The European Commission has approved an EUR 9-million aid package for a clutch of South and South East Asian countries

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Series Details 07/01/99, Volume 5, Number 01
Publication Date 07/01/1999
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Date: 07/01/1999

Most of the money has been earmarked for Bangladesh, where recent flooding has left large areas of the country under water. Funds will also go to provide emergency food and medical aid in Afghanistan, to victims of the civil war in Sri Lanka and to combat dengue fever in the Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos.

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