UK May Give Hundreds of Millions in Tsunami Aid
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Britain will probably end up giving hundreds of millions of pounds in aid to victims of the Asian tsunamis, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday.
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The Disasters Emergency Committee represents most of the major charities in the United Kingdom which give international aid.
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US companies are expected to contribute hundreds of millions of dollars in relief aid to tsunami-hit Asia, but some may be slower to help since the sudden disaster
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Japan will provide around $30 million in  aid to countries hit by an Indian Ocean tsunami that killed  more than 29,000 people, and will send three navy vessels to  waters off Thailand to help rescue survivors.
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Final preparations are under way for Tsunami Relief Cardiff, the UK's biggest charity gig since Live Aid.
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Some charities could close because so much money is being raised for tsunami victims, an expert warns.
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The British public has donated 32 million pounds (45 million euros, 62 million dollars) for victims of the Asian tsunami, with calls to an aid line hitting a peak of almost a million an hour, charity organisers said.
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People around the world pitched in on Wednesday to help the millions left homeless and destitute by the Indian Ocean tsunamis, donating money, clothes, blood and even air miles to ferry doctors to the disaster ...
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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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British charities are stepping up their efforts today to help the victims of the tsunamis which devastated countries around the Indian Ocean.
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International organisation and countries are poring in relief and over $500 million have already been pledged. This includes $250 million for tsunami relief offered by the World Bank on Thursday.
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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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Britain is leading the drive to raise money for the Asian tsunami victims, with public donations of up to Â£1m an hour.
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Britain's treasury chief called Thursday for half a trillion dollars in new aid for poor nations, particularly in Africa, a continent where Prime Minister Tony Blair said a tsunami-scale death toll happens every week.
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QUEEN Elizabeth II has made a substantial donation to aid efforts for victims of the tsunami disaster in Asia, royal officials said today.
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Almost 200 Britons are "highly likely" to have been killed in the Asian tsunami disaster, the foreign secretary says.
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LONDON -- Britain is seeking to exploit the momentum from the unprecedented global relief effort for Asian tsunami victims to build support for a different type of generosity: increased long-term development assistance.