UN raises quake aid appeal by Wednesday 26 October 2005 6:46 AM GMT Oxfam says aid pledges fall far short of needs The United Nations has nearly doubled its appeal for aid for victims of the South Asia earthquake, as a leading charity accused wealthy nations of failing to respond to the disaster. With the UN now seeking more than half a billion dollars in emergency funds, UK-based relief agency Oxfam said the response from many of the w...
Settler-funding a billion dollar question by Friday 12 August 2005 7:05 AM GMT Some believe $60 billion has been pumped into settlements Israel's illegal effort since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war to fill the West Bank and Gaza Strip with Jews has grown from the scattered actions of zealous squatters into a network of 142 settlements that house nearly 240,000 people. Now that Israel plans to spend $2 billion to dismantle just 25 of these enc...
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