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Baby born on ship
Port Blair, Dec. 30 (PTI): A woman being evacuated by a naval
ship from Hut Bay in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands yesterday gave birth to a
healthy girl on-board.
According to the ship?s doctor, the woman felt labour pains at 5 pm yesterday. ?I took her down to my cabin where she gave birth to a healthy girl at 7.55 pm,? he said. Both mother and baby are fine.
Fauna safe
Point Calimere (PTI): The Point Calimere wildlife and bird
sanctuary in Tamil Nadu, which houses several deer and painted storks, escaped
devastation because of the surrounding mangrove forests. Forest officials had
gone into the sanctuary spread over 25 sq. km to assess the damage but found the
mangrove plantation had helped minimise the damage.
Queen aid
London (AFP): Queen Elizabeth has made a ?substantial? donation
for victims of the tsunami disaster in Asia. The money would most likely be given
to British charities with which the monarch is already associated as a patron,
a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said on Wednesday.
Annan effort
United Nations (AFP): United Nations secretary-general Kofi
Annan has cut short his vacation and is due to return to New York to oversee humanitarian
efforts for affected countries. He will hold a meeting with the UN deputy chief
for humanitarian affairs, Jan Egeland, who is coordinating the world body?s action
on the crisis, a spokesperson said.
US advice
Washington (Reuters): The US state department on Wednesday
urged Americans in tsunami-affected countries to call home, even if they are far
from the disaster areas. ?This is a time when people who know they?re hundreds
of miles away from where the disaster might have occurred need to call home and
tell their relatives who know it?s only a quarter-inch on the map,? said the state
department?s spokesperson, Richard Boucher.
Satellite help
Washington (AP): The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
of the US is using its spy satellites to measure the scope of the devastating
tsunamis in Asia and help relief workers manage their efforts.
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