The Associated Press | 01/13/10 05:44 PM | 
A glance at some of the international aid pledges for victims of the earthquake in Haiti:
_Germany gave euro1.5 million ($2.17 million) and sent an immediate response team. Another team with 20 rescue dogs is on standby.
_ The United Nations is releasing $10 million from its emergency funds.
_ The United States is sending ships, helicopters, transport planes and a 2,000-member Marine unit.
_ Canada is sending an immediate $5 million Canadian (US$4.8 million) to the Haitian government and has put transport planes, helicopters, a hospital ship and a disaster response team on standby.
_ The Irish telecommunications company Digicel said it would donate $5 million to aid agencies and help repair the damaged phone network.
_ The European Commission has approved euro3 million ($4.37 million), with more funds likely.
_Spain has pledged euro3 million ($4.37 million), and sent three planes with rescue teams and 100 tons of emergency relief equipment.
_ The Netherlands has donated euro2 million ($2.91 million) and will send a 60-person search-and-rescue team.
_Denmark has donated 10 million kroner ($1.9 million).
_Italy is pledging euro1 million ($1.46 million).
_ China will donate $1 million, according to Xinhua News Agency.
_Sweden has offered 6 million kronor ($850,000), along with tents, water purification equipment and medical aid.
_Venezuela has sent doctors, firefighters and rescue workers.
_Mexico will send doctors, search-and-rescue dogs and infrastructure damage experts.
_ France is sending two planes with doctors, food and medical equipment.
_Britain has sent 64 firefighters with search-and-rescue dogs and 10 tons of equipment.
_Iceland is sending 37 search-and-rescue specialists.
_Taiwan is flying in 23 rescue personnel and 2 tons of aid and equipment.
_ Israel is sending an elite army rescue unit, including engineers, rescue workers, doctors and medics.
_ Cuba already had field hospitals on the ground when the quake struck.
_ The United States is sending ships, helicopters, transport planes and a 2,000-member Marine unit.
_ Canada is sending an immediate $5 million Canadian (US$4.8 million) to the Haitian government and has put transport planes, helicopters, a hospital ship and a disaster response team on standby.
_ The Irish telecommunications company Digicel said it would donate $5 million to aid agencies and help repair the damaged phone network.
_ The European Commission has approved euro3 million ($4.37 million), with more funds likely.
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_ The Netherlands has donated euro2 million ($2.91 million) and will send a 60-person search-and-rescue team.
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_ China will donate $1 million, according to Xinhua News Agency.
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_ France is sending two planes with doctors, food and medical equipment.
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_ Israel is sending an elite army rescue unit, including engineers, rescue workers, doctors and medics.
_ Cuba already had field hospitals on the ground when the quake struck.
A Child named Israel: Rescue workers deliver baby amid Haiti ruins
Doctor Shir Dar, who works at Hadassah Ein-Karem, delivered the first healthy baby in the Israeli field hospital. The mother told Dar that she would name her son Israel. "With all the death around us, it is very symbolic," the doctor said.
He said that childbirth in impoverished Haiti doesn't normally take place in hospitals, and that the woman received the best care from the best doctors. "She was very quiet," he said. "It wasn't even clear initially that she was in labor."
"It is very exciting," Dar added. "It offers some small balance to the things that are happening. Life is stronger, after all, and a woman will give birth even if the ground is shaking. This is what maintains the human race. This country has a very high infant mortality rate, and we delivered this healthy baby."
He said that childbirth in impoverished Haiti doesn't normally take place in hospitals, and that the woman received the best care from the best doctors. "She was very quiet," he said. "It wasn't even clear initially that she was in labor."
"It is very exciting," Dar added. "It offers some small balance to the things that are happening. Life is stronger, after all, and a woman will give birth even if the ground is shaking. This is what maintains the human race. This country has a very high infant mortality rate, and we delivered this healthy baby."
His name is :- "ISRAEL"
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