U.S. More Than Doubles Tsunami Aid, Promises More
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The United States on Tuesday more  than doubled to $35 million its pledge of aid for victims of  the Asian tsunami and rejected suggestions that rich nations  were being "stingy" with aid.
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Even as relief efforts begin to provide food and clean water to millions of victims of Sunday&#39;s devastating tsunamis, relief officials are saying much more is needed to prevent an even greater loss of life.
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The British government raised its pledge for aid to the tsunami disaster to 96 million dollars, more than tripling its offer from a day earlier, the Department for International Development said.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush, under pressure  over the pace and size of American aid to Asian tsunami  victims, dramatically raised U.S. assistance to the region on  Friday to $350 million from $35 million.
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The Bush administration more than doubled its financial commitment Tuesday to provide relief to nations suffering from the Indian Ocean tsunami, amid complaints that the vacationing President Bush has been insensitive to a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions.
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The U.S. military plans to double to  about 90 the number of helicopters being provided for the  disaster relief effort for Asia's tsunami victims, the head of  U.S. Pacific Command said on Tuesday.
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By Thursday, just four days after a powerful tsunami hit countries in southern Asia and eastern Africa, Americans had contributed more than $18 million to the American Red Cross International Response Fund.
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UNITED NATIONS -- In the three weeks since the Indian Ocean tsunami ripped up coastlines in Asia and Africa, the United Nations has credited more than 40 governments, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank with unprecedented pledges of assistance valued at nearly $4 billion.
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The United States expects to provide an initial 15 million dollars in aid for victims of a devastating Tsunami in Asia and has already released 400,000 dollars, a top US aid official said.
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The tsunami that has devastated Southern Asia is being followed by a torrent of another kind -- millions of US citizens&#39; dollars flowing into relief agencies around the globe.
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Private groups have reported raising more than $337 million for tsunami relief in what may be the greatest outpouring of donations for a foreign disaster in American history.
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Germany increases its aid pledge for tsunami victims to $674m - the largest international donation so far.
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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 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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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - U.S. aid helicopters  stepped up missions on Tuesday to Indonesia's tsunami-hit Aceh  province, expanding help to millions affected by the giant wave  that killed 175,000 around the Indian Ocean.
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The U.S. military plans to double to about 90 the number of helicopters in the relief effort for Asia's tsunami victims and offered to send portable field hospitals to the region, officials said on Tuesday.
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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.