The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that left almost a quarter of a million people dead and led to the worlds largest emergency aid program had a profound impact on two wars being fought in the region. In Aceh, Indonesia, it contributed to the end of three decades of bloody conflict; in Sri Lanka, the tsunami […]
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Japan March 11th 2011: For the record In the evening of 22 March, I boarded Qantas flight 22 bound for Sydney via Hong Kong from Narita International Airport. It was a familiar flight for me which was usually a direct flight between Tokyo and Sydney. However, the flight route of the QF22 had been […]
Aceh has much to teach the world – including those engaged in the reconstruction of Haiti. It is now six months since Haiti was devastated by an earthquake and six years since the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004 devastated Aceh. Attention in Haiti has moved to the reconstruction accompanied by well publicized frustration […]