Algerian Telethon Raises Funds for Iraq
<i> Reuters</i>
ALGIERS, Algeria —
Nearly $5 million toward the reconstruction of war-battered Baghdad was raised during a fund-raising telethon on Algerian television.
Organizers said more than $4.64 million had been donated by viewers.
Algerian public opinion was overwhelmingly in favor of Iraq during the Gulf War.
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