Australia pledges a cool $1 Billion (in Australian "money" ed note: shells?) to an international relief and long-term reconstruction program for the nations hit by the earthquake and the subsequent tsunamis
No word from John Howard, the Ozzie PM, on why he thinks God did it, or if, in his opinion, the Sitra Achar was involved.
Note to Bush: Up our bid, baby, or the US is not getting maftir Yonah this year.