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Norway to increase emergency aid to Myanmar
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 year ago
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The Norwegian government on Monday decided to increase its emergency aid to cyclone-ravished Myanmar to 50 million krone (9.8 million U.S. dollars). Norway had granted 10 million krone (2.0 million dollars) right after the first reports of the catastrophe...
Tags: myanmar, aid, cyclone, U.S. Myanmar, million krone
Save Myanmar: Pressure China
Over 100,000 people are thought to have lost their lives to a devastating cyclone in Myanmar. Twice as many people may be at risk of dying if emergency aid does not reach them. Unfortunately, the country's secretive government is making it very difficult...
At least six buried in southern China landslide
Nanning :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility At least six people were buried in a landslide in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region early on Friday, said an official of the regional work safety bureau...Bamengjie Village, Baise City, said Wei Gan, director of the regional work safety bureau.
Laos presents assistance to Myanmar's cyclone victims
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 year ago
Credibility The Lao government has presented funds totaling 20,000 U.S. dollars and 2.5 tons of food aid to the Myanmar government to help over 20,000 victims of Cyclone Nargis, which hit the country last weekend, Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported Thursday.
Myanmar Aid Delays Riles Donors
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 year ago
Credibility In Myanmar's spiraling humanitarian crisis, the international community faces a uniquely confounding scenario: how to overcome the military government's foot-dragging response. Key international players rejected France's proposal that the UN should force...
Tags: Myanmar, Burma, cyclone, aid, Yangon International Airport, Italy, deaths toll
Disaster Relief Begins in Myanmar
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 year ago
Credibility UN emergency relief to the hundreds of thousands of people left homeless and destitute in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta by Cyclone Nargis started in earnest Wednesday as the first aid packages were sent to the devastated region.
Tags: Myanmar, Burma, cyclone, Myanmar State, Cyclone Nargis Exposes Junta, death toll, Hillary Rodham Clinton
Pope Prays for Myanmar Cyclone Victims
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 year ago
Credibility Pope Benedict XVI has offered his prayers for victims of Cyclone Nargis in a telegram sent to Myanmar's Catholic bishops. "Deeply saddened by news of the tragic aftermath of the recent cyclone, the Holy Father expresses his heartfelt sympathy," read the...
Tags: Pope Benedict XVI, Myanmar, cyclone, constitution referendum, Burma, devastating cyclone, international communications
Myanmar Cyclone Toll Exceeds 10,000
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 year ago
Credibility Local media reports said that entire villages had disappeared after the ten-hour cyclone. The ruling military junta, which is normally hostile to the international community, has requested neighbouring countries to donate food, medical supplies and construction...
Tags: Myanmar, Burma, cyclone, death toll, cyclone death, toll nears, burma cyclone, radio says, tropical cyclone, Richard Horsey, international aid
Myanmar Cyclone Kills 240
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 year ago
Credibility A large tropical cyclone that slammed into Yangon toppled buildings and felled trees, a Thailand-based aid agency said on Sunday, raising fears of major casualties in Myanmar's main city.
Tags: Myanmar, Burma, cyclone, destroying thousands, power cyclone, commercial capital, packing winds, declared disaster, disaster zones, television station, cyclone killing
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