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Dec. 31st, 2004 10:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabotabbyI had an odd night of the sort that leads to an odder morning. Then again, if it's any sort of indication as to how the next year shall be spent, I can't really complain.
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springheel_jack: what 130,000 body bags look like.
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DILI, Dec 30 (AFP) - The impoverished, fledgling state of East Timor said Thursday it would donate 50,000 dollars to help the victims of the Asian tsunamis.
"As neighbours and friends we cannot stand by and do nothing," Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri said in a statement.
"This terrible tragedy has shattered so many lives and communities, that this is our way of saying we are here as your friends when you are in need.
"Our nation is poor, but our spirit is strong and our people support the government of Timor-Leste in doing this, even though they have so little."
Alkatiri said the people of East Timor knew what it was like to be the beneficiary of generosity at times of great sufferings.
"So the least we can do is to give 50,000 dollars from our small budget," he said.
Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta said that the donation would be made through the United Nations Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
East Timor, which separated from Indonesia following a 1999 independence vote and became a sovereign nation in 2002, has a population of about one million people and is one of the poorest nations in Asia.
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agent_tweed: DILI, Dec 30 (AFP) - The impoverished, fledgling state of East Timor said Thursday it would donate 50,000 dollars to help the victims of the Asian tsunamis.
"As neighbours and friends we cannot stand by and do nothing," Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri said in a statement.
"This terrible tragedy has shattered so many lives and communities, that this is our way of saying we are here as your friends when you are in need.
"Our nation is poor, but our spirit is strong and our people support the government of Timor-Leste in doing this, even though they have so little."
Alkatiri said the people of East Timor knew what it was like to be the beneficiary of generosity at times of great sufferings.
"So the least we can do is to give 50,000 dollars from our small budget," he said.
Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta said that the donation would be made through the United Nations Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
East Timor, which separated from Indonesia following a 1999 independence vote and became a sovereign nation in 2002, has a population of about one million people and is one of the poorest nations in Asia.
