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...governmental bureaucratic structures failed terribly. But if you saw TV coverage after the quake, you could not miss the fact that Pakistanis were painstakingly helping their fellow citizens as soon as they could. The nation has been continuously assisting the victims by providing them with food, water, medicine and shelter. We are basically very compassionate, friendly and benevolent people, ready to sacrifice whatever we can to help others in their hour of need. That is what the Koran teaches us. Munaza Hasan Lahore, Pakistan The quick response by the international community to this terrible calamity is profoundly appreciated...
...It’s not about the numbers, it’s about the people,” she said. “It will be difficult to keep your light lit as you go, and that is appropriate,” Edington warned as the participants left the shelter of Memorial Hall and embarked into the mist with their candles. According to Mir, a comedy event to benefit the South Asian earthquake victims is scheduled for December...
...storm. He finally relented at 8 a.m., when he called Mott to ask whether there was any room on the plane for him, his wife and his son. "If we stayed in New Orleans, we could have been homeless," says Martin. "We could have been in a shelter." Mott had three extra seats...
...ascertain if workers were alive. Martin's father, 78 years old and eight months past triple-bypass surgery, had refused to leave his home. He was now missing, and Martin feared the worst. By Friday, Sept. 2, Mott located everyone. Martin found his dad in an Austin, Texas, shelter; he had spent three days in the squalid Superdome...
...that could contribute to the new world order. If I am elected ((in balloting for a self- government council scheduled for mid-1994)), I will carry on in my responsibilities. If not, I will return to work as an engineer. When I was in Lebanon I built a bomb shelter outside my residence. Beside it another shelter was built by a big company. The Israelis bombed them. The other one, which was deeper, was destroyed. The one I built was not destroyed. I will design my own house -- not in Jericho but in Jerusalem. I remember living there with...