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Donors pledge millions in aid after wildfires
By Times Wires
Published September 1, 2007
ATHENS, GREECE Promises of aid poured in from around Greece and overseas Friday as firefighters doused most of the huge wildfires that ravaged the Greek countryside for a week, killing 64 people. The European Union said Greece would probably receive $237-million in emergency aid and could be eligible for $546-million more, depending on the amount of damage caused by the fires. The U.S. Agency for International Development said it was providing $1.3-million in equipment and technical assistance, while the Greek government said China promised $1-million. Damage was estimated at more than $1.6-billion. BEIJING China starts systems for food, toy recalls China's first nationwide recall systems for unsafe food and toys came into effect Friday in one of the strongest steps taken by Beijing to clean up the country's scandal-hit manufacturing industry. China has been facing growing international pressure to improve the quality of its exports after dangerous toxins were found in goods including toys and toothpaste. BANGKOK, THAILAND Censors, YouTube reach agreement Thai censors lifted their ban Friday after five months of blocking the video site YouTube because it had carried material seen as insulting to the country's king. The site's management has agreed to block future clips deemed offensive to Thai culture. LONDON 'Beer hunter' Jackson dies at his home Michael Jackson, a world beer critic who praised the brews of Belgium and acknowledged he would never be as famous as "that Michael Jackson," has died. He was 65. Jackson, known as "the beer hunter," died Thursday. His books The Great Beers of Belgium and World Guide to Beer introduced them to many export markets. MONROVIA, Liberia Facial scans to help fight rampant fraud Civil servants in Liberia will soon be required to take biometric scans, a move designed to curb fraud so rife that the government found 7,000 fake names on its payrolls, officials said Friday.
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