US TV special for tsunami relief
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A US celebrity TV special will benefit the tsunami relief effort in South Asia, as actors make donations.
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The United States is moving on several fronts toward a global tsunami warning system following the Asian catastrophe.
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The charity single We Are The World by USA For Africa, is to be re-issued to raise money for Aids research and tsunami victims.
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LONDON, Jan 4 (IPS) - There is nothing quite like a calamity to bring the   best out of the British. Over the last two days British people  have been  donating something like two million dollars an hour  for people hit by the  tsunami.
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President Bush is sending a high-level delegation to Asia to assess needs in areas most affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami. Secretary of State Colin Powell and the president&#39;s brother, Jeb Bush, will lead the group.
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Despite a stellar turnout, Saturday night's Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope was not a ratings blockbuster. The two-hour, mostly live show averaged 5.7 million viewers on NBC, according to preliminary estimates, which showed Fox's football telecast averaging 21.5 million.
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US President George W Bush seeks to boost US aid to the tsunami-hit nations to a total of $950m (Â£511m).
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Saturday's tsunami relief telethon on NBC, with its many celebrity appearances, tapped into our weakness for feel-good moments - Extreme Makeover: Disaster Edition.
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The United States plans to increase  its aid to victims of Asia's devastating tsunami to $350  million from $35 million, CNN reported on Friday.
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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.
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LONDON -- The US government is contributing $35 million of the half-billion dollars that the world's developed nations are donating to the tsunami relief effort, and many Americans believe -- as President Bush put it earlier this week -- that their country is being its typical ''generous, kindhearted" self.
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Military helicopters ferried disaster supplies into South Asia on Saturday as a U.S. delegation prepared for its trip to the region to get a close-up look at the devastation and determine what more this country can do to help.
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In an outpouring of generosity with few parallels in US history, Americans are sending millions of dollars to charities that are providing water, food, shelter, medicine, blankets, and other supplies to survivors of the colossal tsunami that ravaged broad swaths of Asia.
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A star-studded cast of US and Asian pop stars will perform in a concert to raise donations for Asian tsunami victims, music video broadcaster MTV Networks Asia said.
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Madonna, Diana Ross, Maroon 5 and Mary J. Blige are among the performers who are joining the NBC Universal benefit special "Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope." The program, which will benefit the American Red Cross, will air Saturday on NBC, and NBC cable properties, Telemundo and PAX.
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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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A television benefit show for victims of the Asian tsunami featuring Madonna, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Elton John and a string of Hollywood celebrities has run into controversy in the United States before a note has been played or a dollar pledged.