Tsunami & tectonics

MENDHAM —- Grace Lutheran Church is planning a “Rally Day” celebration at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 12 with a special outdoor service.

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When Jan Westberry saw an announcement in one of her dentistry magazines about the need for volunteers to travel to Third World nations and provide humanitarian medical aid, she showed it to her daughter.

MENDHAM —- Grace Lutheran Church is planning a “Rally Day” celebration at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 12 with a special outdoor service.

As United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon 's plane flew over flood-ravaged Pakistan recently, he commented that he had never seen anything quite so terrible. The "unprecedented floods will require an unprecedented response," said the U.N.'s top official.

Americans are giving a paltry amount for relief efforts in flood-stricken Pakistan compared to other overseas disasters. They were more than 40 times more generous for the Haiti earthquake. Pakistan - Flood - 2010 Haiti earthquake - United States - Asia

MENDHAM —- Grace Lutheran Church is planning a “Rally Day” celebration at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 12 with a special outdoor service.

He has seven aliases, a handful of passports, and has been described by US officials as one of the world's most prolific arms traffickers, with clients ranging from the Taliban to Liberian warlord Charles Taylor.

In a first for the Australian Defence Force, Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Tobruk will become the command ship for the US-led humanitarian assistance mission Pacific Partnership 2010 (PP10)

Twenty-one suspected Islamist militants went on trial Thursday on charges of plotting attacks on foreign aid workers and others in Indonesia's Aceh province following a deadly tsunami. Indonesia - Aceh - Islamism - Asia - Al-Qaeda

From the sky, the massive inland sea of water stretches beyond the horizon -- flashbacks from a different disaster with a puzzlingly different response to the same desperation.

Source: IRIN Governments and donors have responded to increasingly frequent and more deadly disasters by boosting funding for response, but investing in preparation, especially in the health sector, is inadequate, say specialists.

He has seven aliases, a handful of passports, and has been described by US officials as one of the world's most prolific arms traffickers, with clients ranging from the Taliban to Liberian warlord Charles Taylor.

OSTEOPOROSIS cases in Singapore are set to rise dramatically as the population ages over the next 40 years, making the disease one of the top chronic illnesses here.

For a U.N. appeal it's a sharp departure from the norm: A call for Pakistan flood relief money to be sent to a Pakistani or Swiss bank account with none of the usual monitoring safeguards that come with such humanitarian drives. Pakistan - United Nation - Humanitarian aid - Asia - Banking in Switzerland

Source: IRIN In Asia, the most disaster-prone part of the world, earthquakes are the deadliest natural hazard. Seven of the 10 most earthquake-vulnerable countries in terms of human exposure - China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran - are in the region, according to the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR).

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Shanghai tourists won't be stopping at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, the place that became the scene of Monday evening's bloodbath that ended in the death of eight tourists from Hong Kong.

The Newsroom - OVERVIEWMore than 15 million people are affected by Pakistans worst flooding in 80 years, with at least 1,600 fatalities, according to estimates from the government of Pakistan. While the severity of their needs has not yet been fully assessed, the number is greater than those who were affected by the 2005 South Asia tsunami (5 million), the 2005 South Asia earthquake (3 million ...

OVERVIEWMore than 15 million people are affected by Pakistan’s worst flooding in 80 years, with at least 1,600 fatalities, according to estimates from the government of Pakistan. While the severity of their needs has not yet been fully assessed, the number is greater than those who were affected by the 2005 South Asia tsunami (5 million), the 2005 South Asia earthquake (3 million), or the 2010 ...