"Tsunami pledges keep coming, but will rest of world pay up?

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By Associated Press

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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) � The outpouring of pledges for victims of the Asian tsunami has been huge. But some donors have failed to make good on their promises after past disasters, and aid groups say they will keep the pressure on to make sure the help recently announced with great fanfare doesn�t evaporate.
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World leaders who gathered in the Indonesian capital this week vowed they�d stand by survivors for the long haul. Nearly $4 billion has been promised so far.
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It�s reminiscent, on a larger scale, of donors� promises of more than $1 billion after an earthquake killed 26,000 people in Bam, Iran, in December 2003. A year later now, Iran says it�s gotten only $17.5 million."