Thursday, January 06, 2005

Chicago Tribune | Aid for tsunami zone nears $4 billion

Chicago Tribune | Aid for tsunami zone nears $4 billion: "Aid for tsunami zone nears $4 billion
Australia pledges $810 million

By Stevenson Swanson
Tribune national correspondent
Published January 6, 2005

NEW YORK -- In an international outpouring of aid that has amazed relief officials, the effort to help victims of last week's South Asian tsunami has resulted in several billion dollars in donations from governments, corporations and ordinary citizens, funds to be used for everything from plastic sheeting for shelters to bricks and mortar for new houses."

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