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Pride: Considered Harmful

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America yesterday appealed for aid from the EU and Nato to help the hundreds of thousands of people made homeless by the disaster … the US has asked for thousands of blankets, 500,000 prepared meals, first aid kits and several water trucks providing clean drinking water to help its emergency operation … America has also appealed for help from Nato … the US had asked for Nato relief support in the form of food rations for the thousands of people evacuated from New Orleans and other areas
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The Cuban president, Fidel Castro, offered to fly 1,100 doctors to Houston with 26 tonnes of medicine to treat victims … Venezuela’s president Hugo Chvez, a vocal critic of the United States, offered to send cheap fuel, humanitarian aid and relief workers … Russia has offered to help with rescue efforts, but is still awaiting a reply from Washington … Iran has offered to send humanitarian aid to the US even though President Bush has labelled the country part of the “axis of evil”. “The victims have complained about the lack of timely assistance and we are prepared to send our contributions to the people through the Red Crescent,” said Hamid Reza Asefi, a foreign ministry spokesman.

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