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UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations appealed Wednesday for nearly $5 billion to meet its commitment to help 53 million people in 34 countries who need humanitarian aid this year as a result of conflict and disasters.
The U.N.’s original appeal for 2010, launched last November, sought $7.1 billion but that increased to $9.5 billion with the earthquake in Haiti and the deepening of crises in Africa’s Sahel region, the Central African Republic and elsewhere.
