Thursday, June 01, 2006

Navhind Times on the Web: World-"Indonesia quake: relief efforts pick up

Navhind Times on the Web: World: "Indonesia quake: relief efforts pick up

Reuters

Yogyakarta (Indonesia), May 30: International relief efforts picked up today for survivors of a weekend earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people on Indonesia’s Java island, with over a score of countries now involved.

Planes carrying vital supplies from abroad reached the stricken region, while the airport at the ancient royal capital of Yogyakarta re-opened to commercial traffic despite a heavily damaged terminal.

A plane carrying a 40-member Chinese medical team as well as five tonne of medical supplies landed early today at Solo, some 60 km north of Yogyakarta province, Xinhua news agency reported."

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