26249: Craig (news) France Increases Aid to Haiti (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Dan Craig <sak-pase@bimini.ws>

France says it will increase aid to Haiti, after European sanctions on the 
island nation were lifted during the weekend. Brigitte Girardin, France's 
junior minister for cooperation, announced in Haiti that Paris has earmarked 
more than $3 million for education and battling AIDS, in addition to about $45 
million in assistance to the former French colony. She said the European 
Union's lifting of sanctions unblocked nearly $90 million in assistance to 
Haiti. 
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20050912-092647-8240r_page2.htm