Global tsunami toll climbs as hundreds of thousands displaced
Bodies wash ashore and hospitals overflow across a 10 nation arc after a monster earthquake and massive tsunami. The UN warns this will be the largest relief effort ever with many billions in damages and millions at risk due to polluted water and collapsed health services. UNICEF notes children are a large share of the dead and displaced. In Sri Lanka the waves struck as locals gathered on beaches and coastal fishers faced disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Galle
United Nations
U.N
Jan Egeland
Iraq turmoil shapes volatile voting season
Reports show bin Laden urging Iraqis to boycott elections while a Shiite politician survives a slaying attempt. Baghdad bombing leaves 15 dead and 50 injured. A major Sunni party withdraws from the U.S. backed poll as two soldiers die in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baghdad
Iraq
Al-Jazeera
Osama bin Laden
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
Supreme Council For the Islamic
Hoover Memo Highlights World War II Era Advisory Reach
After Truman invited Herbert Hoover to the White House in May 1945, Hoover drafted a memo detailing his guidance on ending the war with Japan, alleviating famine in Europe, and rebuilding the global economy. Archivist Matt Schaefer calls it the most historically significant document in the Hoover Library for its breadth and esteem among leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
So Gazette West Branch
Harry Truman
Herbert Hoover
White House
Hoover
Japan
Europe
Matt Schaefer
Hoover Library
The
West Branch
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S
Associated Press
Unicef
Asia
Feyrd
Hawkeyes
Walt Disney World
Purple Godzilla
LSU
Capital One
Mike Hias
Gazette
AKE
Hawks
Lowa City
Lowa
Jim Slosiarek
the Gazette
Iowa Hawkeyes
Matt Roth
Jonathan Babineaux
Pete McMahon
David Bradley
Sean Considine
Orlando
Fla
Iowa State Cyclones
Index Accent Advice
Afghanistan
bin Laden
al-Zarqawi
Bin
Laden
Wast Hoover
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!