Stop sending us cash, says aid group

FRANCE: The medical aid group Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) has urged donors to stop sending it money for…

FRANCE: The medical aid group Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) has urged donors to stop sending it money for Asian tsunami victims, saying it had collected enough funds to manage its relief effort there.

In an unusual step, the group's branches in France and Germany said they had €40 million and €20 million respectively, enough to finance emergency medical aid projects they were supporting in Sri Lanka and Indonesia. - (Reuters)

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