Quake aid 'not enough' as disease kills survivors
RELIEF officials warned that world aid pledges
for Pakistan's quake may be too late to save lives, while doctors
said 22 people had already died of tetanus and one of measles.
Donors at an emergency United Nations conference Wednesday promised
an additional 580 million dollars amid a life or death race to
deliver help to tens of thousands of injured or homeless people
before winter.
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Storm warning in southern India, thousands
evacuated
INDIAN authorities began evacuating thousands of people from the
southeastern coast on Friday as a storm with winds of 100 km per
hour (62 mph) bore down from the Bay of Bengal.
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