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International aid is flowing into quake-hit areas of Sumatra, Indonesia, as US troops join the effort to provide food, shelter, and medical care after last week's 7.6-magnitude earthquake. In the worst-hit city of Padang, around 100,000 houses were severely...
Tags: Indonesian, US Navy, navy ships, distribute aid, deadly earthquake
China and Japan should strengthen cooperation to deal with the financial crisis, said Chinese top legislator Wu Bangguo on Friday. "China is willing to work with Japan to properly handle sensitive issues in bilateral relations and consolidate our political...
Tags: China-Japan, defense minister, Wu Bangguo, Liang Guanglie, Chinese, navy ships, visiting japan, defense departments, Hamada Yasukazu
US Navy ships laden with relief supplies steamed away from Burma’s coast today, their helicopters barred by the ruling junta even though millions of cyclone survivors need food, shelter or medical care. The USS Essex group, which includes four ships,...
Tags: Myanmar, Burma, human rights, cyclone nargis, navy ships, Bangkok
One month after a devastating cyclone ripped through Myanmar, nine out of 10 helicopters to be used by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) are still being held up in Bangkok awaiting approval to fly. Choppers were delivered last week by the Canadian and...
Tags: Myanmar, Bangkok, Thailand, aid workers, cyclone survivors, navy ships, relief effort, myanmar area, junta refused, devastating cyclone
A senior Navy admiral says the U.S. probably will withdraw a group of naval vessels from waters off the coast of Myanmar within days unless the government allows the U.S. ships to offload relief supplies for cyclone victims...Pacific Command, told reporters...
Tags: U.S. Navy, Burma Grants Visas, Myanmar, Navy Adm., Navy Ships, Pacific Command, relief supplies, cyclone victims