy from a helicopter in Aceh took the whole front page of the popular I>New York Post/I>. This and scores of other pictures drove home the point that many of the victims of the disaster were children.
Foetus floating among bodies
b>Sira Habibu in Thailand:/b>The tsunami waves have subsided but families continue to suffer from the aftershocks as they comb, dig and rummage through the debris for loved ones lost in the disaster.
Harrowing ordeal of Aceh’s child victims
b>Chin Mui Yoon in Indonesia:/b>Six-year-old Maula Saputra was found beneath piles of rubble where she was trapped for 10 hours after her home in Kampung Lhonga collapsed when the tsunami struck on Dec 26.
