Brussels, 31/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission decided on 31 July to grant further aid of EUR 9.5 million to cover the urgent needs of the most vulnerable sections of the Palestinian population, which brings humanitarian aid to Palestinians in 2002 to a total of EUR 18 million. On this occasion, European Commissioner Poul Nielson spoke of the "growing humanitarian tragedy facing the Palestinian people as the crisis in the Middle East drags on". He added that "the indicators...