Official fears drop in aid for others
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As pledges for the tsunami crisis neared $4 billion, the UN humanitarian chief said yesterday that he feared tens of thousands of people dying of starvation elsewhere in the world would be forgotten. ''I am afraid that we may see now not the same degree of generosity in other parts of the world, and that would be the ultimate irony ...
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Political leaders and aid agencies are pleading with governments and individuals around the world not to skimp on donations to Africa as they open their wallets to tsunami victims in south and southeast Asia.
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The UK and other developed countries are meeting to plan ways to spend aid more effectively in poor countries.
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UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 27 -- Burma's military rulers have forced the International Committee of the Red Cross to shut down its five rural field offices, crippling the agency's ability to distribute aid to thousands of needy Burmese civilians, according to U.N. and Red Cross officials.
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Government pledges for disaster relief are often delayed or forgotten, say organizations.
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The government has pledged to provide greater debt relief for some of the world&#39;s poorest countries. It was announced on Sunday that the UK will write off its share of World Bank and African Development Bank
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Aid agencies struggled on Tuesday to  cope with the scale of the Asian tsunami disaster which has  killed more than 38,000 people, with the International Red  Cross saying it may have to treble its appeal for funds.
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Seems that folks at the Agency for International Development are not rushing to fill 23 excellent jobs in garden spots such as Iraq and Afghanistan. And if no one volunteers soon, AID Administrator    Andrew S. Natsios  said in an agency-wide e-mail Friday, the agency will order people to fill those posts.
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Threat to imperial measures to be lifted after European commission climbdown.
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Â· Fears for press as aides talk of 'creeping coup'Â· Leader deploys new team to counter rising criticism
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Problems over the distribution of aid to Tamil survivors of the tsunami in Sri Lanka's devastated Ampara district have eased after a meeting between the government and local Tamil leaders, an official said.
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Thailand's coup leaders will work   alongside an interim civilian government, not above it,   officials said on Friday, trying to ease fears about the army   casting its shadow over a return to democracy and beyond.
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Rejecting a United Nations official&#39;s suggestion that it had been a &quot;stingy&quot; aid donor, the Bush administration on Tuesday announced another $20 million in relief
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As relief pledges near $4 billion, officials hope to leverage altruism for crises elsewhere.
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A U.S.-organized group of nations concerned about the rise of Islamic factions in Somalia lent its support Thursday to the country&#039;s weak interim government and demanded free access so aid groups can help the impoverished Somali people.
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BRUSSELS, Jun 13 (IPS) - The European Union's freeze on direct aid to  the Palestinian Authority has led to sharp increases in debts  owed by families in the West Bank and Gaza, the relief agency  Oxfam has alleged.
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WASHINGTON - Finance officials failed to resolve their differences over debt relief for the world's poorest countries and Iraq while expressing concern about the impact high oil prices would have on a strengthening global economy.    The ministers and central bank governors attended weekend steering committee meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank before heading into a session involving all 184 member nations of the two lending organizations on Sunday, the final day of talks...