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  • Tsunami > International aid packages: Countries around the globe have stepped forward with pledges of cash and assistance to the victims of the southern Asian earthquake and tsunami disaster.

    The following is a list of contributions pledged by countries, (as of Saturday, Jan 22nd, 2005 - 06:30 PM GMT) compiled from reports by Reuters bureaux and United Nations agencies.

    There are packages coming from international Aid agencies like the IMF, The Red Cross, UNEP, UNICEF and WHO.

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Tsunami > International aid packages <a href=/country/bg>Bangladesh</a> has dispatched 111 soldiers to <a href=/country/ce>Sri Lanka</a> and the <a href=/country/mv>Maldives</a>, with a further 46 expected to join them. Two planes and two helicopters will carry the troops together with aid supplies. $96m in <a href=/cat/Government>government</a> donations, plus $189m in private donations which the <a href=/cat/Government>government</a> has pledged to match. Two <a href=/encyclopedia/Royal-Air-Force>RAF</a> planes, a C-17 and a <a href=/encyclopedia/Lockheed-L-1011>Tristar</a>, are helping to deliver aid to the region. Tony Blair has also offered to send 120 Ghurkas to <a href=/country/id>Indonesia</a> but this was rejected by Jakarta. <a href=/encyclopedia/Chancellor-of-Germany>Chancellor</a> Gordon Brown is pushing a proposal for the debts of the affected nations to be frozen.

SOURCES: BBC, Alert net by Reuters, Sify news and The Age

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