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EU nations pledge $575 million for Haiti aid
Posted:<SCRIPT type=text/javascript> wnRenderDate('Monday, January 18, 2010 8:18 AM EST', '', true);</SCRIPT> Jan 18, 2010 7:18 AM CST <NOSCRIPT></NOSCRIPT><!--END wnDate-->Updated:<SCRIPT type=text/javascript> wnRenderDate('Monday, January 18, 2010 9:38 AM EST', '', true);</SCRIPT> Jan 18, 2010 8:38 AM CST
By RAF CASERT
Associated Press Writer
BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union nations pledged over euro400 million ($575 million) Monday to help quake survivors and rebuilding efforts in Haiti after last week's massive earthquake.
The European Union Commission said it would contribute euro330 million ($474 million) in emergency and long-term aid to Haiti. EU member states also poured euro92 million ($132 million) in emergency aid alone.
In addition, the EU was moving toward sending 150 people to be part of a police force to beef up security in the quake-hit Caribbean nation.
"We have taken swift action," said EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton after an emergency meeting of the 27-nation EU's development ministers.
Read more at:
http://www.nbc12.com/Global/story.asp?S=11838602
Posted:<SCRIPT type=text/javascript> wnRenderDate('Monday, January 18, 2010 8:18 AM EST', '', true);</SCRIPT> Jan 18, 2010 7:18 AM CST <NOSCRIPT></NOSCRIPT><!--END wnDate-->Updated:<SCRIPT type=text/javascript> wnRenderDate('Monday, January 18, 2010 9:38 AM EST', '', true);</SCRIPT> Jan 18, 2010 8:38 AM CST
By RAF CASERT
Associated Press Writer
BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union nations pledged over euro400 million ($575 million) Monday to help quake survivors and rebuilding efforts in Haiti after last week's massive earthquake.
The European Union Commission said it would contribute euro330 million ($474 million) in emergency and long-term aid to Haiti. EU member states also poured euro92 million ($132 million) in emergency aid alone.
In addition, the EU was moving toward sending 150 people to be part of a police force to beef up security in the quake-hit Caribbean nation.
"We have taken swift action," said EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton after an emergency meeting of the 27-nation EU's development ministers.
Read more at:
http://www.nbc12.com/Global/story.asp?S=11838602