Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Reuters Business Channel | Reuters.com-Problems linger as aid flows in for Java quake victims

Reuters Business Channel | Reuters.com: "(Adds U.S. Marines, Japanese paramedics land, quotes on aid)

By Achmad Sukarsono

BANTUL, Indonesia, May 30 (Reuters) - International relief efforts picked up on Tuesday for survivors of the earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people on Indonesia's Java island, but many victims complained that vital aid was not reaching them.

Planes carrying supplies and foreign experts, including Japanese paramedics and a small contingent of U.S. Marines, reached the stricken region to supplement government aid and workers."

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