Indonesia gets German aid

Mon, 29 Sep 1997 | Source: AFP

BONN (AFP): Germany's overseas development minister, Carl- Dieter Spranger said Friday that 10 million German marks (US$5.5 million) had been set aside to help Indonesia fight disastrous forest fires.

Smog from the fires has spread across large parts of Southeast Asia and was being blamed for an airplane crash Friday that killed all 234 people on board as the craft came into land at the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

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