About 60 governments and aid organisations met in Stockholm on Thursday hoping to raise money to help Lebanon rebuild roads, bridges and homes left shattered by the recent conflict between Israel and Hezbollah fighters.
The UN Humanitarian Chief Jan Egeland announced that more than "half-a-(b)billion dollars" has already been promised to assist the country.
 "We haven't even heard from all of the donors yet and already its over-subscribed. I mean we have fully covered the Lebanese government's short term appeal for early recovering."
Speaking at the meeting, Lebanon's prime minister Fuad Saniora called on world donors to help his country recover after the recent fighting in the country wiped out "15 years of post-war development."
He also said reconstruction efforts would be "severely undermined" if Israel didn't lift its sea, air and land blockade of Lebanon.
Aid money started to trickle in ahead of the conference in the Swedish capital, with the EU offering 54 (m) million US dollars and Sweden promised 20 (m) million dollars.
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