UN to Launch $30 Mln Drive for Haiti Flood Victims
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The United Nations will launch a global appeal for $30 million in emergency aid to help Haiti recover from floods that killed hundreds of people, the executive
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The World Bank on Thursday  offered $250 million for tsunami relief, bringing total aid  contributions from around the world to nearly $500 million, the  United Nations said.
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Impoverished Bangladesh could face a catastrophe unless international donors speed aid to 30 million people hit by devastating floods, the World Food Program said on Tuesday.
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The global Red Cross and Red Crescent  body IFRC on Wednesday launched a world-wide appeal for $3.3  million (2.7 million euros) to fund operations bringing relief  to 40,000 people in hurricane and flood-hit Haiti.
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Port-au-Prince Rescuers face washed-out roads and increased crime as they seek to deliver emergency aid to vast areas of Haiti, where more than 700 people were killed after weekend landslides and flooding triggered by Tropical Storm Jeanne.
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United Nations, Dec 31. (PTI):More than 500 million dollars, half by the World Bank, have so for been pledged to meet the immediate humanitarian needs of the victims of weekend&#39;s tsunamis but the disaster
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The World Bank likely will redirect money from existing projects in the Asian nations devastated by earthquakes and flooding to provide immediate assistance for reconstruction, officials said Monday.
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The United Nations and the Red Cross appealed for 55 million dollars in emergency aid for hundreds of thousands of Pakistani flood victims, warning that an already dire situation could worsen.
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The Red Cross federation, the world's  biggest humanitarian group, said Wednesday it had raised a  record $1.167 billion in just 30 days for victims of the Asian  tsunami, enough to fund a 10-year recovery plan.
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International organisation and countries are poring in relief and over $500 million have already been pledged. This includes $250 million for tsunami relief offered by the World Bank on Thursday.
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The world's largest disaster relief agency appealed on Tuesday for nearly $300 million in funding for 2007, some 67 percent more than last year, to help countries prepare for climate change and fight AIDS.
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Governments and individuals across the world were digging into their pockets on Thursday to help the millions of victims of the killer waves that struck southern Asia, as the UN said well over one billion dollars would be needed.
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The tsunami that crashed into coastlines across southern Asia is likely to present the United Nations with its biggest and costliest relief effort, the U.N. emergency relief coordinator said on Monday.
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The United Nations called on donors  Tuesday to set a record by meeting in full its $1.0 billion  appeal for immediate aid to victims of Asia's tsunami, and  pledged to be open about how the money was spent.
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The United Nations emergency fund collected $420 million Thursday in voluntary pledges for 2008 relief programs, led by aid from Europe and developing nations.
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The United Nations has received $500 million in pledges of assistance for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami. Half of the total came in one chunk from the World Bank.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan intends to visit tsunami stricken Indonesia next week, as  the world increased aid pledges to $2 billion for victims in  South Asia, U.N. officials said on Saturday.