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Saudi Arabia's relief airlift

Saudi Press Agency, January 28, 2005

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdulaziz has ordered that SR3,750,000 be appropriated for implementing a number of health programs and resort and housing projects to relieve refugees and displaced people in earthquake-and-tsunami-ravaged countries in South Asia in collaboration with the High Commission for Refugees Affairs and the World Health Organization, it was announced here today.

Dr. Saed Alorabi Alharithi, Advisor to the Minister of Interior and head of the Saudi charity campaign to assist the victims of the earthquake and tidal sea waves in South Asia, told Saudi Press Agency today that the programs and projects will be implemented in cooperation with these international organizations according to mechanisms that suit the objectives of the Saudi charity campaign to ensure the benefit of those affected in coordination with the relevant local authorities in the quake and tsunami ravaged countries.

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