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I bet the US ends up paying about half of the money that actually gets to the affected people

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Las Vegas SUN;

U.N.: $2B Pledged for Tsunami Crisis


A partial list of the countries and organizations pledging aid for tsunami victims, based on U.N. data and official announcements by the nations. The United Nations said Saturday that about $2 billion has been promised so far.


- Japan: $500 million.

- United States: $350 million

- World Bank: $250 million

- Britain: $95 million

- Sweden: $75.5 million

- Spain: $68 million

- China: $60 million

- France: $57 million

- Australia: $46.7 million

- Canada: $33 million

- Germany: $27 million

- European Commission: $45 million

- Switzerland: $21.9 million

- Denmark: $18,1 million

- Norway: $16.6 million

- Portugal: $11 million

- Qatar: $10 million

- Saudi Arabia: $10 million

- Singapore: $3.6 million

- New Zealand: $3.5 million

- Finland: $3.3 million

- Kuwait: $2 million

- United Arab Emirates: $2 million

- Ireland: $1.4 million

- Italy: $1.3 million

- Turkey: $1.25 million

- Czech Republic: $750,000

- Iran: $627,000

- South Korea: $600,000

- Hungary: $411,000

- Greece: $397,000

- Luxembourg: $265,000

- Monaco: $133,000

- Mexico: $100,000

- Nepal: $100,000

- Estonia: $42,000

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