AMERICAN PEOPLE DONATE $18 MILLION TO AMERICAN RED CROSS.

(From Asia Pulse)

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire - AsiaNet/ - As of Noon today, just three days after a powerful tsunami impacted countries in southern Asia and eastern Africa, Americans have generously contributed approximately $18 million to the American Red Cross International Response Fund, which supports both immediate and long term relief efforts for disaster victims in countries outside the United States.

Immediately after the earthquake, the American Red Cross established contact with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and our sister societies located in the …