Hope fades for Indonesian earthquake survivors

International aid is streaming into Java island, where the 6.3-magnitude quake in Indonesia struck at the weekend leaving many in urgent need of medical assistance. The head of an emergency response team from Malaysia told The Associated Press he didn't expect to find more bodies.

The World Food Program said some 20,000 people were in dire need of help. "There's also a growing shortage of basic medical supplies -- antibiotics, bandages -- as the hospital becomes more and more crowded," aid worker Susan Treadwell said. Several hospitals have been destroyed and many more overwhelmed.

Heavy rain and damaged roads have hindered efforts to help survivors, forcing thousands of those left homeless to forage for food and shelter. Rescuers are being hampered by the rain, power outages and the closure of a local airport.

U.N. agencies and other groups met Monday in Switzerland and the world body is expected to issue a global emergency appeal for help.

About 100 U.S. military personnel loaded onto C-130 planes on Okinawa bound for the Yogyakarta area, according to a U.S. military official.

Spain sent a plane laden with 10 tons of humanitarian aid, including blankets, tents and medicine, a government spokeswoman said.

The U.N. World Food Program dispatched three trucks carrying enough high-energy biscuits to feed 20,000 people for a week to the districts of Bantul and Klaten.

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