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January 25, 2010

Hope for Haiti Telethon Raises $57 Million
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On Friday, the Hope for Haiti telethon was broadcast across the United
States. The event, organized by George Clooney, raised $57 million for
relief organizations in Haiti. 
So far the world’s nations have pledged some $1 billion in emergency aid
to Haiti. The amount of money being sent to help Haiti pales in
comparison to the US war budget. In 2007 the economist Joseph Stiglitz
and Linda Bilmes estimated the war in Iraq was costing the United States
$720 million a day.



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