Amazing how quick they get a head count ... 2,517 .
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-5849418,00.html
UK aid offer to Java quake victims
Press Association
Saturday May 27, 2006 11:23 AM
Britain offered immediate aid to Indonesia after a huge earthquake killed thousands on the island of Java.
The Foreign Office passed an offer of help directly to the Indonesian government in Jakarta as well as through its embassy in London, the Department for International Development (DFID) said.
A spokesman said Britain was "standing ready" to help with both search and rescue teams and officials capable of co-ordinating efforts on the ground poised to travel to the quake zone near the ancient city of Yogyakarta.
With the reported death toll topping 2,500, the Foreign Office said that it had not had any reports of Britons affected.
A spokesman said that a small team of officials from the British Embassy in Jakarta set off for the affected area immediately and was assessing the situation.
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