US more than doubles its offer of disaster aid
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WASHINGTON -- Humanitarian groups and governments across the globe launched the largest relief effort in history Tuesday in a desperate race to save thousands of tsunami survivors facing a new threat from deadly diseases.
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The United States on Tuesday provided assistance to Haiti where hundreds of people were killed and thousands more left homeless by Tropical Storm Jeanne.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush, under pressure  over the pace and scale of American aid to Asian tsunami  victims, abruptly raised the U.S. contribution tenfold to $350  million on Friday.
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Heavy rains and floods are  holding up efforts to help victims of the Asian tsunami, but  the United Nations said on Tuesday that "extraordinary  progress" was being made and the total amount of aid pledged  had risen to between $2 billion and $3 billion.
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The United States dispatched disaster teams Monday and prepared an initial &#36;15 million aid package to the Asian countries hit by a massive earthquake and tsunamis. U.S. officials were seeking to contact hundreds of Americans who remain unaccounted for in the region.
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The United States further increased its aid commitment to South and East Asian countries affected by Sunday&#39;s earthquake and tsunami disaster to $35 million.
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Washington has just given its ally another chance to receive development aid.
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US President George W Bush seeks to boost US aid to the tsunami-hit nations to a total of $950m (Â£511m).
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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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In an outpouring of generosity with few parallels in US history, Americans are sending millions of dollars to charities that are providing water, food, shelter, medicine, blankets, and other supplies to survivors of the colossal tsunami that ravaged broad swaths of Asia.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell says he expects international contributions to countries hit by the earthquake and tsunami disaster to be in the billions of dollars.
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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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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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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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President Bush is offering moral support and financial aid to states hard hit by the latest hurricane to strike the United States.
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The United States dispatched disaster specialists yesterday and prepared an initial $15 million (euro11 million) aid package to the Asian countries hit by a massive earthquake and tsunamis.
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The UK government today increased to 50 million pounds ($96 million) the aid pledged to victims of the earthquake and subsequent tsunamis that hit nations across the Indian Ocean, making