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...Britain's 20 largest companies to urge them to donate to the relief effort, but he soon gave up because so many of those he called had already made large pledges. "I think it's an unprecedented response in terms of corporate giving," Bland told Time. "It's really struck a chord." BT has sent seven telephone engineers to Indonesia; another six leave this week. The company also donated $934,000 to Britain's Disasters Emergency Committee and provided 150 volunteers to answer the charity consortium's phones. Among Europe's biggest corporate donors is Germany's Deutsche Bank, which...
...close to a positive conclusion just weeks earlier. The I.R.A. denied involvement, but even before Orde spoke, many in Northern Ireland believed the republicans - some of whom became deeply involved with organized crime during their 30-year fight against British security forces - were the only credible suspects. The gang struck as the bank closed - sidestepping the security system by taking hostage the families of the two employees who knew that day's access codes. While thousands of Christmas shoppers milled around the bank, they made three trips inside to pick up the stolen cash. Northern Ireland's monetary system...
Ringer, who makes semiannual trips to Vietnam with a California-based nonprofit called Project Vietnam, says that he and other American doctors were immediately struck by the dearth of respiratory assistance equipment in the country’s neonatal units...
While Harvard dominated even-strength play, squeezing off 21 more shots and holding the Warriors (7-11-2, 1-8-1 Hockey East) to just 12 at 5-on-5, Merrimack repeatedly struck with a man advantage, torching backup netminder Justin Tobe for four power-play goals in five chances...
Students from the area who escaped the effects of the tidal wave said the disaster struck a solemn tone over their winter break...