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International aid agencies are standing ready to help China recover from its massive earthquake, but the Chinese appear to have operations well in hand, officials said Tuesday.
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France criticized Myanmar’s military junta on Friday for refusing to allow a French Navy ship with 1,500 tons of aid for victims of Cyclone Nargis to deliver food...
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Supplies from U.S. relief flights were given directly to nongovernmental organizations Friday to help with the aftermath of Myanmar’s disastrous cyclone, the...
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John McCain’s campaign is asking staff members to disclose all previous lobbying ties following the resignation of two officials linked to a firm that worked for...
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AP, Yangon
Myanmar’s military rulers have thrown a tightening ring of security around Yangon, blocking aid workers, foreign diplomats and journalists from reaching...
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The cyclone’s official death toll has nearly doubled to almost 78,000 and another 56,000 people remain missing two weeks after the devastating storm, state...
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The United Nations said Friday that severe restrictions by Myanmar’s military junta have left aid agencies largely in the dark about the extent of...
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A new constitution proposed by Burma’s military rulers has been overwhelmingly approved in a referendum, according to the country’s state-run media.
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AP, Geneva
The international Red Cross says a lack of clean water will be the biggest killer in Myanmar in the coming days.
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AP, Yangon
Myanmar’s junta warned Thursday it will punish anyone found hoarding or trading foreign aid meant for cyclone survivors, but relief groups said they had seen no...
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The United Nations wants to send its top emergency relief coordinator to Myanmar _ if he can get a visa from the ruling military junta.
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The U.N. secretary-general has decided to dispatch his top emergency relief coordinator to Myanmar _ if he can get a visa from the nation’s military rulers.
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AP, Bangkok
The door is open. But just a crack.
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AP, Yangon
Myanmar’s junta warned Thursday that legal action would be taken against people who trade or hoard international aid as the cyclone’s death toll soared...
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Myanmar’s state television says the cyclone’s official death toll has climbed to more than 43,000.
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AP, Bangkok
Children in Myanmar may be forced to attend school in relief camps and tents because 85 percent of the educational buildings have been destroyed or damaged in a...
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AP, Yangon
Myanmar’s junta says legal action will be taken against people who trade, hoard or misuse international aid for cyclone survivors.
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It is a disaster still shrouded in secrecy. The world is growing accustomed to seeing images of devastation, from earthquakes or calamitous storms, as they unfold. Here...
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What is happening in Burma is unconscionable! Cyclone Nargis made landfall on May 2, carving a path of destruction throughout the country, and yet here we are 13 days...
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AP, Yangon
Myanmar has announced that a military-backed constitution was overwhelmingly approved by voters in last week’s referendum.
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A frustrated U.N. chief was convening Myanmar’s neighbors key donors and on Wednesday to weigh options for speeding up aid to cyclone victims, including a...
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More emergency food aid is on its way to Haiti.
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AP, Beijing
After days of refusing foreign relief workers, China has accepted offers from four countries to send in rescue teams.
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AP, Washington
The Bush administration says it will keep sending assistance to Myanmar’s cyclone victims despite concerns that the military government there may be confiscating...
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AP, Kabul
Afghanistan will ask international donors next month for $50 billion to fund a five-year development plan, a presidential aide said, despite growing criticism that aid...
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EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana says officials must use all diplomatic means to convince Myanmar’s military leaders to let in more emergency aid to cyclone...
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AP, Kyi Bui Khaw
The saffron-robed monks who spearheaded a bloody uprising last fall against Myanmar’s military rulers are back on the front lines, this time providing food,...
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AP, Geneva
A cargo ship carrying relief supplies for more than 1,000 cyclone victims in Myanmar has sunk.
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The following aid agencies are accepting contributions to help those affected by the cyclone in Myanmar. The list is from InterAction, a coalition of aid agencies,...
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AP, Geneva
Travel and visa obstacles on Tuesday hampered aid deliveries to the hundreds of thousands of people in Myanmar now believed to be homeless after the devastating...
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Myanmar’s military regime has signaled it will welcome aid supplies for victims of a devastating cyclone, the U.N. said Tuesday, clearing the way for a major...
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AP, Hong Kong
The international community should focus on humanitarian aid to Myanmar instead of criticizing the ruling junta’s handling of the deadly cyclone,...
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AP, Geneva
U.N. agencies and independent humanitarian groups rushed Monday to prepare assistance for victims of a devastating cyclone in Myanmar, while awaiting a formal go-ahead...
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AP, Harrisburg
Rite Aid Corp. says it lost a little more than $960 million in its fourth quarter, mostly the result of a non-cash income tax charge.
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AP, Salt Lake City
When Donna Barnes saw a photo of a smiling Iraqi child in a new wheelchair, the significance of her family’s donations hit home.
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AP, London
Growing global hunger because of rising food prices threatens to set back development in some of the world’s poorest countries, Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned...
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AP, Kabul
Too much money meant for Afghanistan aid is wasted, with a vast amount spent on foreign workers’ high salaries, security and living arrangements, according to a...
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AP, Kabul
The United States has not delivered $5 billion worth of aid it pledged to help rebuild Afghanistan, and other donors have fallen short by about that same amount, a...
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AP, Rome
A U.N. food aid agency appealed to donor countries Monday to help close a spiraling gap of at least $500 million caused by soaring food prices, saying its efforts to...
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AP, Seoul
South Korea’s president has asked North Korea to consider sending home prisoners of war and captured civilians in return for receiving humanitarian aid from...
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A Japanese rescue team arrives at Chengdu, capital of southwest China’s Sichuan province, to assist local disaster relief efforts early Friday, May 16, 2008. After days of refusing foreign relief workers, China accepted offers from four countries to...
