Germany to increase tsunami aid to 500 million euros
 

BERLIN, Jan. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- The German government plans to radically increase its aid to tsunami-hit countries in south Asia to 500 million euros (666 million dollars), officials confirmed Tuesday.

The German government will make the decision at its cabinet meeting on Wednesday, an official speaking on condition of anonymity revealed.

So far the government had pledged to provide 20 million euros (27 million dollars) as immediate aid to the victims in the Dec.26 tsunami catastrophe.

On the list of donor countries, Japan took the lead with 500 million dollars, followed by the United States with 350 million dollars. Sweden, who suffered the heaviest casualties among non-Asian countries, pledged to donate 80 million dollars.

Meanwhile, German public donations for tsunami victims have reached some 70 million Euros (about 94.5 million US dollars), according to local reports Tuesday.

So far more than 1,000 German nationals are still missing whilethe number of confirmed dead remains at 60. Enditem

that's some big bread...

I wrote something else but i saw the amount.

That is a lot of money.

Kewl.. We are ahead of the World :)

great news i hope it gets to the right people...

It's awesome, because we don't even have that type of money to spend. This makes me proud to be a stupid-ass Kraut! Thank god I'm probably moving back to the States soon!

wow, they feel they have a lot to make up for i guess :)

666 million

Hah, we didn't give it to Israel though...

wow, I could retire with that much $$

that's great, a greek tv channel with the help of orthodox christian church collected 7mil euro today and possible will hit 10mil tomorrow. I'm sure there are many such donations taking place all over the world.

With aid like that they are going to rebuild the whole region in a year..

this becoming like a whose got the biggest dick contest .

I love when David Hasselhoff yells at Team Blitzkrieg for sucking shit.

was thinking the same.. but as long as it helps them its cool

So, in the "one person rating" Michael Schumacher with his $10Million-Donation should be ahead :winkwink:

and we HAVE the biggest dick oh yeah
the world says "thank you GERMANY"
http://www.orgue-dudelange.lu/images...20-%20Flag.jpg

Did someone just post a German flag? Somehow this always makes me feel like I'm in fucking Nazi Germany. I wasn't even really comfortable with that thing waving at the gate when I was in the army... probably because I don't really like my country all that much.

That flag looked a bit different...

lol, that's the most stupid shit i read all day...congratz!

I'm not talking about the swastika flag. I'm talking about the 'Reichsflagge', which looks quite similar actually...

And then Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse came to my room and we ate ALL THE COOKIES!

Very nice.

Damn that's a lot, but nice...

thumbs up for GERMANY!

very nice of germany

Flags and patriotism are for the idiot sheep and weak minded

This is not so relevant after Germany announced their new contribution, but shows that on a per capita scale the US is far down on the top list of countries:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapc...aid/index.html

wow thats alot.. michael schumacher is amazing..

sounds like the number of the beast to me.

Well done Germany... and all the others at the top of the list!!

If germany is in such a giving mood already, they should also increase the compensation to holocaust survivors...

w00t w00t go germany