Donors pledge $940m to aid Lebanon relief
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STOCKHOLM -- International donors pledged more than $940 million yesterday for war-torn Lebanon's immediate relief efforts, nearly double the target amount.
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The UK is now the largest donor to the relief effort after the Government pledged a further Â£35 million, bringing its contribution to Â£50 million.
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Soccer's world governing body will donate &#36;2 million to help soccer associations in tsunami-affected nations.
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The United Nations has received $500 million in pledges of assistance for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami. Half of the total came in one chunk from the World Bank.
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Representatives of the Sudanese government and the southern rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) urged the world community to provide 300 million dollars (244 million euros) in aid to cover emergency needs.
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Relief teams in Lebanon hope many of the heavily damaged buildings can be salvaged and are requesting the United Nations send more supplies for temporary repairs and to restore electricity and water services, officials said Monday.
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Donors on Friday pledged $4.45 billion in aid to Vietnam for 2007, up a fifth from $3.7 billion this year, as the Communist-run country seeks to improve its under-developed infrastructure and sustain high growth.
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Placing its chips on the besieged Lebanese government, the Bush administration is considering a large increase in aid to the Lebanese army and hoping moderate Arab governments will help, as well.
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Nearly $900 million in international pledges remains untapped by the Lebanese government.
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The Democratic National Committee is donating &#36;2 million to help the party's House and Senate fund-raising operations prepare for the 2006 elections.
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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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About 70 percent of the money from international donors will pay public salaries, while 30 percent is expected to be used for development, food relief, and other assistance.
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Dozens of international donors on Monday pledged $7.4 billion in aid to the Palestinians over the next three years in support of the Western-backed government of President Mahmoud Abbas, who is negotiating peace with Israel.
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Local outlets are available for people looking to donate money to the relief efforts taking place in Indonesia following a Sunday earthquake and tsunami that has claimed the lives of more than 100,000 people.
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TORONTO (CP) - Canadians rushed to give money Tuesday to help victims of the catastrophic tsunami ahead of a midnight deadline for Ottawa to match individual donations with federal cash.
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The government said Tuesday it would donate one billion pounds (1.4 billion euros, two billion dollars) over eight years to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
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The United States will pledge between $500 million and $600 million in aid to the Palestinians at a donors conference in Paris next week, two U.S. officials said on Friday.