Private donations as high as &#36;500K keep rolling in for Canadian aid agencies
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TORONTO (CP) - Canadians' sympathy for tsunami victims has become manifest in a deluge of dollars that sometimes arrives in ways that astonish even those who collect for tragedies on a daily basis.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Canada will send its military disaster assistance team to Sri Lanka and double to &#36;80 million its aid for south Asia countries devastated by a killer tsunami one week ago, Prime Minister Paul Martin said Sunday.
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Charities that raise money through vehicle-donation programs are seeing a small but steady increase in donations ahead of a Jan. 1 change in tax laws that will limit the deductions taxpayers can take for such gifts.
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CHICAGO, Feb. 15  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the last two years, more than $29 million has flowed into campaign funds controlled by Chicago city officials and their challengers, and now it's easy for voters to identify the big contributors and see where the money is going.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has handled nearly 600,000 applications for help in the wake of three damaging hurricanes, providing more than &#36;320 million in assistance, the agency reported Thursday.
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International donors promise to pay more than $940m, or Â£494, to help rebuild war-damaged Lebanon.
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THE British government today raised its pledge for aid to the tsunami disaster to Â£50 million ($124.22 million), up Â£35 million ($86.96 million) from yesterday, the Department for International Development said.
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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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Canada promised more financial aid on  Tuesday for the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur but stopped  short of boosting its small military contingent.
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OTTAWA (CP) - First ministers were expected Wednesday to complete an agreement that would pump an additional &#36;18 billion into medicare over six years.
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The United Nations appealed to the world's prosperous nations on Thursday for $3.9 billion in donations next year to address humanitarian emergencies touching 27 million people in 29 countries, with most of the money targeted at Africa.
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Government pledges of relief top $3 billion. Why some recipients say, 'No, thank you.'
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Governments and registered aid organizations have so far pledged more than &#36;1.5 billion to aid victims of the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami. In addition, the World Bank and the Asian Bank of Development have pledged more than &#36;500 million, bringing the total for relief and reconstruction aid to more than &#36;2 billion, according to the United Nations. A look at major government pledges, according to the United Nations and Associated Press bureau reports.
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The tsunami that has devastated Southern Asia is being followed by a torrent of another kind -- millions of US citizens&#39; dollars flowing into relief agencies around the globe.
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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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MARKHAM, Ont. (CP) - Canada will increase its aid beyond the &#36;80 million already announced for victims of the devastating south Asia tsunami, which not only washed away lives, but washed away divisions between countries, Prime Minister Paul Martin said Monday.
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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.