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George W. Bush's handlers left no photo op unexplored as they sought to convince us that the President was fully engaged in hurricane relief after Rita. That strategy only underscores that this President is clueless. Bush moved quickly when two things of great importance to him were threatened: the Texas oil infrastructure and his poll ratings...
...million people left homeless. In India, the quake killed more than 1,300 and left more than 100,000 without shelter. For the survivors, the devastation of the quake was followed by even more misery, as untold numbers in remote mountain villages went days without seeing any sign of relief. The delay in getting supplies to the disaster zone raised fears of untreated injuries, disease and malnutrition, or worse: the looming snow season could present the specter of masses of people freezing to death...
...Islamic world. Washington has promised $50 million in emergency aid, and already C-130 cargo planes are parachuting an airlift of blankets, plastic sheets, medical supplies and disaster-survival kits to victims. But U.S. officials say the military can't afford to make an open-ended commitment to the relief effort without hampering antiterrorism operations in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, relief groups trying to raise money for the victims say they are encountering donor fatigue--perhaps caused by the massive private responses to the tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. Jan Egeland, the U.N.'s top humanitarian-aid official, is calling for worldwide donations...
...from one cluster of soldiers to another, pleading that they help him try to dig out his students. But there was still too much work to be done in Balakot before the soldiers could follow the teacher up into the mountains. For Rasool, as for so many still awaiting relief, hope has already...
...GROWING CRISIS ? Officials expect the final death toll to top 50,000 as rescuers reach more remote mountain villages ? With winter only a few weeks away, relief workers are scrambling to find shelter for the estimated 2 million people made homeless ? Pakistan's healthcare facilities are strained to the limit. Thousands of injured people are without shelter or treatment, and officials fear large outbreaks of disease, particularly measles ? Many roads into the high mountains are wiped out, and heavy rain grounds some relief flights, further slowing efforts to reach survivors...