Tsunami aid pledges top $3bn
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Germany, the UK and Australia increase  aid  for states hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami ahead of a donors'  meeting.
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World leaders began putting $4 billion  in aid pledged for tsunami survivors to work on Thursday, the  urgency of their task conveyed in chilling warnings that more  carnage may be discovered and the death toll will climb.
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GENEVA -- The record generosity toward tsunami victims -- now at more than $4 billion pledged -- should set the standard for caring for the world's most desperate people, the UN humanitarian chief said yesterday. But aid group Oxfam said it fears the money might simply be rerouted from existing funds for Africa.
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Public donations to the Asian tsunami appeal reach Â£76m and are expected to top Â£100m, charities confirm.
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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 US aid official said on Monday.
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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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LONDON: The world's rich industrialised nations stepped up their efforts yesterday to help Asian countries devastated by the tsunami by offering to freeze billions of dollars in debt repayments.
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THE British public has given 50 million in under three days to help the survivors of the tsunami disaster.
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Governments and rebels in  Sumatra, Sri Lanka and Somalia must keep the peace or risk a  cut-off in tsunami aid, the United Nations said on Wednesday,  as Australia and Germany pledged more than $1.4 billion in  disaster assistance.
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Nations and businesses pledge aid to areas hit by Sunday's disaster.
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The British public has donated 50 million pounds (70.5 million euros, 96 million dollars) for victims of the Asian tsunami, with 18 million pounds raised during Friday alone, charity organisers said.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan said yesterday that the United Nations had received pledges of $500 million to pay for emergency assistance to victims of the south Asia earthquake and tsunami.
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THE British government today raised its pledge for aid to the tsunami disaster to Â£50 million ($124.22 million), up Â£35 million ($86.96 million) from yesterday, the Department for International Development said.
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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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Britain is leading the global drive to raise money for the victims of the Asian tsunami, with public donations of up to 1m an hour pouring in.
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LONDON  - Britons have so far raised the equivalent of nearly 30 million US dollars for victims of the tsunami disaster in Asia, matching the sum pledged a day earlier by their government, charities announced.
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Reliance Industries&#39; vice-chairman and managing director, Anil Ambani, has pledged assistance of Rs one crore to help people affected by the killer tsunami waves that left more than 3,200 people dead in India alone.