Devizes Melting Pot

“Protection. Conservation. Restriction. Deep ecology. Give me deep technology any day. They don't scare me. "I'm damned if I'll crawl, my children's children crawl on the earth in some kind a fuckin' harmony with the environment. Yeah, till the next ice age or the next asteroid impact." (Moh Kohn, The Star Fraction)/ "This is the fight between God and the Devil. If His Grace is with God, he must join me, if he is for the Devil he must fight me. There is no third way" King Gustavus Adolphus

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Tuesday, December 28, 2004

And here's the latest toll:

Indonesia 27,174
Sri Lanka 18,706
India 11,499
Thailandia 1,516
Somalia 100
Myanmar 90
Malaysia 65
Maldive 55
Tanzania 10
Bangladesh 2
Kenya 1
Total 59,218

Quake prompts enormous aid effort

INITIAL HELP FROM AROUND THE WORLD

AUSTRALIA: 4 transport planes; $7.6 million
BELGIUM: 22 tons of aid from MSF and UNICEF to Sri Lanka
BRITAIN: Plastic sheets, tents to Sri Lanka; 370,000 pounds to EU aid effort; $100,000 to WHO relief effort
CANADA: $4 million to Red Cross-Red Crescent
CHINA: $2.6 million in emergency aid
CZECH REPUBLIC: Plane to Sri Lanka with drinking water; also aid worth $444,400
EUROPEAN UNION: 3 million euros immediately
FRANCE: Plane, rescue workers and aid to Sri Lanka; 100,000 euros for rescue efforts in Thailand
GERMANY: 1 million euros; disaster relief team sent to Sri Lanka
GREECE: 17 doctors and medical staff
ISRAEL: Medical teams to Sri Lanka and Thailand; search and rescue team to Sri Lanka
JAPAN: Medical team to Sri Lanka; damage assessment group to Indonesia
KUWAIT: $1 million in aid supplies
NETHERLANDS: 2 million euros to Red Cross-Red Crescent appeal
SINGAPORE: $1.2 million to global effort; medical teams on standby
SPAIN: 1 million euros; plane with aid and sanitary equipment to Sri Lanka
SWEDEN: Tents and communications equipment to Maldives; $750,000 to global appeal
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: $2 million in aid; three plane-loads of aid to India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka
UNITED STATES: $15 million in aid; three patrol aircraft to assess damage
IMF: Intends to provide help, but no specifics UNHCR: Plastic sheeting, plastic mats, rope and non-food relief packages for 2,000 families in Sri Lanka
UNICEF: Clothing, blankets and sleeping mats, water tanks, medical supplies in Sri Lanka and India
UN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: $100,000 each to Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, the Maldives and Thailand to assess needs
UN POPULATION FUND: $1 million to address health needs of pregnant and nursing women

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