Leaders Put $4 Billion to Work at Tsunami Summit
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World leaders tried to put $4 billion  in aid pledged for tsunami survivors to work on Thursday, the  urgency of their task conveyed in a chilling warning that the  death toll could double without quick action to prevent  disease.
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Governments and rebels in Sumatra, Sri Lanka and Somalia must keep the peace or risk a cut-off in tsunami aid, the United Nations said on Wednesday, as Australia and Germany pledged more than &#36;1.4 billion in disaster assistance.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- An ambitious plan to set up an Indian Ocean tsunami warning system is expected to dominate an upcoming gathering of leaders from stricken nations and world donors seeking to prevent a repeat of last week's carnage.
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Australia is developing a plan to take a leading role in the reconstuction of tsunami-stricken Indonesia with an aid package worth more than 500 million dollars (385 million US), reports say.
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World leaders step up plans for a united response to the Asian tsunami, as the rising numbers of dead are mourned.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan  called on world leaders to honor their pledge of $3.0 billion  to help tsunami victims and rebuild the stricken Asian region.
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WASHINGTON -- World leaders meeting yesterday in the Indonesian capital promised more money, more cooperation, and a high-tech disaster early warning system in what UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called "a race against time" to save survivors of the deadly Asian tsunami and protect the region from future danger.
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International aid agencies say they hope an emergency summit of world leaders in Jakarta this week will offer direction to overcome logistical problems in the fight to help tsunami victims.
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The United States expects to provide an initial $15 million in aid for victims of a devastating tsunami in Asia and has already released $400,000, a top US aid official said on Monday.
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Members of Congress are pushing for quick action on aid to survivors of the Asian tsunami, but the Bush administration has plenty of money already to launch its relief operations in the Indian Ocean basin, congressional officials said Wednesday.
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Powell said $100,000 had already been given to each of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, and the United States was in talks to contribute $4 million to the International Red Cross.
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World leaders are meeting in Indonesia to coordinate relief after the Indian Ocean tsunami. How long will it take the affected countries to rebuild?
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The United Nations on Wednesday appealed for 130 million dollars to jumpstart its relief effort after the tsunami disaster and said more would be required soon.
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The United States is preparing a new  tsunami disaster aid package for introduction in Congress early  next year, but a leading Democrat said on Thursday President  Bush has the authority to commit $300 million immediately to  the international relief effort.
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The United Nations said that aid promised from around the world in response to Asia's tsunami disaster was now up to four billion dollars, as Australia, Germany and the IMF pledged yet more cash ahead of a key donors' conference.
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The United States on Tuesday more  than doubled to $35 million its pledge of aid for victims of  the Asian tsunami and said it and the international community  would have to provide much more.
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The International Monetary Fund is to offer up to $1bn in financial assistance to each nation affected by the Asian tsunami.