NYT calls US aid for tsunami &#39;stingy&#39;
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NEW YORK: The New York Times said Thursday that the United States has been stingy in its response to the Asian tsunami disaster and in giving aid in general.
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The world has pledged about $220 million to help tsunami survivors, relying on lessons from past disasters to expedite relief. WASHINGTON - Aid workers in airplanes dropped thousands of packets of noodles to Indonesians stranded in cliff-top villages.
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Aid agencies taking part in the largest relief effort in history struggled Thursday to get food, water and medicine to survivors of this week&#39;s massive earthquake and tsunamis that officials said likely killed more than
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell insisted today that the US has not been &quot;stingy&quot; in its response to the Asian tsunami disaster but admitted that much more international aid would have to be given.
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Political leaders and aid agencies are pleading with governments and individuals around the world not to skimp on donations to Africa as they open their wallets to tsunami victims in south and southeast Asia.
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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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The U.S. government is offering to help Asian nations struck by a massive earthquake and devastating tsunamis. At least three Americans were among the more than 13,000 people killed.
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WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration will seek $950 million in federal aid for the areas affected by the Asian tsunami, nearly tripling a previous commitment of $350 million that was announced when the administration was under fire for what critics called a sluggish response to the crisis.
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WASHINGTON - The US government is offering to help Asian nations struck by a massive earthquake and devastating tsunamis. At least three Americans were among the more than 13,000 people killed.
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New York Times' unwillingness to provide yearly guidance is a troubling sign.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush said on  Wednesday a $35 million U.S. pledge for victims of the Asian  tsunami was only the beginning and any suggestions America was  stingy were "misguided and ill-informed."
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US officials held a conference call yesterday to discuss ways to aid the south Asian countries inundated by the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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Business & money: Â· Traders give thumbs down to $145bn aid packageÂ· Democrats say needs of poor have been ignored
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Even the United Nations sponge who called the United States "stingy" immediately retracted the insult, saying he had been misinterpreted and that the U.S. was "most generous." But The New York Times was ...
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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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WASHINGTON/JAKARTA  - U.S. presidents past and  present appealed to all Americans Monday to aid victims of the  Asian tsunami, as rescuers struggled to get food and water to  those clinging to life on shattered coastlines.
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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.