Total aid pledges for tsunami relief more than 10 bln dollars

PARIS, Jan 12 (AFP) - Public and private aid pledged worldwide for the countries hit by the Asian tsunami disaster has surpassed 10 billion dollars, according to an AFP tally.
The figure includes government pledges and donations made by 42 countries, as well as debt relief and loans.
According to the AFP tally, public aid made by governments totals slightly more than eight billion dollars and private donations amounted to over two billion dollars.

01/12/2005 17:39 GMT - AFP