Leaders Put $4 Billion to Work at Tsunami Summit
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World leaders tried to put $4 billion  in aid pledged for tsunami survivors to work on Thursday, the  urgency of their task conveyed in a chilling warning that the  death toll could double without quick action to prevent  disease.
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World leaders who met Thursday at an emergency tsunami summit pushed to give the United Nations the central coordinating role for humanitarian relief and agreed to work toward the development of a regional early warning system for future tsunamis.
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Top News News, New Delhi,India made it clear Thursday that it was ready to join a US-proposed coordination group to tackle the tsunami disaster in South and Southeast Asia.
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New York - About $500m has been pledged for victims of the earthquake-tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia, including a $250m commitment from the World Bank, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday.
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Officials from 40 countries meet to discuss ways of reviving tourism in areas hit by the Asian tsunami.
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U.S. companies are expected to  contribute hundreds of millions of dollars in relief aid to  tsunami-hit Asia, but some may be slower to help since the  sudden disaster struck during a holiday season, company  executives and charity experts said on Wednesday.
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The United States is preparing a new  tsunami disaster aid package for introduction in Congress early  next year, but a leading Democrat said on Thursday President  Bush has the authority to commit $300 million immediately to  the international relief effort.
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World leaders vowed on Thursday to work  more closely to help victims of the worst natural disaster in  living memory and experts warned more carnage from the Indian  Ocean tsunami may be uncovered and the death toll will climb.
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The United Nations said Friday that although most emergency needs of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami had been met, the early recovery effort looming ahead still needs millions of dollars.
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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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International bodies and donor nations meet in Jakarta to discuss responses to the tsunami crisis.
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The United States expects to provide an initial 15 million dollars in aid for victims of a devastating Tsunami in Asia and has already released 400,000 dollars, a top US aid official said.
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UNITED IN SHOCK: United Nations delegates agree to work together to better guard their people against natural disasters in wake of Asia's devastating tsunami.
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Members of Congress are pushing for quick action on aid to survivors of the Asian tsunami, but the Bush administration has plenty of money already to launch its relief operations in the Indian Ocean basin, congressional officials said Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON: Private groups and individuals across America continue to make generous contributions to the massive relief effort now underway internationally to help the victims of the deadly tsunami that hit 11 countries, causing widespread devastation
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World leaders step up plans for a united response to Asian tsunamis as the 124,000 confirmed dead are mourned.
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When a new Congress convenes next week, lawmakers will call on the Bush administration to do all it can to help victims of the tsunamis in Asia and Africa. Questions of how much aid will be needed &#151; and how to pay for it &#151; will come later.