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NEW DELHI: After the storm comes the deluge of questions. What if the government is understating the scale of the tragedy? How is India going about the woeful task of counting the dead? In turn, how will this affect relief mobilisation and disbursal of financial aid? Already there are indications that the number of dead projected by authorities is way below the reality. Senior officials in Delhi are already admitting that the task before them is very complicated. Red Cross is estimating the toll could shoot up to 1,00,000 dead (from the present 80,000) in Asia once more information comes...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The international response to a catastrophic tsunami in Asia has been quick and generous, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday, playing down his earlier comments that wealthy nations were stingy. U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland rowed back from statements he made on Monday after an annoyed Secretary of State Colin Powell said Washington was "the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world." "The United States is not stingy," Powell told CNN's "American Morning" program. Egeland, a Norwegian, pleaded at a Monday news conference for individuals and governments around the world to respond...

Yesterday a few freepers thought ANYONE willing to entertain our troops in Iraq was a good thing despite their politics. I wonder if any of these same freepers have listened to Franken's show on Air America. If you caught him last night on Scarborough Country, imagine that attitude towards our President, Secretary of Defense, & even Tommy Franks on the air for several hours per day (much less Armed Forces radio which he is insistant he should be allowed on), because THAT is what his Air America show is all about every single day!

Al Franken mentioned on his show today that some energetic people are calling & emailing the USO and protesting his going on a USO tour. The USO is located in Arlington, Viginia and their fax number is 703-908-6401 & 703-908-6400 for the switchboard.

Election statistics web site. Great site. Bush won 82% of the counties in the United States according to this data. 2004 Results broken out by all types of data.

ACT or Moveon.org keep calling my house asking for my 20 year old and 19 year old sons. Both are in college and both voted absentee for BUSH. I love the silence on the other end of the line when I tell the caller my sons are BUSH supporters!