Clinton says tsunami relief may take 3-4 years

Tuesday,1
March
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said tsunami relief efforts could take three to four years, urging the international community to be prepared to do more to help the hardest-hit Asian regions.

Clinton, a special United Nations envoy for tsunami reconstruction efforts, said there was still much work to do to rebuild tsunami-hit communities, local media quoted him as saying after arriving in Singapore late on Monday.

"I think the long-term rebuilding is challenging and will cost a lot of money and we have to be prepared to do this for three or four years," Clinton told a news briefing.

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