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...Lanka. Aid groups have been heartened by the outpouring of corporate generosity. Oxfam International's British chapter has been so overwhelmed by donations that it's still counting the money. "The response this time from corporations has been much larger than usual," says spokeswoman Anna Mitchell. But with the tsunami-torn countries facing a long, slow, painful recovery, Oxfam and other groups hope this first wave of help won't be the last...
COLIN POWELL, Secretary of State, after traveling to Indonesia to survey the tsunami damage in Banda Aceh...
Global warming is an impending catastrophe that has the potential to far exceed the scope of last week’s tsunami. Scientists are in almost complete agreement about these ramifications, although they may disagree about its causes. Fortunately, global warming, like hunger and poverty, is a crisis that we can help to avert. The United States and China let out the bulk of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. A government effort to reduce the release of pollutants domestically and to make a bilateral reduction treaty with China would go far to improve the global situation. Even if the current...
These are just a few of the most urgent tragedies that are occurring every day around the world. Unfortunately, they are being championed by a mere handful of philanthropists and academics. Because these problems are chronic, difficult to fix and not spectacular disasters like the tsunami, they do not get the worldwide attention that they deserve...
Instead of looking at the tsunami disaster as something we would like to forget, we must look at it as an opportunity to help the world. The tsunami has opened our eyes to the crises and tragedies that are occurring around the world, and particularly in developing countries, that we have ignored. We must not forget the lessons of the tsunami by making sure that the global outpouring of aid is just the beginning of a greater awareness about the need for philanthropy, both by governments and private citizens...