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12/31/2004:

"Global analysts dispute perceived US generosity"

LONDON -- The US government is contributing $35 million of the half-billion dollars that the world's developed nations are donating to the tsunami relief effort, and many Americans believe -- as President Bush put it earlier this week -- that their country is being its typical "generous, kindhearted" self.
Full Article : boston.com

U.S. tries to Save Face
U.S. Boosts Tsunami Aid Tenfold to $350M
CRAWFORD, Texas - The United States is pledging $350 million to help tsunami victims, a tenfold increase over its first wave of aid, President Bush announced Friday.
Full Article : news.yahoo.com