Japan pledges 500 million dollars for tsunami victims
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Japan promised 500 million dollars to countries devastated by tsunamis, by far outpledging all other countries which are racing to help victims of one of the world's worst disasters.
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Aid trucks loaded with food, medicines and body bags rolled into tsunami-hit areas across Asia and aircraft dropped supplies to cut-off villages as a $500 million relief operation finally swung into gear on Friday.
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Countries around the globe have stepped forward with pledges of cash and assistance to the victims of the southern Asian earthquake and tsunami disaster.
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Wealthy nations pledged millions of dollars Thursday for a network to detect tsunami in the Indian Ocean and alert vulnerable coastal communities to approaching killer waves.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard  Wednesday pledged $765 million over five years to Indonesian  tsunami reconstruction and development.
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Governments and individuals across the world were digging into their pockets on Thursday to help the millions of victims of the killer waves that struck southern Asia, as the UN said well over one billion dollars would be needed.
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Japan hopes new pledges to rebuild Iraq will emerge as international donors meet in Tokyo from Wednesday, but it sees broader participation in stabilizing the war-torn country as even more important than fresh funds.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush pledged more US help Wednesday to tsunami victims in Asia, beyond the $35 million promised. He announced that the United States, India, Australia and Japan have formed an international
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United Nations, Dec 31. (PTI):More than 500 million dollars, half by the World Bank, have so for been pledged to meet the immediate humanitarian needs of the victims of weekend&#39;s tsunamis but the disaster
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The United States will provide $350  million in aid for victims of Asia's devastating tsunami, a  government official said on Friday.
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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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The International Monetary Fund is to offer up to $1bn in financial assistance to each nation affected by the Asian tsunami.
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LONDON: The British public has donated 32 million pounds (45 million euros, US$62m) for victims of the Asian tsunami, with calls to an aid line hitting a peak of almost a million an hour, charity organisers said Friday.
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TOKYO - Hoping to keep much-needed cash flowing into war-ravaged Iraq, Japan will host a 50-nation Iraqi reconstruction donors' conference this week that may focus less on getting new pledges than on getting countries to honor their earlier promises.    The two-day conference, starting Wednesday, is a follow-up to a high-profile meeting in Madrid last year in which 37 countries and international lending institutions pledged $13.6 billion in grants and loans...
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has made a substantial donation to aid efforts for victims of the tsunami disaster in Asia, royal officials said.
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Oil-rich Saudi Arabia pledged on Tuesday a $10 million aid package to victims of the tsunami disaster in Asia, which officials say has killed more than 59,000 people and affected millions of others.
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Governments around the world, as well as non-profit organizations, are pledging support for victims of Sunday&#39;s massive earthquake and resulting tsunamis that have affected more than a million