TSUNAMI IMPACT:  EU Aid Set to Increase
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BRUSSELS, Jan 3 (IPS) - The EU is stepping up relief efforts in the  tsunami-hit areas around the Indian Ocean.
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Germany increases its aid pledge for tsunami victims to $674m, which is more than any other country has given so far.
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Hilary Benn, the International Development Secretary, gave a firm commitment yesterday to increase Britain's contribution to Asian tsunami disaster relief.
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Despite a boycott of the Hamas-led Palestinian government, the European Union has found ways to increase its total aid to the Palestinian people, most recently helping support thousands of needy families, an EU official said.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 12 (IPS) - EU proposals to offer some trade concessions to  tsunami-hit countries do not go far enough, trade and development  experts say.
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The United States upped its tsunami relief aid tenfold Friday as the world's ships and planes converged on devastated shores. Bottlenecks of supplies built up, fears of epidemics grew, and in an echo of 9/11's aftermath, people at a Thai resort scoured a bulletin board of 4,000 photos in search of the dead and missing.
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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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One of the world's largest relief efforts is gaining momentum as countries and aid organizations make more donations of funding, supplies and personnel to areas ravaged by earthquake-triggered tsunamis.
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The massive global aid operation to help the victims of Sunday&#39;s earthquake and tsunamis in the Indian Ocean is beginning to deliver results.
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African nations and citizens to date raise $5m to help the tens of thousands affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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UP to 5 million people around the Indian Ocean waited for food, clean water and medical help today as the toll from Asia&#39;s tsunami climbed.
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International aid for victims of the South Asian tsunami that killed an estimated 150,000 people increased with Germany planning to raise its contribution, as the United Nations said relief work in Sumatra ...
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The US announces a huge boost to funds pledged to aid survivors of tsunamis that claimed over 124,000 lives.
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The European Commission says it will do more to help EU member states handle large flows of migrants.
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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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LONDON  - Britain and Australia followed Japan and the United States in pledging dramatic increases in emergency aid for victims of the tsunami disaster in Asia as the world community struggled to cope with its mushrooming fallout.
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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.