Int&#39;l community pledges more relief efforts for tsunami victims
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The international community pledged more relief efforts for tsunami-devastated South and Southeast Asian countries Thursday as the death toll from the worst earthquake and tsunamis climbed to over 115,000.
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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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The devastation caused by Sunday&#39;s tsunami in South Asia has caused many Fairbanksans to come forward asking how they can contribute to relief efforts, according to a local Red Cross representative.
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Indonesia said on Friday it would host  an international tsunami summit on Jan. 6, aimed at garnering  more emergency aid for the disaster that hit the Indian Ocean  region and to discuss future reconstruction needs.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The world sped up what  may be its biggest relief effort on Friday to help millions of  tsunami survivors desperate for food, shelter and clean water,  while the death toll marched relentlessly on.
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Local outlets are available for people looking to donate money to the relief efforts taking place in Indonesia following a Sunday earthquake and tsunami that has claimed the lives of more than 100,000 people.
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Assistance to victims of the tsunami is coming not only from international relief organizations such as the International Rescue Committee, but from the Indonesian government, U.N. agencies and the civilians and militaries of many countries.
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Heavy rains and floods are  holding up efforts to help victims of the Asian tsunami, but  the United Nations said on Tuesday that "extraordinary  progress" was being made and the total amount of aid pledged  had risen to between $2 billion and $3 billion.
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Global efforts to assist victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami are zeroing in on isolated parts of Sumatra where hundreds of thousands of people may still need emergency aid, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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A partial list of the countries and organizations pledging aid for tsunami victims, based on U.N. data and official announcements by the nations. The United Nations said Saturday that about &#36;2 billion has been promised so far.
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At least 124,000 people have been confirmed dead in the Asian tsunami disaster as the effort to deliver relief supplies to the millions affected by the giant wave gathers pace.
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Relief organizations arriving in Asia&#39;s isolated tsunami-hit areas to bring in much-needed food and medical supplies say the needs are even greater than at first thought.
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The United States yesterday pledged more help for the tsunami-ravaged regions of South Asia and East Africa, and President Bush issued his first public statement
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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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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, according to the United Nations and Associated Press bureau reports.
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Indonesia said Friday it would host an international tsunami summit on Jan. 6, aimed at garnering more emergency aid for the disaster hit Indian Ocean region and discuss future reconstruction needs.
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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.