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Old 09-07-2005, 08:28 PM  
pet kangaroo
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Source :
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,168671,00.html
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/04/kat...ion=cnn_latest

Cash donated:

Kuwait $500 million
Qatar $100 million
Sth Korea $30 million (waiting to see how the $ will be spent first)
Australia $8 million
India $5 million
Saudi Arabia $5 million
China $5 million
Taiwan $2 million
Bangladesh $1 million (from one of the worlds poorest countries)
Mexico $1 million (and 15 truckloads of ?)
Nigeria $1 million
Japan $200,000 (plus $300 in tents etc.)
Afghanistan $100,000
Sri Lanka $25,000

Goods & Equipment

Russia $760,000 in goods
Singapore - 3 helicopters
Cuba - 1000 doctors
Venezuala - cheap fuel
Canada - 1 shipload of aid
Sweden/France/Germany/Italy/Netherlands - offer of relief workers
Spain - to release fuel


Too many countries not on the list and many of them could be considerably more generous.
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