Earthquake in South Asia

city · Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 9:03 pm Post subject: Earthquake in South Asia

as if they didn't have enough trouble already in that area :-(

BBC:
Nearly 2,000 people are confirmed dead in Pakistan after the strong quake that also hit north India and Afghanistan.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4323008.stm

Hazza · Senior Villager Joined: 22 Aug 2005 Posts: 151

That is terrible news Sad

RIP to all the victims of this tragic incident Sad

brother · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:38 pm Post subject:

Well the total dead figure has now risen to over 20,000 people and still increasing, this is another human tragedy.

cannedmoose · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:52 pm Post subject:

I hate to pick on the Yanks once again... but they currently have dozens of transport and heavy-lift helicopters operating in Afghanistan, yet none of these have yet been offered to Pakistan to assist with ferrying people and materiel into the affected region. On BBC this morning, a Pakistani minister begged Britain and the US to offer these helicopters to assist with the operation to get into Kashmir, which is essentially cut off from the outside world.

I also wonder... since Pakistani Kashmir was mostly affected, will this lead to a new rapprochement between India and Pakistan, a la the 'earthquake diplomacy' that occurred between Greece and Turkey in 1999? Maybe some good would come of this terrible event in that case... let's wait and see if India offers any assistance.

thebrix · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:54 pm Post subject:

city · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:13 pm Post subject:

cannedmoose · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:07 pm Post subject:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4337696.stm

I hate it when at times like this, politicians remain pathetically nationalist... when will we all learn? Rolling Eyes

brother · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:12 pm Post subject:

brother · Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:34 pm Post subject:

Well its going from bad to worse, 79,000 dead

http://www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnews&alt=&trh=20051019&hn=25519

brother · Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:00 pm Post subject:

Better late than never

http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20051019&hn=25504

city · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:26 pm Post subject:

India offers Pakistan $25m in aid

India has offered long-time rival Pakistan $25m in aid following the 8 October earthquake that killed more than 55,000 people.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4381982.stm

Dhavlos · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:30 pm Post subject:

i hope this canhelpto resolve issues....

kinda like Turkey/Greece...after the earthquake, relationsbetween the two blossomed, but the sticky issue(Cyprus)remains a relatively sore point....

will we see relative peace inkashmir now? or will it just become anarchic?