At a recent conference in Mexico, rich countries promised to do better.

The State Department says 95 countries, half of the world's nations, have promised aid in one form or another.

Other countries promised to assist in police training and to help set up civilian government operations.

Numerous countries have promised to provide food and other assistance, including China.

And that's just sad, particularly because this is the year when the big industrialized countries promised to finally do something about making poverty history.

And for visitors this summer, the country promises to be one giant bargain.

So what if rich countries promised to buy them?

The three countries promised to help each other if another country attacked them.

The countries that had already achieved aid levels higher than these targets promised to maintain.

The country has about 3,000 soldiers in Iraq and the government has promised they will stay.