Celine Dion to Raise &#36;1M for Tsunami Aid
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Singer Celine Dion will donate all the proceeds of a special Mother's Day performance of her Las Vegas show to the victims of the tsunami disaster.
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The Red Cross federation, the world's  biggest humanitarian group, said on 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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Switzerland is to give $2 million (SFr2.29 million) to help rebuild a village in Thailand which was devastated by last week's tidal waves.
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Heavy rains and floods are  holding up efforts to help victims of the Asian tsunami, but  the United Nations said on Tuesday that "extraordinary  progress" was being made and the total amount of aid pledged  had risen to between $2 billion and $3 billion.
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Britain is leading the global drive to raise money for the victims of the Asian tsunami, with public donations of up to 1m an hour pouring in.
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The stars are part of a charity auction for tsunami relief.
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British music stars are joining forces to release a charity single to raise millions for the victims of the Asian tsunamis, the broadcaster behind the song.
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One-upping the United States, France nearly doubled its aid pledge for tsunami victims to &#36;57 million Thursday and briefly claimed the role as leading donor nation, following barbs from Washington about French generosity.
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The Red Cross federation, the world's biggest humanitarian group, said on Wednesday it had raised a record &#36;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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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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Aid pledges for Asia's tsunami victims topped 1.6 billion dollars on a tide of New Year sympathy, but the United Nations warned it would take weeks for help to reach many survivors and that the death toll would likely rise to 150,000.
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President Bush is expected to ask Congress next month for roughly &#36;1 billion for continued U.S. aid for victims of the calamitous Indian Ocean tsunami, lawmakers said Wednesday.
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Major League Baseball and the players association will donate &#36;1 million to the Indian Ocean tsunami relief efforts, commissioner Bud Selig said on Friday.
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New Zealand Cricket (NZC) hopes to donate more than one million New Zealand (698,000 US) dollars to tsunami relief from the World XI series starting here as Sri Lanka's stars appealed for more assistance for their stricken country.
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African nations and citizens to date raise $5m to help the tens of thousands affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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LONDON: The British public has donated 32 million pounds (45 million euros, US$62m) for victims of the Asian tsunami, with calls to an aid line hitting a peak of almost a million an hour, charity organisers said Friday.