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...year-old but couldn't hold on, either. Searle "thought he was dead." But two hours later, she found him alive. As the week wore on, Europe's stunned horror gave way to action. German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder cut short his holiday to help direct relief efforts and pledged $27 million in aid; France promised $56 million and sent Foreign Minister Michel Barnier to Thailand; Sweden offered $76 million; and the British government kicked in $96 million. Britons raised another $114 million for a consortium of charities by Saturday. Corporations throughout Europe made donations, often matching their employees...
...keen tennis player who frequents the courts of Tripoli's Regatta Club, a favorite beachside haunt for the city's resident expatriates and Libyan élite. With no official role in government, Seif heads the Gaddafi International Foundation, a quasi-independent organization that has negotiated hostage releases and sent relief aid around Africa. He finally persuaded his 62-year-old father to make peace with the international community - thus opening the country to foreign investment. "It took nine months - nine months!" Seif told TIME, stretching his long legs out in front of the couch under another portrait of his father...
...EGELAND, emergency-relief coordinator for the U.N., criticizing the amount of money Western nations initially allocated for disaster relief in Asian countries devastated by the tsunami...
After the Bush Administration's initial pledges of $15 million and then $35 million for tsunami relief were roundly criticized, the U.S. raised it to a more realistic $350 million. But at just $1.20 per American, even this increased number should be seen as simply a down payment on aiding the world's poor. Almost three years ago, the Bush Administration signed a pledge, the Monterrey Consensus, to "make concrete efforts" to provide 0.7% of national income in assistance to the world's poor. Currently, the U.S. provides less than one-fourth of that pledge, just 0.15%--a mere...
...Prime Minister?s National Relief Fund Donate online to the Indian relief fund...