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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AT least 250 people died in massive floods across northern Haiti after Tropical Storm Jeanne hit the crushingly poor Caribbean nation over the weekend, a UN spokesman said today.
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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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Bodies lay in growing piles outside mortuaries today as United Nations peacekeepers planned the first major distribution of food and water in Haiti, devastated by floods that tore apart families and left hungry crowds that have mobbed truckloads of aid.
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GONAIVES, Haiti - Two United Nations peacekeepers were wounded in shootouts with supporters of Haiti&#39;s ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide in the capital and storm survivors in flood-ravaged Gonaives, officials said today.
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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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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - More than 300 people died in floods and mudslides in Haiti sparked by Tropical Storm Jeanne over the weekend, the United Nations and local officials said Monday.
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UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations has started organizing what it says will be the biggest relief effort the world have ever seen, to help the survivors of Sunday&#39;s tsunami.
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World donors pledged $500 million in aid for Palestinians on Friday, including $55 million for a U.N. emergency appeal for humanitarian help, organizers said.
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The UN's disaster chief urges countries to divert small sums spent on emergency relief to tackling disaster prevention.
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13 September 2004 - As Secretary-General Kofi Annan offered his condolences today to the families of the victims of Hurricane Ivan, which is wreaking a devastating toll across the Caribbean region, United Nations humanitarian agencies are stepping up
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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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More than 550 people died in Haiti last weekend from flooding and mudslides set off 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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More than 300 people died in floods and mudslides in Haiti sparked by Tropical Storm Jeanne over the weekend, the United Nations and local officials said on Monday.
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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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The U.N. Security Council called on Haiti's transitional government Wednesday to ensure free elections this year and urged international donors to deliver the &#36;1 billion in aid they promised for the western hemisphere's poorest country.