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Southeast Asia

Indonesia Declares Emergency; Toll 4,600

2006-05-29

Indonesia's government declared a state of emergency after a quake killed more than 4,600 people, and rescue workers raced against time today in the hope of finding survivors under the debris of razed homes. Some 35,000 buildings around the city of Yogyakarta were reduced to rubble when a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck at the crack of dawn on Saturday.

After a Cabinet meeting late yesterday, Vice President Jusuf Kalla said the emergency period would last three months and the goverment aimed to complete "reconstruction and rehabilitation" within a year. "We will have an emergency period for three months, May till August. The objectives are providing food, health care and shelter," Kalla told reporters. "The funds needed are about 1 trillion rupiahs ($100 million) ... for repairing homes and facilitating people's needs. This figure can change. It comes from the state budget and international aid."

Posted by:Fred

#5 sorry guys - ask your Saudi paymasters and Iranian hegemons for disaster aid. They can deduct if from the IJ and AS payments

Posted by: Frank G 2006-05-29 22:21

#4 CC2029 - sad but true. The only folks I trust with my disaster dollars anymore are the Mennonite relief agencies. In the old days they'd send a team along with the $, food, whatever and dole it out to the needy personally.

They probably still do it the old-fashioned way.

Posted by: GORT 2006-05-29 20:47

#3 No matter what you give, money or goods or services, no matter who you give it to, "offical" aid agencies or private entities, it will be looted, stolen, ripped off, wasted.

And that goes for this disaster in Indonesia, as well as Katrina.

Posted by: Cregum Clease2029 2006-05-29 10:16

#2 ... Its almost as of some supernatural being is pissed at them for something....

That being said :). This is a pretty bad disaster and needs help and I think we should send help - regardless of their religion these are people.

I mean I'm sure the Vampire Vulture Elite from the U.N. are already circling the area looking for a 5-star hotel [with 24Hr catering) to land at. I don't think I would wish that on my worst enemy.

Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-05-29 10:10

#1 wow, these people just can't get a break...

Posted by: sludge 2006-05-29 08:58

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