12 January 2005
The town left without women
Atiyah Binti Ali Hussein is the sole female tsunami survivor in an Aceh village
New Images - Tsunami damage in Aceh Province, Sumatra
Amazing images from Earth Observatory - NASA
Arthur Chrenkoff's Tsunami Roundup 12th Jan
Links/Quotes incl: One would hope, however, that a developing country does not have to wait to be devastated by a tsunami or an earthquake to be able to benefit from free trade.
09 January 2005
Mark Steyn: Coalition of the giving
Today's all-star cricket match between a World XI and an Asian XI at the MCG will do more for the beleaguered Muslims of Banda Aceh than Libya, Syria and Egypt combined.
Foreign Office refused expert help to identify British victims
Families waiting for news now face agonising delays because ministers failed to respond to repeated offers of help from forensic specialists
The Diplomad: UNbearable . . . .
Poor man! If only those stingy Aussies and Yanks would have the decency to shut down relief operations while the UN rep is trying to hold a meeting, after all, he's here to help, help himself, that is, to taking credit for what the others are doing.
After the tsunami: horrifying, but not 'humbling'
Some have sought to ride that tsunami as the vehicle for their pet political messages, mostly based on the reactionary anti-human, anti-development prejudices that are so powerful today.
Why has the UK media turned the Asian tsunami into a story All About Us?
The spontaneous desire to help has become ritualised; the humane response to the suffering of others has been transformed into an experience that people should apparently want to be a part of for their own sake.
How we deal with disasters
After the Asian tsunami, how can we make sense of such senseless events? A brief look at history suggests that our answer will depend on the prevailing beliefs of the time: Frank Ferudi
