Jan 06 Plan Aims to Coordinate Emergency Response By PBS News Hour The Department of Homeland Security unveiled a plan Thursday aimed at coordinating federal, state and local government responses to emergencies, including terrorist attacks. Continue reading
Jan 06 U.N. Urges Donor Nations to Speed Delivery of Tsunami Aid By PBS News Hour U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan urged national governments and relief organizations to speed the flow of pledged donations for the tsunami recovery effort in order to save the lives of an estimated 150,000 people at risk from disease and injury. Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch World Leaders Meet in Indonesia for Tsunami Emergency Relief Summit World leaders met Thursday in Indonesia at an emergency aid summit for tsunami relief efforts. Margaret Warner talks with the World Bank director for Indonesia about the meeting in Jakarta. Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch Tsunami Aftermath John Irvine of Independent Television News gives an update on the relief efforts in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch Relief Organizations Face Hurdles Giving Medical Assistance to Tsunami Survivors Relief workers trying to provide medical care to tsunami survivors have faced an overwhelming number of wounded victims, medical supply shortages, and difficulty reaching rural areas. A relief worker with Doctors without Borders discusses the medical assistance effort. Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch Caring for Victims of the Tsunami Ian Williams of Independent Television News reports from Phuket, Thailand on how the tsunami disaster has brought people together. Then, ITN's Alex Thomson looks at the economic impact of the tsunami on Sri Lanka, and ITN's Dan Rivers focuses on… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch Search Continues for Missing Americans in South Asia Secretary of State Colin Powell announced that officials are still trying to track down at least 4,000 Americans. A State Department official discusses the uncertainty surrounding the number of missing Americans in South Asia. Continue watching
Jan 03 Aid Flights Reach Tsunami Victims As Relief Efforts Increase By PBS News Hour Aid workers used everything from helicopters to elephants to try and deliver aid to the hundreds of thousands of people without food and shelter eight days after an earthquake and ensuing tsunamis devastated parts of southern Asia. Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch Sri Lankans in California Mobilize to Assist Victims in Their Home Country Afterwards, Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles looks at how Sri Lankans in the United States are coping with the devastation in their home country. Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch Recovery and Relief Efforts in Sri Lanka and Indonesia An Independent Television News report on the latest relief efforts in Indonesia which has suffered heavy losses from the tsunami. Then, a Christian Science Monitor reporter in Sri Lanka looks at the recovery effort in that region. Continue watching