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Australia-Canada Red Cross to Clean Up Maldives
Canberra, Australia - The Red Cross will help the Maldives deal with growing mountains of debris and rubbish that have piled up as a result of the Dec. 26 tsunami that swamped the low-lying island chain.
The Australian and Canadian Red Cross will spend $8.5 million on an 18-month project to dispose of the waste, which has built up across 70 islands in the Maldives and which now poses a major health risk for many of the country's 300,000 inhabitants.