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here is the breakdown so far

The international community pledges
Canada said it would donate a total of $40 million Cdn, about 33 million US.
Germany also boosted its initial $2.7 million in emergency aid to $27 million.
Japan has pledged rice and $300 million
Britain pledged $28.9 million for the relief effort.
France announced $20.5 million in aid
Australia said Wednesday it would give another $19.5 million in aid, increasing its total pledge to $27.6 million.
Denmark donated $15.5 million toward that effort
the Bush administration Having pledged $350 million to help tsunami victims in South Asia,.

After an aircraft carrier,

support ships,helecoptor,flight crews American of course and full ships with multi hundreds of tons of aid,being the only nation that has been able to bring the most needed aid inland to the starving villages and help that is sure to increase will they keep calling the Americans cheap.

Show me a people that is willing to respond to world wide emergencys like our America,who has always willing to help even our enemys in time of need?

The French offering is much less than ours and who has called the so called leaders of Europe cheap,give me a break.

They came from all directions


From dawn until sunset on New Year's Day, 12 Seahawk helicopters shuttled supplies and advance teams from offshore naval vessels while reconnaissance aircraft brought back stark images of wave-wrecked coastal landscapes and their hungry, traumatized inhabitants.
''They came from all directions, crawling under the craft, knocking on the pilot's door, pushing to get into the cabin,'' said Petty Officer First Class Brennan Zwack. ''But when they saw we had no more food inside, they backed away, saying `Thank you, thank you.'''
''The mob decided how we distributed the food. There were so many hands outstretched I don't think any package touched the ground,'' added Zwack, of Sioux Falls, S.D.
The helicopters took off from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, staged in calm waters about three miles off the Indonesian province of Aceh along with four other vessels to launch the sprawling U.S. military operation.
More than a dozen other ships were en route to southern Asian waters, with the USS Bonhomme Richard, an amphibious assault vessel carrying Marines, headed for Sri Lanka, which along with Indonesia was the worst-hit area. The mission involves thousands of sailors and Marines, along with some 1,000 land-based troops.
Governments and global organizations have pledged about $2 billion in tsunami disaster relief, the United Nations (news - web sites) said Saturday. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi raised Japan's offer to $500 million from $30 million, topping President Bush (news - web sites)'s pledge Friday of $350 million.
Thailand's Vietnam War-era air base of Utapao has become the airlift hub for the region. C-130 transport planes were already conducting sorties to Jakarta and the Sumatran cities of Medan and Banda Aceh, according to a statement Saturday by the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta.
U.S. Navy (news - web sites) medical staff are also on the ground in Meulaboh, a decimated fishing village where several thousand bodies have been recovered. The Navy is considering a request from Jakarta to establish a field hospital there.
As many as 100,000 people are feared dead on Sumatra, which was closest to the epicenter of last Sunday's catastrophic quake and tsunami. Although aid has been piling up in regional airports, officials have had trouble getting it out to the areas in need and the U.S. military was expected to ease the bottleneck.

Granny did you notice

Fox news Rupert Murdock, Rodger Ales and co.gave a million to the tsunami relief victums.half to the Salvation Army half to Oxfam America!