World Bank extends sympathy following India's quake.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-29 January 2001-WORLD BANK: World Bank extends sympathy following India's quake (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:28012001 NEW DELHI -- The World Bank has expressed its profound sympathy to the people and the Government of India following the earthquake that hit the country as it celebrated its Republic Day on Friday, January 26.

World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn, who in November visited India, including the state of Gujarat, added his personal sympathies: "Having visited India so recently myself and having seen first-hand both the scale of its development challenge and the resilience and will of the Indian people, this is a human tragedy of horrible proportions. Our hearts go out to the thousands of people who have lost so...