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Old 09-03-2005, 10:05 AM   #1
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Have any other countries offered Aid yET?



http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=sto...nm/china_usa_dc


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BEIJING (Reuters) - China has offered $5 million in aid for victims of Hurricane Katrina ahead of President
Hu Jintao's U.S. visit, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.
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The Chinese government would provide the aid in addition to a batch of emergency relief goods, Xinhua quoted Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang as saying.

If needed, the Chinese government would also send rescue workers, including medical experts, Qin said.

Thousands of people were feared dead after Katrina smashed into the U.S. Gulf Coast. Corpses rotting in the sun and uncontrolled looting presented images once thought unimaginable in the world's richest and most powerful country.

On Wednesday, Hu sent
President Bush a telegram expressing "sympathy and confidence that the American people can certainly defeat the natural disaster and rebuild their beautiful homes."

China, an emerging economic powerhouse after more than two decades of market-oriented reforms transformed it from a centrally planned backwater, had been a recipient of WFP aid until April. But millions of Chinese still live in abject poverty.

Hu's September 5-17 tour of North America, which includes stops in Canada and Mexico, comes against a backdrop of heightened Sino-U.S. trade tensions, alarm over China Inc.'s courting of U.S. firms and a simmering concern over the rise of China on the global diplomatic stage.

Talks to hammer out a textile agreement ended in failure with both sides saying there were wide differences in their positions.
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Old 09-03-2005, 10:18 AM   #2
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Re: Thank you China!
Germany (Temp shelters), France(medics, shelters), Cuba(1,100 medics)......I shit you not. Dont think they'll be taken up on their offers though.
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Old 09-03-2005, 10:22 AM   #3
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holy wow.. Cuba really?? That is an unbelieveable gesture with the kind of releations we got with them!
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Old 09-03-2005, 10:29 AM   #4
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Yeah, C.N.N reported that this morning. Think they offered food and supplies aswell. No word from washington yet on a response though. Cant see them agreeing to it.
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Old 09-03-2005, 10:48 AM   #5
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Old 09-03-2005, 11:15 AM   #6
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Fucking awesome I love the commy block countries so did Venezuela LOL
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Old 09-03-2005, 11:22 AM   #7
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Trouble with bringing in Cuban medics, once their finished - getting them to go home would be impossible LOL.
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Old 09-03-2005, 12:46 PM   #8
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Trouble with bringing in Cuban medics, once their finished - getting them to go home would be impossible LOL.


Yep, they'll be defecting in order to stay.

I can't see our dumbass Government agreeing to this either.
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Old 09-03-2005, 12:47 PM   #9
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What is cuban medicine anyway? "Okay, we're gonna wrap your wound in this bananna leaf, now smoke a cigar and you'll be fine."
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Old 09-03-2005, 01:11 PM   #10
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Canada was one of the first...and they were turned away. WTF!
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Old 09-03-2005, 02:08 PM   #11
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Canada was one of the first...and they were turned away. WTF!



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Old 09-03-2005, 02:37 PM   #12
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From CTV, Aug 31, 2005:
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNe...hub=CTVNewsAt11

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A specialized urban search and rescue team from Vancouver will be joining the rescue efforts in Louisiana in the wake of hurricane Katrina.

B.C. Solicitor General John Les said the province decided to send Vancouver Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) after officials in Louisiana asked for help.

"We're the first non-U.S.-based team to be requested," said Les. "They're going to be helping as many people as they can."

CTV Vancouver has learned that the team will board a plane Wednesday night heading to Lafayette, Louisiana, where local authorities will direct them to devastated areas.


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Earlier Wednesday, Canadian officials said they're prepared to send whatever type of aid the U.S. needs.

"We want to reassure the president and the people of the United States that we are their best friends and their neighbour, and we will be there to help them in a situation that truly is without parallel in our country or theirs,'' said Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan.

She added that on Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Human Health Services contacted Canada's public health agency, asking for an inventory of emergency supplies that Canada could send at a moment's notice.

That inventory was completed Wednesday.

McLellan said U.S. officials are still assessing their needs, but Canada will be prepared to send everything from water purification systems to the Canadian military's Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART).

Prime Minister Paul Martin was set to speak by phone Thursday with U.S. President George W. Bush about what Canada can do to help the reconstruction effort.


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Canadian Red Cross spokesperson Suzanne Charest said lists of volunteers experienced in large-scale disasters were being assembled.

"If you look at the impact of hurricane Katrina, we'll be sending well over 100 Canadian Red Cross workers in the coming weeks,'' Charest told Canadian Press from Ottawa.

Most of the volunteers will help spell off exhausted American relief workers in the coming months, she said.
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Old 09-03-2005, 05:06 PM   #13
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I saw a shitload of countries that have offered help - pretty much anyone in NATO and or the WTO is offering what they can. It was a long list of people scrolling across the bottom of one of the news stations.
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