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[QUOTE]Originally posted by AndrewR: [QB] [QUOTE] As Australia became the largest donor by raising its pledge to �406 million and German aid was raised from �14 million to �353 million, a senior EU official said that countries should not treat the aftermath as a "beauty contest". Louis Michel, the humanitarian assistance commissioner, said they should focus on pledges they could fulfil. [/QUOTE]Um the EU can got and royally beguck itself! For crying out loud citizens of that so-called 'union' encountered the heaviest death-toll of visitors to the countries affected by the Tsunami! How short-sighted they are. These are the same countries that delightfully accepted all that aid in re-building their homelands after both world wars?? Australia is committed to $1 billion - $500 million direct financial aide, $500 in loads tax free for the next 40 years to Indonesia. They are after all our closest (geographically) and largest neighbour. America and the EU should stop worrying about the "politics" of the situation. This isn't about politics - it's about humans helping humans. It's an unfathomable amount of devestation and loss of life - over 150,000 people dead (possibly more) - villages, homes, towns raised off the face of the earth? Millions homless, starving, susceptible to disease - people losing their limbs to infection, thousands upon thousands of orphans (who also now are in danger of being taken away and being exploited - oh dear. Some other things. Anyone see the man who survived on a tree 150km West of Aceh for 8 days. His child alerted him to the approaching wave and he went to the second story - then he watched as his family and himself were washed out to see. Several people survived with him on or around the tree for at least 2 days - and he watched them die and float away. He encountered a man in a pot - they talked for a day - he decided to make for shore. The man was picked up by a Japanese cargo ship! There are also two dolphins that were swept into a stagnant pool by the tsunami!! They have today just gotten the mother out - but they are still trying with her calf. :( I also saw in the paper today about the people who live on the Sentinel Islands South of the Andaman and Icobar islands - they are a 'primative' group who have lived their for something like 14,000 years - they don't let anyone on their islands - they attack with arrows. There is a shot of a naked Sentinelese man firing an arrow at a passing Helicopter. Marco Polo visited those islands! Anyway they reckon a number have survived because they can read the air, the wind and the ocean and probably could tell what was approaching!! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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