World Bank Offers $250 Million in Tsunami Aid -UN
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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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The United Nations called on donors  Tuesday to set a record by meeting in full its $1.0 billion  appeal for immediate aid to victims of Asia's tsunami, and  pledged to be open about how the money was spent.
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GENEVA -- The record generosity toward tsunami victims -- now at more than $4 billion pledged -- should set the standard for caring for the world's most desperate people, the UN humanitarian chief said yesterday. But aid group Oxfam said it fears the money might simply be rerouted from existing funds for Africa.
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Japan and the United Nations are providing 2.2 million dollars in aid to protect families and children displaced by internal conflict in Nepal, the Asian Development Bank said.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan will visit tsunami stricken Indonesia next week, as the  world increased aid pledges to $2 billion for tsunami-hit areas  in South Asia, U.N. officials said Saturday.
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The tsunami that crashed into  coastlines across southern Asia is likely to present the United  Nations with its biggest and costliest relief effort, the U.N.  emergency relief coordinator said on Monday.
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Donor countries are failing to provide  enough funds for temporary housing and job creation for  survivors of December's Indian Ocean tsunami, a senior United  Nations official said Monday.
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The United Nations called on donors Tuesday to set a record by meeting in full its &#36;1.0 billion appeal for immediate aid to victims of Asia's tsunami, and pledged to be open about how the money was spent.
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250 people are dead and the United Nations is warning the death toll from Tropical Storm Jeanne in northern Haiti could go higher.
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The World Bank likely will redirect money from existing projects in the Asian nations devastated by earthquakes and flooding to provide immediate assistance for reconstruction, officials said Monday.
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The United Nations rushed disaster teams to Asian countries hit by tsunami wave devastation on Sunday as governments and aid groups sent money and rescuers to answer desperate pleas for help.
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder stepped up the German government's pledge of financial aid to tsunami victims to $674 million (U.S.) today as European nations moved to step up help to the devastated region.
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The world has pledged about $220 million to help tsunami survivors, relying on lessons from past disasters to expedite relief. WASHINGTON - Aid workers in airplanes dropped thousands of packets of noodles to Indonesians stranded in cliff-top villages.
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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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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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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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The United Nations calls for donors to give generously to help Nicaragua recover after Hurricane Felix.