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Reason April 2005 Kerry Howley	Tidal Waves and Tariffs Western politicians ask why billions in assistance have yielded precious little, but handouts can go only so far. The farmers of Vietnam, Thailand, and India don't want to spend the rest of their lives accepting our aid. They just want to sell us shrimp.
BusinessWeek April 4, 2005 Jason Bush	Trying Times For Central Asia's Autocrats Is another autocratic ex-Soviet leader about to fall? That's what some analysts are predicting after protesters occupied an airport and stormed government buildings in two major cities in the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan.
Fast Company April 2005 Todd Shapera	On the Waterfront An IT analyst pursues a different calling after the tsunami hits his native Sri Lanka. Now he's building houses for tsunami victims.
Scientific American March 2005	Relief Is Not Enough Tsunami relief does not replace development. The U.S. and other industrial nations need to be more forthcoming with aid outside of calamitous times.
Bio-IT World February 11, 2005 Kevin Davies	Tsunami Science The task of retrieving and identifying bodies in Southeast Asia enters a new phase. At the Thailand Tsunami Victim Identification Center, officials have been evaluating genetic database systems for comparing ante-mortem and post-mortem DNA samples.
InternetNews January 7, 2005 Tim Gray	Tsunami Donations Skyrocket Online The tsunami that killed more than 150,000 people and pulverized the coastlines of nearly a dozen nations has also brought out unprecedented use of the Internet.
BusinessWeek January 17, 2005 Einhorn & Kripalani	Wanted: New Weapons Against An Old Killer Many of the new malaria medicines are in early stages of development. But with tsunami-hit countries receiving billions in aid there may finally be both the will and the means to tackle one of the world's most dangerous diseases.
BusinessWeek January 17, 2005	How India Is Springing Into Action In Tamil Nadu, the relief effort is intense, fast-moving, and surprisingly efficient.
InternetNews January 3, 2005 Jim Wagner	Bush Says Go Online to Offer Tsunami Support Flanked by two former presidents, he tells Americans they can help best by going online.
Financial Advisor January 2005 Evan Simonoff	Why A Soft Dollar Doesn't Spell Doomsday China and Japan must help the U.S. in order to help themselves. A major U.S. recession would slam-dunk Asian export-driven economies and send unemployment in the region through the roof.
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