Sentences with phrase «tsunami victims»

Professor Eugene Volokh raises an eyebrow at Rep. Tom DeLay's choice of Gospel reading at a Tuesday prayer breakfast devoted to tsunami victims.

It is also part of the ambivalence of risk, however, that in addition to the globalization of compassion measured by the unprecedented readiness to donate to the relief effort at the same time the Tsunami victims were categorized and discussed politically in national terms.

These days, armed forces increasingly find themselves hauling survivors from the wreckage of collapsed cities or providing aid to tsunami victims, even as they remain poised to do leaders» bidding on battlefields.

Tsunami victims I met with wanted only bricks to rebuild, and faced their tragedies (most I talked to lost family members) with dignity and courage.

We had a fundraiser for tsunami victims where people could buy a button, and, if they had the button, they could wear a hat on that day.

This means, scientists posit in a new paper in PLOS ONE, that this skull could be from the earliest known tsunami victim.

«We've experienced more difficulty than anticipated in obtaining postmortem DNA profiles from deceased victims,» said Karl Kent, former joint chief of staff for the Thailand Tsunami Victim Identification Center.

Read more about 6,000 - Year - Old Skull Could Be from the World's Earliest Known Tsunami Victim

An ancient skull found in Papua New Guinea in 1929 is believed to be the world's oldest known tsunami victim.

Also in 2005, Lucy Hodgson's exhibition, «Undercurrents» donated sales proceeds to Mercy Corps for Tsunami Victim Aid.

Members of Japan Self - Defense Force pray for the body of a tsunami victim wrapped in a tarp in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture.

Not exact matches

But then, what does this mean for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, or the December 26, 2004 tsunami that killed almost 250,000 people?

A three - minute silence has been observed across Europe to remember the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.

Victims of poverty and war in Africa deserve the same «generosity and solidarity» from the British people as those who have suffered in the Asian tsunami, Prime Minister Tony Blair said today.

The Foreign Office has announced that death certificates will be issued to the families of victims of the tsunami disaster even where no bodies are found.

The Metropolitan Police is facing growing calls from the families of murder victims, those killed in terrorist attacks and those who died in natural disasters, such as the Indonesian tsunami, to disclose if they were targets.

Most deaths and much of the destruction from last week's powerful earthquake in Japan were the handiwork of the tsunami: Many victims knew the waves were coming but could not escape or didn't try until it was too late.

Virtually all of the victims drowned in a tsunami that in places was more than 30 metres high.

En route, her bow wave may have lapped against the USNS Mercy, which was heading to southeast Asia to help the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

That is partly because soon after the tsunami struck, disaster - victim identification teams raced to Thailand from more than two dozen countries and worked independently from Thai scientists to identify foreigners.

This number of people whose property and livelihoods were destroyed surpassed the number of combined victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the Haiti earthquake earlier this year.

A tsunami and its attendant flooding sends murky water pulsing through the floors of submerged high - rises, trapping helpless victims inside like goldfish behind glass.

Inside are letters, a notebook and other ephemera collected by Nao, a 16 - year - old schoolgirl in Japan — and possible victim of the tsunami.

There's no sense of progression, and difficulty is handled simply by slinging more bad guys at you until eventually combat scenarios involve you and a small tsunami of victims.

Crunchyroll has partnered with Zapuni to help raise money for victims of the 2011 tsunami.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the millions of people affected by the tragic earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan last week - and pleasingly, several games companies have pledged financial support to help raise money to help the victims.

It's really not that farfetched — there are reports of the real - world Yakuza going to great lengths to help victims of the earthquakes / tsunamis, after all.

Alice was part of the 2011 photography auction 和 Wa at 25CPW in New York to benefit victims of the Tsunami in Japan with Nuru Projects, Sombra Projects, and with contributions from Magnum Foundation and Friends without Borders.

But I wonder how much of this doctrine grew out of the great response United States forces got in a hostile region of another Islamic country as Navy helicopters helped rescue victims of the 2004 tsunami that ravaged the Indian Ocean coasts of Sumatra, Indonesia.

I'm happy to see that one of the best blogs about last year's Boxing Day tsunami, the «Sea - Eat» blog, is back and working hard to advocate for victims of this disaster.

Some may recall the aftermath of the south Asian tsunami where the federal government said they couldn't name victims or survivors because of the Privacy Act.

Charlotte Esarey, a sales associate in Jacksonville, Fla., spent two months helping victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami in Indonesia.

Although tsunami fund - raising is coming to a close, NAR continues to accept contributions to its REALTORS ® Relief Foundation, used to help victims of hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, and other disasters.

Esarey took a leave of absence from her real estate career to travel to Banda Aceh, Indonesia, for two months to help the victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami.