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Hurricane Katrina > International aid response Has pledged more than USD 3 million to the relief effort, plus supplies.
Tsunami > Foreign tourists missing	45	[18th of 37]
DEFINITION: Number of foreign tourists visiting the tsunami hit areas who are not reachable, (as of Saturday, Jan 22nd, 2005 - 06:30 PM GMT).
SOURCE: Wikipedia, CNN
Tsunami > Foreigners death toll	3	[26th of 34]
DEFINITION: The number of foreigners feared dead is in the range of thousands. Only 112 foreigners have been confirmed dead and the countrywise breakup of the persons identified is given below (as of Saturday, Jan 22nd, 2005 - 06:30 PM GMT).
SOURCE: BBC, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs, Reuters, US State Department, CBC News, http://www.stuff.co.nz/ and CNN
Tsunami > Funds pledged	$50,250,000.00	[17th of 37]
DEFINITION: Funds pledged by the governments of developed countries for tsunami relief (as of September 30th 2005). The World Bank has pledged $250 million and the European Union $44 million. There have been significant amounts coming in from the UN and other aid agencies like IMF, UNDP, UNESCO, Red Cross, etc. which are not mentioned here. Private donations and collections from media campaigns are also high in many European countries, but have not been included here.
SOURCE: BBC, CNN, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs and French deputy foreign minister Renaud Muselier
Tsunami > Funds pledged by NGOs and public	$60,000,000.00	[11th of 24]
DEFINITION: Funds pledged by the NGOs and public of developed countries for tsunami relief (as of Saturday, Jan 22nd, 2005 - 06:30 PM GMT). This list does not include corporate donations.
SOURCE: OECD, Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters
Tsunami > Total aid package	$110,000,000.00	[13th of 37]
DEFINITION: This is a chart of the total aid coming in from the following countries. It includes the funds pledged by the respective governments and the amounts collected by NGOs and the public (as of Saturday, Jan 22nd, 2005 - 06:30 PM GMT). Aid" is an ambiguous term that may cover a wide variety of methods, such as 'soft' loans or 'tied aid', where the money has to be spent buying goods ands services from the donating country. The numbers below also represent only the pledged contributions. Arguably, only funds that are actually transferred should be counted. For example, after the Bam earthquake in December 2003, the Iranian government received only USD 17.5 million of the USD one billion that was promised.
SOURCE: Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters

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SOURCES: Wikipedia, CNN; BBC, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs, Reuters, US State Department, CBC News, http://www.stuff.co.nz/ and CNN; BBC, CNN, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs and French deputy foreign minister Renaud Muselier; OECD, Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters; Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Taiwan, taiwan (china, republic of), chinese taipei, T'ai-wan, China, Taiwan, Taiwan (People's Republic of China), Taiwan (Peo. Rep. of China), Taiwan, China