This is strangely one of the very few recent threads WormWhiner didn't spew his religious outpourings in!!! Makes one think, doesn't it!

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Lena, the moment he started opening his mouth, either a mob of Muslims, Hindus, or Buddists would run him out of town or worse. They don't need something like him/it to add to their sufferings.

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> Lena, the moment he started opening his mouth, either a mob of Muslims,
> Hindus, or Buddists would run him out of town or worse. They don't need
> something like that to add to their suffering.
>

Then he could contribute with something else as such a "good" Christan!

But I still think it's weird, and this thread needed to be bumped!!!

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Hi Ladies and Gents,

Can you do me a favour and just take a few moments to read my <B>MAKE</B>POVERTY<B>HISTORY</B>
thread.

Thanks in advance.

Cas.

Time at Cas's Place: Mon 03 January 2005, 15:14:41 (GMT Standard Time)

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Google has added a tsunami relief link on their index page: http://www.google.com/tsunami_relief.html

I wonder why M&eacute;decins Sans Fronti&egrave;res isn't listed.

There are real issues out there! Bump!!!

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Already donated, though wasn't able to give much, being in college with tuition comming up and all.

> This is strangely one of the very few recent threads WormWhiner didn't spew
> his religious outpourings in!!! Makes one think, doesn't it!
>

Oh, if it's as bad as suggested (don't know, haven't checked all threads/posts, sorry); plz lets not have it here. I got enough on another board with

> I'm apalled that even possibly a single penny of my tax dollars will be going
> to people who danced in the street during 9/11. To people who shout "God is
> Great" when an American gets blown up. Tell me, was there a moment of silence
> in Jakarta after 9/11? How about in Somalia?


> What do you call it when a Tsunami kills 150,000 Somalians, Indonesians, etc?


> A good start.

> I have no pity for ANYONE over there. They all want me dead. The feeling is
> mutual.

That was just the beginning, as understandably many people (including myself) weren't pleased with this rant and felt it prudent to respond. As a fellow American, wasn't in the slight bit pleased with this responce to trajedy, and given natural disasters know no national boundaries either... In the face of this trajedy, enough reminising on these sorts of things.

BTW, just a hint...but given the trajedy and also that this is a message board for distributed computing projects...perhaps a project that could help with improving earthquake prediction might be in order. If some seismologists out there are working on something...and could use CPU time to help in such effort.

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Bump!

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This thread is still too important! Bump

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Just to Show that it's not all bad news from the earthquake, but that a man has been found at sea by a container ship eight days after being swept out to sea. However he did lose family members who were swept out with him and died one by one. Read about it here.

Good night all.

Time at Cas's Place: Wed 05 January 2005, 23:16:27 (GMT Standard Time)

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I just heard in the news that on the eastern part of Sri Lanka, which is one of the worst hit area of the catastophe, they expect it to take at least 20 - 25 years to establish the society, they had before! One whole generation!

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Theres going to be a Documentary on Tsunami's on the Cable History Channel tonight at 8:00 PM EST ...

I believe this to be important. Bump!

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Here are some links to charitable and governmental organisations who are helping
those in the disaster area. Please do as much as you can to give them the help
they need to help others.
Thanks.

Disasters Emergency Committee
United Nations World Food Programme
UNICEF UK
UNHCR
savethechildren
CARE
CAFOD
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
The Hindu Forum Disaster Relief Task Force
Christian Aid
Tearfund
Islamic Relief
Y Care
Islamic Aid Emergency Relief Fund
Muslim Hands Humanitarian Relief
Medair, Humanitarian Aid Organisation
Handicap International
International Medical Corps
Concern
Salvation Army
Muslim Aid
actionaid International
Oxfam UK
World Jewish Aid
Hindu NGO, BAPS Care International
GOAL Ireland
Action Against Hunger
Merlin Medical Relief

[Thanks to the BBC for compiling these links transposed here]

Time at Cas's Place: Fri 07 January 2005, 09:44:35 (GMT Standard Time)

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*bump* (agin' + agin' + agin')



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Science Status Page . . .

G7 Supports Tsunami Debt Freeze
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The G7 group of industrialised nations has announced a freeze on debt payments from the countries affected by the Asian tsunami.

UK Chancellor Gordon Brown unveiled the accord on Friday, ahead of a meeting of the Paris Club of creditor countries on 12 January.

British officials said it would last for at least a year and could save debtor countries about $5bn (£2.6bn).

The deal will only freeze repayments, rather than cancel the debt itself.

The G7 is also likely to urge the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to speed up its assistance to the stricken countries.

"We must ensure that those countries are not prevented from paying for essential reconstruction because they are having to fund the servicing of their debts," Mr Brown told reporters.

"So for afflicted countries that request it, the G7 is proposing an immediate suspension of debt repayments.

"And depending on the conclusions of the needs assessments, I believe that the G7 and Paris Club must also stand ready to consider all options for further assistance."

The moratorium could be a vehicle to tackle debt in the longer term, the BBC's correspondent Carole Walker has learned from a source in the British Treasury.

The UK has said it wants restructuring as well as an immediate freeze, suggesting that Sri Lanka's debt - among others - should be cancelled altogether.


DEBT AS % OF GDP
Indonesia 80%
India 21%
Thailand 48%
Sri Lanka 59%
Maldives 45%
Source: World Development Movement

Billions Owed
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More than 150,000 people are thought to have been killed by the tsunami, which hit countries all around the Indian Ocean on 26 December after an earthquake off Indonesia.

The countries affected owe some $272bn (£144bn) between them in external debt.

Indonesia, the biggest individual debtor and the worst affected nation, owes $48bn to the members of the Paris Club.

Its debt repayments this year have been estimated at $4.1bn, plus interest.

So far, governments have offered more than $4bn in aid, with almost $1bn pledged by private individuals, companies and non-governmental groups.

European Union finance ministers met on Friday to talk about aid to the stricken region, and a "rapid response" humanitarian force for future catastrophes.

Switzerland and Kuwait have also offered to reschedule the debt owed to them.

The ADB has promised up to $500m (£265m) in grants and heavily discounted loans to Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, as well as $175m taken from existing projects.

Time at Cas's Place: Sat 08 January 2005, 10:27:27 (GMT Standard Time)

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Annan Visits Disaster Sites in Indonesia
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today saw the areas in Indonesia that had been hit worst by the earthquake and tsunami, as he flew by helicopter over sites in Aceh. At a press conference afterward, the Secretary-General said, "I have never seen such utter destruction, mile after mile. And you wonder, where are the people? What happened to them?"
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Too important to let it fall down the list. bump!

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