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  KATRINA RELIEF: THE WORLD CONTRIBUTES
Many nations are offering hurricane relief. Here are some offers:
— AUSTRALIA: $8 million to American Red Cross.
— AUSTRIA: Water pumps, plastic sheets, cots.
— BELGIUM: Medical, logistics, civil engineering and diving teams, pumps, generators.
— BRITAIN: 500,000 ration packs, medical experts, search gear, marine engineers, high-volume pumps.
— CANADA: Three navy ships, coast guard vessel, Sea King helicopters, about 1,000 personnel.
— CHINA: $5 million.
— CUBA: 1,100 doctors.
— CZECH REPUBLIC: Rescue teams, field hospital, water processing equipment.
— DENMARK: Water purification units.
— DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Rescue workers, doctors and nurses.
— EL SALVADOR: 100 soldiers, including medical personnel and engineers.
— FRANCE: 300 tents, 980 cots, 60 generators, three water purification units, 30 pumps.
— GERMANY: 70,000 ration packs, medical supplies, vaccination teams, water purification equipment, medevac aircraft.
— GUATEMALA: 80 specialists from army, health and interior departments.
— HONDURAS: 134-member medical and search team.
— INDONESIA: 45 doctors and 155 other staff, 10,000 blankets.
— ISRAEL: Doctors, trauma experts, other medical staff, field hospital.
— ITALY: 300 cots, 300 blankets, 600 sheets, first-aid kits, baby food.
— JAPAN: $1 million, tents, blankets, power generators, water tanks.
— KUWAIT: $500 million worth of oil and other goods.
— LATVIA: Disaster team, financial aid, blankets, bottled water.
— LUXEMBOURG: Two jeeps, 1,000 cots, 2,000 blankets.
— MEXICO: Navy ship with food, amphibious vehicles, helicopters, medical team; 15 army vehicles carrying food, health workers, mobile kitchens.
— NEW ZEALAND: $1.4 million, search team, victim identification team.
— NICARAGUA: Flooding and sanitation experts.
— NORWAY: Navy divers, 10,000 blankets, unspecified financial aid.
— PAKISTAN: Doctors and paramedics.
— THE PHILIPPINES: 25-man relief team.
— PORTUGAL: Loan of 2 percent of oil reserve — 500,000 barrels of oil.
— QATAR: $100 million.
— RUSSIA: Three transport planes with generators, food, tents, blankets, drinking water, medical supplies.
— SINGAPORE: Three CH-47 transport helicopters and 38 soldiers flying supply and airlift missions.
— SOUTH KOREA: $30 million, search team, relief supplies.
— SPAIN: Firefighters and equipment, medical staff, tents, cots, blankets, water treatment units, heating equipment, water, generators.
— VENEZUELA: 1 million barrels of gasoline, $5 million in cash, water purification plants, canned food and water.


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