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Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Tsunami appeal to close: "Tsunami appeal to close

David Batty
Monday February 14, 2005

The record-breaking Asian tsunami appeal is to close at the end of the month after raising more than �250m, the group coordinating donations said today.
The Indian Ocean earthquake appeal - the biggest ever fundraising campaign in UK history - will close on February 26, said the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), an umbrella group for a dozen British charities. It predicts the total amount raised will exceed �300m. British charities have separately raised another �60m-70m."