News Source: The New York Times
| about 1 year ago
June 21, 2008 The United Nations said it would be forced to ground helicopters that had been ferrying aid to Myanmar ’s cyclone survivors unless donors quickly provided more financing. The United Nations’ World Food Program said it was facing a...
News Source: Myanmar News
| about 1 year ago
FreeRice.com, in which players donate 20 grains of rice to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) every time they answer a question correctly, has already generated over 36 billion grains of rice � enough for more than 3.7 million meals. Two...
News Source: Intellasia
| about 1 year ago
About US$30 million in contributions has been provided by the private sector, including US$10 million raised by the various national committees of the UN Children's Fund (Unicef) around the world. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has given US$...
News Source: Intellasia
| about 1 year ago
Burma's ruling military junta detained 13 opposition party members who called for the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she marked her 63rd birthday Thursday, witnesses said. The 13 people were taken into a truck after dozens of Suu...
News Source: Intellasia
| about 1 year ago
Pro-junta thugs broke up a rally by supporters of Burma democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday, detaining three people among a crowd chanting for her release on her 63rd birthday, a senior opposition member said. At least six truckloads of Swan-...
News Source: BurmaNet
| about 1 year ago
Her doctor is one of the only people the military junta allows to see the Nobel Peace Prize winner inside her lakeside home, where she has been under house arrest for most of the last 18 years. “Her doctor was allowed to visit her last month after...