Where the UK aid is going
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Aid from the UK is already helping in countries worst hit by the tsunami.
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Tony Blair is being urged to use all his negotiating powers to end poor countries&#39; debt and double aid. Some 45m children will die needlessly before 2015 and aid budgets are half their 1960 levels, charity Oxfam says in a new report, Paying the Price.
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US and UK also due to announce economic support at donor conference expected to raise billions of pounds
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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:
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is to come face to face with the misery of refugees in the Darfur region of Sudan. Mr Straw will fly from the Sudanese capital Khartoum to El Fasher in northern Darfur to visit the Abu Shouk refugee camp.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush approved $285 million yesterday for Mongolia, the latest country to receive US aid in exchange for committing to democratic reforms. The public aid is part of the Millennium Challenge, a Bush initiative to reduce global poverty by trying to encourage economic freedoms and strengthen human rights. So far, about $5 billion is committed for 16 countries; ...
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Proposals to help poor countries work their own way out of debt are being published by a Tory policy group.
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The Irish Government announced today it will be sending a technical team to Phuket in Thailand to ensure that its 10 million euro (about 7 million) aid allocation is spent to the best effect in the tsunami ...
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The British government pledged 15 million pounds (21.3 million euros, 28.9 million dollars) for the aid effort to help survivors of the tidal waves which have devastated Asian coastlines.
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London is to become the national centre for reporting on social and economic conditions in the United Kingdom and on the UK - s position in the world.
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British charities launch a huge aid effort for victims of the Asian tsunami which has killed more than 50,000 people.
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Â· Tories underline their new enthusiasm for aid Â· Eight MPs among band of 44 working on projects
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.- A new scheme is being introduced in the United Kingdom where museums will be able to claim Gift Aid on both the admission fee and the donation.
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LONDON -- The British government offered a sweeping plan yesterday for the Group of Seven nations to dramatically increase aid to the developing world and to forgive 100 percent of Africa's $70 billion in debt.
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Chancellor Gordon Brown  outlines his plans to increase aid to developing countries and eliminate their debt.
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The Disasters Emergency Committee represents most of the major charities in the United Kingdom which give international aid.
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Business & money: Â· Data shows Britain in line for prolonged slowdownÂ· Balance of payments runs to shortfall of Â£20bn