2005 in International Relations - Humanitarian Response to the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake, List of State Leaders in 2005 (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 81. Chapters: Humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, List of state leaders in 2005, Response to the 2005 London bombings, World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2005, 31st G8 summit, International response to the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, Fijian mercenaries in Bougainville, 2005 anti-Japanese demonstrations, Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, List of colonial governors in 2005, List of foreign ministers in 2005, List of international organization leaders in 2005, Dutch European Constitution referendum, 2005, French European Constitution referendum, 2005, 4th Summit of the Americas, 2005 World Summit, Swiss referendum, June 2005, World Year of Physics 2005, First East Asia Summit, Spanish European Constitution referendum, 2005, Water for Life Decade, Slovakia Summit 2005, Sharm el-Sheikh Summit of 2005, Forum for the Future, FitzGerald Report, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2005, Luxembourgian European Constitution referendum, 2005, G8 Climate Change Roundtable, Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum, 2005, Danish European Constitution referendum, International Year of Microcredit, 2005 NATO Headquarters summit, 2005 world oil market chronology, Mugesera v. Canada. Excerpt: The humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was prompted by one of the worst natural disasters of modern times. On 26 December 2004, the earthquake, which struck off the northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, generated a tsunami that wreaked havoc along much of the rim of the Indian Ocean. Particularly hard-hit were the countries of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Nearly 230,000 people were killed, tens of thousands more were injured, and 10 million became homeless and displaced. The tsunami exacted a light toll on coastal communities and especially fishermen...