Earth Shaking

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1. Light Within: 10/02/2005 - 10/08/2005 says:

   January 12, 2006 at 6:39 am

   [...] This is Pakistan — Earthquake News results for Pakistan earthquakeMap of earthquake-affected region Timeline_ Saturday, 8:50 a.m.: Earthquake hits the divided Kashmir region on the border of Pakistan and India._ 9 a.m.: Pakistan Red Crescent ambulances join local relief efforts in Islamabad._ 12 p.m.: Two local Pakistan Red Crescent groups deploy to Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier province and another one to Kashmir to assess the damage but are delayed because roads have been destroyed._ 2 p.m. The World Food Program holds an emergency meeting in Pakistan but cannot dispatch teams because of the roads. WFP begins working to send helicopters. _ 5 p.m., or 2 p.m. in Brussels: The European Union offers to send emergency humanitarian aid to the quake-stricken regions. The Turkish Red Crescent prepares to send military planes loaded with supplies._ 8 p.m., or 3 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time: Germany’s Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer says Berlin has sent $61,000 for emergency aid. Austria says it too is ready to send supplies._ 7 p.m., or 10 a.m in New York: U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan announces that the United Nations has offered help to the governments of Afghanistan, India and Pakistan._ 10 p.m., or about 1 p.m. in Washington : President Bush offers condolences and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States is ready to help. The United States wires an initial $100,000 in aid and dispatches 250 rolls of plastic sheeting, 5,000 blankets, and 5,000 water containers, to arrive Monday._ Just before midnight, or 7 p.m. in Geneva: First eight members of U.N. Disaster Assessment and Coordination team leaves Switzerland for Islamabad._ Sunday, 8 a.m.: Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan says confirmed death toll is 18,000._ Morning-afternoon: Rescue crews arrive from Russia, Britain, the United Arab Emirates, and China with sniffer dogs, earth moving equipment, medicines, food and relief goods._ 7 p.m., or 10 a.m. in Washington: The United States sends another $1 million._ 2 p.m.: U.S. ambassador to Pakistan says the White House has authorized $50 million in earthquake aid for Pakistan._ 3 p.m.: First U.S. helicopters that will help in relief efforts land near Pakistani capital._ 9 p.m.: Pakistan agrees to accept relief aid for quake victims from rival India._ 9:30 p.m., or 12:30 p.m. in New York: The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announces that 12 nations have sent rescue teams: China, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Turkey, and Ukraine.Relevant:Aid agencies working in the quake zoneAsia Quake Kills Tens of Thousands Damages in LahoreDCS: “You are my community”Deadliest earthquakes of the past 100 yearsDevastation Strikes South AsiaEarth ShakingEarth Quake..U ok?Islamabad’s Diary: More on the situation in handISLAMIC RELIEF RESPONSELIFE ETCMetroblog – Lahore Miraculous Events after the Quake!Moazam Rajas weblog, Islamabad earthquakeNEXT> by RamlaOrganised List of Relief Efforts: UPDATEDPakistan earthquake deathtoll could run into thousandsPakistan earthquakes: HELP!Pakistan earthquake – questionsPakistanian Quake And Guatemalan SlidesEarthquake hits Northern PakistanEarthquake Relief in Pakistan: Contribute Now!Earthquake Report Magnitude 7.6 – PAKISTANPeople-to-people Pakistan quake relief effortPersonal Account of Earthquake in PakistanPowerful earthquake strikes South AsiaProcrastinationQuake Kills More Than 18,000 in South AsiaRaheel Red Cross and Earthquake Relief Relief EffortsRelentlesslyOptimisticSouth Asia: Initial reactions to the EarthquakeDr. Awab AlviUpdates by DanialVoices Around the Globe — MariaWhen Pakistan needs themYahoo22 Additional Earth Quakes in PakistanNation stands united and mourns for three days.SAVE HUMANITY – HUSSAINI RELIEF FUNDA strong earthquake hit northern part of Pakistan on 08th October 2005. This calamity left in its wake, thousands of men, women and children dead, and hundred of thousands injured. A vast population scattered over large hilly tracks of N.W.F.P. and Azad Kashmir has been rendered homeless. The people are forced to spend cold nights of north under open skies, without food or shelter.Extremely shocked and grieved by this unprecedented devastation Jabir Bin Hayyan Trust (Regd) Islamabad has already started despatching relief goods to the calamity torn areas. Our efforts without your generous support may not match the level of disaster. There is much more that humanity needs to do for their destitute brothers and sister.I appeal in the name of humanity to all inhabitants of this planet earth, irrespective of caste, creed and region, to come forward and donate generously towards our “RELIEF FUND” that has been established. All donations in foreign exchange could be deposited in Account No 419001520/53 (Mohsin Ali Najafi), maintained in Bank Al-Habib, Blue Area Islamabad. The donations in Pak currency may be deposited in account No 071-042742-01-9 (Jabir Bin Hayyan Trust). In USA donations may be remitted through:Uswa Educational AssociationC/o Saeed P. Bokhari6- Heater Hill, Bourbonnais IL 60914Phone: 815-939-0701, Fax: 001-8159372063E-mail: sbokhari@aol.comBank Account No: 0041079Peoples Bank of Kankakee County315, Main St. NW, Bourbonnais, ILEmployer ID: 20-1048444Mohsin Ali Najafi, Managing TrusteeTags: Earthquake, Pakistan [...]