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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9989

2 October 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/humanitarian aid
Commission provides €3 million for Indonesian earthquake victims

Brussels, 01/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 1 October, the European Commission announced that it had moved to provide €3 million in emergency aid for the victims of the powerful earthquake that hit Indonesia in the last 24 hours. “A fast-track decision was taken to help the people of the island of Sumatra and of Padang in particular,” said John Clancy, spokesman for Development and humanitarian Aid Commissioner Karel De Gucht. An expert from ECHO, the Commission's humanitarian...

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