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Algerian Telethon Raises Funds for Iraq

March 17, 1991| Reuters

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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