Word: tsunamis
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...APPOINTED. BILL CLINTON, 58, former U.S. President, as the United Nations' special envoy for tsunami relief; by U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan; in New York City. Clinton, along with fellow former President George H.W. Bush, has been making appearances at President George W. Bush's behest to raise private tsunami- relief funds in the U.S. As leader of the U.N.'s reconstruction efforts, he will also be called upon to help mediate conflicts with rebels in the two hardest- hit countries, Indonesia and Sri Lanka...
...Time to Heal I was heartened to find that in my home country, the Netherlands, a small nation of only 16 million people, more than $145 million was collected in private donations for victims of the tsunami disaster [Jan. 17]. That is in addition to the $300 million in assistance given by the government. I was glad to learn of proposals to install an early-warning system in the Indian Ocean that would alert people before a possible tsunami. In the aftermath of this disaster, philanthropists are demanding a better deal for the world's poor. There is more than...
...Time to Heal I was heartened to find that in my home country, the Netherlands, a small nation of only 16 million people, more than $145 million was collected in private donations for victims of the tsunami disaster [Jan. 17]. That is in addition to the $300 million in assistance given by the government. I was glad to learn of proposals to install an early-warning system in the Indian Ocean that would alert people before a possible tsunami. In the aftermath of this disaster, philanthropists are demanding a better deal for the world's poor. There is more than...
...dismayed by the title of Charles Krauthammer's essay "Shock and Awe" [Jan. 24]. That was the name used by the U.S. military for massive bombings and missile attacks on Iraq at the start of the invasion. Krauthammer referred to the shock of the tsunami and marveled at humanity's overwhelming generosity in response to the disaster, but using a phrase associated with the Iraq war was unfortunate. His commentary ignored the misery and destruction of war. The tsunami was a natural disaster; the Iraqi tragedy was man-made...
Krauthammer said, "The Tsunami that destroyed thousands of lives from Sumatra to Somalia engendered an instant, near universal outpouring of concern, shared grief and charitable giving." In the case of the U.S., however, it was hardly instant. President Bush took three days to personally acknowledge the disaster, and when he did, the amount he initially pledged--$15 million--was less than half what his supporters paid for his Inaugural festivities...