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...Other places bear the same taint. In Sri Lanka and the Maldives, businesses have watched tourists disappear and dollars dry up. Even Bali, more than 4,300 km away from the hardest hit Indonesian province of Aceh, has seen canceled bookings. At an emergency summit of the World Tourism Organization in Phuket early this month, Secretary General Francesco Frangialli called the cancellations in the region "irrational." Speaking to delegates from around the globe, he urged governments to take swift action to get the tourists back "in order to alleviate the suffering of the affected populations...
...former heart surgeon also has some ideas the White House hasn't yet put out, including a plan that would create a health-care structure similar to what Fannie Mae does for mortgages. This week Frist testified before Congress about his trip to support tsunami relief efforts in Sri Lanka and attended a meeting of the Center for Strategic and International Studies HIV/AIDS task force, where he proposed a global health corps, modeled on the Peace Corps, that would send Americans to work on public health projects in countries like Iraq and Afghanistan. Health care could be an issue that...
...Teachers often use bullying tactics, and formal inquiries into incidents are defused by bureaucratic psychobabble. Often it is the victims themselves who are considered suspect. Jon van Leuven Göteborg, Sweden Rising from the Rubble My sincere thanks to all the world's people for their generosity toward Sri Lankan tsunami victims [Jan. 24]. We are especially grateful to Americans. Sri Lankans stuck by the U.S. during the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979 and after the 9/11 attacks. For their part, Americans have always aided us, with little fanfare, in bleak times during the '60s floods and now after...
...funds have the impact you want. A guide: WHAT KIND OF HELP IS NEEDED NOW? While immediate relief needs are being addressed, long-term development work - rebuilding schools, making microloans to rejuvenate businesses, providing trauma counseling - has barely begun. Large international charities with development projects in places like India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Indonesia include Oxfam, care, Save the Children and World Vision. "Emergency aid is vital, but we can't just rebuild the poverty that was there before," says Oxfam spokesman Brendan Cox. "We have to aim for reconstruction plus." HOW DO I PICK A CHARITY? If you already...
...Sri Lanka is mourning the death of the tsunami victims. People are contributing everything they can to help survivors. International aid is pouring in. The world may never have witnessed such togetherness. We have seen the devastation on TV or with our own eyes. Nature has taught us a lesson: it treats everybody alike. With determination, we will overcome the tragedy. In the past years, national unity in this country has been forgotten. We did not bat an eye over the agony of those Sri Lankans who became refugees in their own land because of internal conflict. War has caused...