Britain pledges nearly 30 million dollars for Asian aid effort
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The British government pledged 15 million pounds (21.3 million euros, 28.9 million dollars) for the aid effort to help survivors of the tidal waves which have devastated Asian coastlines.
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South Korea has stepped up aid to impoverished North Korea through international agencies this year, donating about 40 million dollars so far to seven programmes, officials said Monday.
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President George W. Bush said $35 million in aid the US has pledged to help Asian nations deal with this weekend&#39;s earthquake and tsunamis is ``only the beginning&#39;&#39; of the US recovery effort.
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The British public has donated 32 million pounds (45 million euros, 62 million dollars) for victims of the Asian tsunami, with calls to an aid line hitting a peak of almost a million an hour, charity organisers said.
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US and UK also due to announce economic support at donor conference expected to raise billions of pounds
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The United States on Tuesday more  than doubled to $35 million its pledge of aid for victims of  the Asian tsunami and said it and the international community  would have to provide much more.
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A "phenomenal" two-day surge in donations in Britain has raised the equivalent of 38 million dollars for the victims of the tsunami disaster in Asia, charities announced.
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Britons moved by the plight of millions of Asian tsunami victims dug deep into their pockets yesterday, bringing the total raised in only four days to an unprecedented 30 million.
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UK Finance Minister Gordon Brown outlines  plans to increase aid to developing countries and eliminate their debt.
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The international community has pledged more than $250 million in emergency aid for victims of the tsunami that devastated coastlines from south Asia to east Africa, with planeloads of supplies leaving Britain ...
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The Scottish public has so far donated Â£7m to help people affected by the earthquake disaster in Asia.
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Britain will provide more debt relief for the world's poorest countries and challenge other rich countries to do the same, Prime Minister Tony Blair's government said Sunday.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged more funds on Monday to tackle some of Britain's worst flooding for nearly 60 years as rising waters made thousands homeless and plunged entire towns under water.
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on  Friday it had made available up to $325 million in emergency  lending for tsunami relief efforts in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and  Maldives. The Manila-based lending institution said about $175  million could be diverted from existing projects in the three  countries, while up to $150 million in new low-cost loans could  be drawn.
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The British government raised its pledge for aid to the tsunami disaster to 96 million dollars, more than tripling its offer from a day earlier, the Department for International Development said.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Friday welcomed Chinese investment, saying he wanted Britain to be the top destination for money from the Asian giant.
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Britain offers to send 120 Gurkhas and two helicopters to Indonesia to help with the tsunami relief effort.