US to Pledge $15 Million for Tsunami Aid
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The United States expects to provide an initial $15 million in aid for victims of the devastating tsunami in Asia and has already released $400,000, the assistant administrator of the US Agency for International Development said
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Europe News, CRAWFORD, Texas, President George W. Bush says that a $35 million (18.3 million pounds) US pledge for victims of the Asian tsunami is only the beginning and any suggestions America was stingy are &quot;misguided and ill-informed&quot;.
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The United States will provide $350  million in aid for victims of southern Asia's devastating  tsunami, a government official said on Friday.
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Major US corporations began rolling out plans Thursday to donate to the massive relief effort under way to help the victims of the earthquake and tsunami that struck South Asia on Sunday.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush said on  Wednesday a $35 million U.S. pledge for victims of the Asian  tsunami was only the beginning and any suggestions America was  stingy were "misguided and ill-informed."
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Australia has more than tripled its emergency aid to Asian nations stricken by the tsunami disaster, adding 25 million dollars (19.5 million US) to an initial pledge of 10 million dollars.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said  Sunday the United States should plan to provide long-term aid  to Indian Ocean countries battered by last month's tsunami as  efforts begin to shift from saving lives to rebuilding  communities.
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TOKYO  -Japan pledged up to &#36;500 million US in grant aid for tsunami disaster relief on Saturday, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced, making the country the largest single donor to victims of the catastrophe.
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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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The World Bank has pledgedto allocate 250 million US dollars for relief efforts after the devastating tidal waves hit southern Asia and eastern Africa, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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US 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
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush said on  Wednesday the United States' initial grant of $35 million in  the aftermath of the tsunami disaster in South East Asia was  "only the beginning of our aid."
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WASHINGTON -- The United States dispatched disaster specialists and pledged an initial $15 million Monday to Asian countries struck by a massive earthquake and tsunamis.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - U.S. forces prepared to  start winding down their huge tsunami relief effort while  donors pledged $1.7 billion to help badly hit Indonesia recover  from a calamity which cost 226,000 lives across Asia.
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Private US donations to aid tsunami victims reportedly passed 337 million dollars and could soon dwarf the 350 million dollars pledged by the federal government, while European governments marshaled additional resources to bolster relief operations.
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Indonesia's main donors pledged on  Thursday to give $5.1 billion in aid this year, far more than  Jakarta expected, including $1.7 billion to help rebuild  northern Sumatra, where 166,000 people died in last month's  tsunami.
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LONDON  - Britons have so far raised the equivalent of nearly 30 million US dollars for victims of the tsunami disaster in Asia, matching the sum pledged a day earlier by their government, charities announced.