Spiegel's Daily Take: Germany Radically Boosts Tsunami Aid
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Germany on Wednesday became the single largest donor to victims of the tsunami catastrophe in Asia by pledging 500 million to be paid out over the next three to five years.
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YOKOHAMA: Germany started their three-game Asia tour with a 3-0 victory in Japan yesterday to shake off some recent World Cup ghosts.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder called on creditor nations Wednesday to suspend debt repayments from Indonesia and Somalia to help in their recovery from the quake-tsunami disaster.
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The international community has pledged more than &#36;250 million in emergency aid for victims of the tsunami that devastated coastlines from south Asia to east Africa, with planeloads of supplies leaving Britain and France on Wednesday.
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In just three weeks, the German public has donated a record 400 million euros (522 million dollars) in aid for victims of the Asian tsunamis, making Germany the most generous country worldwide in helping the ...
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's swift and generous response to the Asian tsunami disaster reflected the mood of ordinary Germans at the start of a key election year.
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Australia and Germany pledged more than $1 billion in tsunami aid yesterday, raising the global tally to more than $3 billion and prompting a senior European official to warn against nations being drawn into a ...
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Twenty-six Germans are confirmed dead as a result of the tsunami in southern Asia and around 1,000 are missing, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said on Wednesday.
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BERLIN, Feb 15 (IPS) - Germany is blowing more wind into energy with the   setting up of new offshore facilities. Germany already has the  world's  largest installed capacity for wind energy.
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Australia has more than tripled its emergency aid to Asian nations stricken by the tsunami disaster, adding 25 million dollars (19.5 million US) to an initial pledge of 10 million dollars.
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The International Monetary Fund is to offer up to $1bn in financial assistance to each nation affected by the Asian tsunami.
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder stepped up the German government's pledge of financial aid to tsunami victims to $674 million (U.S.) today as European nations moved to step up help to the devastated region.
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The death toll from epic tsunamis that rocked 11 countries rose to 44,000 people today after Sri Lanka and Indonesia significantly increased their confirmed deaths.
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Companies across Europe continued to pour funds into the Asian tsunami relief effort, supplementing government donations with tens of millions of euros in financial aid, food and supplies.
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The tsunami of 2004 triggered the biggest humanitarian response in history, feeding the hungry, heading off epidemics and engendering the hope that out of a calamity that took 216,000 lives, a better Indian Ocean rim would emerge.
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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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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.