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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8856

29 December 2004
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) asia/tidal waves
EU prepares emergency aid

Brussels, 28/12/2004 (Agence Europe) - EU Member States' governments, the European Commission and a series of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) immediately started mobilising emergency aid for the countries in Asia hit by the massive tsunamis (tidal waves) on Sunday, which killed more than 23,000 people, but the number of deaths is continuing to rise. An earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra caused massive tidal waves, veritable walls of water, in Sri Lanka, India, Thailand,...

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