Indonesia to Get $468 Million in New US Aid
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The United States has signed agreements to give Indonesia $468 million in additional aid over the next five years. US officials say the aid program is this country&#39;s largest development assistance agreement
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder stepped up the German government's pledge of financial aid to tsunami victims to $674 million US Wednesday as European nations moved to step up help to the devastated region.
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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 rejected suggestions that rich nations  were being "stingy" with aid.
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The US administration is expected to request an additional $80bn for military  operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Indonesia's eastern province of Papua is hit by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, the US Geological Survey says.
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Indonesia was set to sign a $1 billion defense deal with Russia on Thursday that will enable it to purchase dozens of helicopters, tanks and submarines over the next 15 years, a government spokesman said.
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The United States said on Thursday   it had suspended nearly $24 million in aid to Thailand because   of its military coup.
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Indonesia's main donors pledged on Thursday to give &#36;5.1 billion in aid this year, far more than Jakarta expected, including &#36;1.7 billion to help rebuild northern Sumatra, where 166,000 people died in last month's tsunami.
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The State Department finished an  intensive review this week on how best to spend $18.4 billion  in U.S. aid to Iraq and may shift focus to smaller-scale  projects, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
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Australia will double to A$20 million ($15.4 million) its anti-terrorism assistance to Indonesia as part of efforts to deepen coordination in fighting militants, Foreign
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - U.S. helicopters stepped  up aid missions to Indonesia's tsunami-hit Aceh province on  Tuesday as the United Nations urged rich countries to spend  more now to reduce the toll from future natural disasters.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- A massive US military relief operation picked up steam yesterday, with helicopters dropping off cartons of food aid in Sumatra and warships with 2,200 Marines arriving in the Malacca Straits to ferry supplies to the tsunami-battered Indonesian island.
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The US is to give $4m to Somalia's government, some of it earmarked for postponed peace talks.
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Private US donations to aid tsunami victims reportedly passed 337 million dollars and could soon dwarf the 350 million dollars pledged by the federal government, while European governments marshaled additional resources to bolster relief operations.
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The United States government said on Thursday it would provide $18 million worth of life-saving anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs to help Zimbabwe add 40,000 people to its HIV/AIDS treatment program.
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US aid for tsunami survivors in Indonesia could help temper anti-American sentiments.
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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 U.S.  aid official said on Monday.