Posts Tagged ‘Shelter’
World focus on Burma (17 June 2008)
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World Bank Backs ASEAN Aid Team in Burma Voice of America - By VOA News The World Bank has agreed to give funding to a team that is working to assess the impact of Cyclone Nargis on Burma’s devastated Irrawaddy Delta … |
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Bush neglects Myanmar’s suffering Daily Hampshire Gazette (subscription), MA - By VIJAY PRASHAD Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar (Burma). The Burmese military regime estimates that the cyclone killed 78000 people. … |
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Dictators are second to Americans Chicago Tribune, United States - We still have hundreds of millions of dollars in US Navy ships off the shore of dictatorial Burma. It is time that Americans came first and let the … |
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Floods and an ‘ark’ state of thought Christian Science Monitor, MA - From the American Midwest to Burma (Myanmar), China, and India, serious floods are proving to be a major challenge, forcing people to leave their homes and … Gallaudet community aids deaf cyclone victims Gallaudet University Inside Gallaudet, DC -
Dr. Owen Wrigley (back, third from left) stands with aid recipients and staff of the Mary Chapman School for the Deaf in Myanmar. Wrigley worked with the school staff to disburse funds given by the Gallaudet community to victims of the May 2008 Cyclone Nargis. The military junta changed the name of Burma to Myanmar in 1989. Although the name change has been adopted by the United Nations system, the US government … |
With Anti-US Propaganda, Amnesty International Mocks Itself
American Chronicle, CA -
Had only the United States shut down its detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Burma’s cruel military Junta would have seen the error of its ways, …
Yahoo! Italia Notizie, Italy -
AP – da 3 minuti In this photo released by Handy Myanmar .”Budget huts,” temporary wood shelters for survivors, built earlier this month in Myanmar’s Kokko …
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Dinner to celebrate refugee success stories Greater Milwaukee Today, USA - See Nay is of the Burmese Karen ethnicity and in 1997, he left Burma after the Myanmar army destroyed his village. While he did not lose family members, … |
Relief teams work to prevent inundation of farmlands in Irrawaddy …
Mizzima.com, India -
Domestic emergency relief operation network for cyclone victims— the ‘Myanmar/Burma Emergency Aid Network’ (M/BEAN) has invited well-wishers to donate for …
Myanmar cyclone survivors holding their own
International Herald Tribune, France -
They just did the best they could,” said Shari Villarosa, the highest-ranking US diplomat in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. “I’m not getting the sense …
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WHO says Myanmar health system back on its feet Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - GENEVA – The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday that the health system in cyclone-battered Myanmar was “back on its feet,” but warned that disease … |
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Global Temperature Seventh Warmest for Spring, Eighth Warmest for May Kansas City infoZine, MO - Tropical Cyclone Nargis brought heavy rain, strong winds, and high storm surge waters to Burma (Myanmar) in early May, destroying thousands of homes and … |
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Gov’t Tightens Restrictions on Relief Efforts The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - … of Myanmar, cash donations should be made to Col Hla Thein Swe, the deputy finance and revenue minister, or to two high-ranking officials of Burma’s … |
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The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - “Issues of assistance and aid in Myanmar [Burma] should not be politicized,” he said before his first meeting with the regime’s leader, Snr-Gen Than Shwe, … |
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Namibia: Govt Follows Up Red Cross Official’s Deportation AllAfrica.com, Washington - THE Namibian Government is to approach their Ethiopian counterparts over the deportation of the Red Cross deputy chairperson, Lorrette van Zyl, … |
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India at Bangladesh’s democracy Newstrack India, India - However, New Delhi’s handling of foreign relations with neighbouring countries, especially with Pakistan, Myanmar (Burma) and Bangladesh in the past did not … |
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A mercy dash to aid devastated Myanmar Northern Advocate, New Zealand - When Cyclone Nargis struck, the couple – who were unable to contact relatives in the country they still call Burma – booked air tickets to Yangon via … |
Strong typhoon may hit Southern Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam -
Violent storm like Cyclone Nargis, a strong tropical cyclone that caused the deadliest natural disaster in the recorded history of Burma (Myanmar), …
Asian Clearing Union Central Bank Chiefs Meet In Myanmar To Make …
Gant Daily, PA -
Bangladesh and Burma, officially known as Myanmar, joined the forum as the sixth and the seventh members in 1976 and 1977 respectively. …
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Myanmar Cyclone Survivors Left Without Shelter, Aid Workers Say Bloomberg - The military junta in the country formerly known as Burma is still complicating the relief effort by imposing restrictions on international aid workers, … |
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AID WORKERS NEED MORE SUSTAINED ACCESS TO CYCLONE-HIT AREAS OF … MaximsNews Network, NY - UNITED NATIONS – / MaximsNews Network / 16 June 2008 — The United Nations humanitarian wing says authorities in Myanmar are making some progress in … |
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Bangkok Post, Thailand - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said that the Wa increased opium cultivation by 20% in Burma last year. In one of their rare public discussions … . Myanmar farmers fret over post-storm rice harvest The Associated Press - KYUNG GWIN, Myanmar (AP) — Farmer Zaw Naing was puzzled as he stared at the brand new, unassembled tilling machine — equipment not seen in most of Myanmar’s … |
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Junta throws more hurdles into the mix United Press International, Asia, China - By Khin Ohmar Bangkok, Thailand — Six weeks after Cyclone Nargis struck the coast of Burma, the international community is still wrangling with the Burmese … |
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Call for release of magazine chief editor and blogger held for … Reporters without borders (press release), France - Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association condemn the arrest of Love Journal chief editor Zaw Thet Htwe on 13 June for assisting in the … |
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Diesel fuel needed to restart farming Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway - Jun 16, 2008 (DVB)–A senior United Nations official has said that Burma needs one million gallons of diesel fuel to restart rice production in the … |
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Burma cyclone: UN tackles dengue threat guardian.co.uk, UK - Photograph: AP The UN is to launch a massive programme to combat dengue fever in Burma amid fears that victims of the deadly cyclone could be more … |
Up To 35000 Pregnant Women Affected By Myanmar Cyclone In Need Of …
Medical News Today (press release), UK -
Of the estimated 2.4 million survivors of last month’s cyclone in Myanmar, also known as Burma, as many as 35000 are pregnant women are in need of adequate …
Military junta orders foreign medics to leave cyclone-hit areas
AsiaNews.it, Italy -
“Doctors from India, Japan and the Philippines have already left Myanmar [Burma,” Surachet Satitniramai, a coordinator for the Thai team, told Reuters. …
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NOAA: Global Temperature Seventh Warmest for Spring, Eighth … AlaskaReport, AK - Tropical Cyclone Nargis brought heavy rain, strong winds, and high storm surge waters to Burma (Myanmar) in early May, destroying thousands of homes and … |
More than 1M homeless from flooding in China
The Associated Press -
FOSHAN, China (AP) – Weeks of rain pushed rivers over their banks in southern China, displacing more than 1.27 million people and forcing some to huddle on rooftops Monday as the region braced for more downpours.
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Quake-hit China now menaced by floods and landslides Reuters
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World focus on Burma (8 June 2008)
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Myanmar tightens security but denies evicting cyclone victims
BOGALAY, Myanmar (AFP) – Myanmar has tightened security across the cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy Delta but on Sunday denied evicting storm victims from emergency shelters and forcing them to return to ruined villages.
Myanmar tourism sector reels after cyclone
YANGON, Myanmar – When a taxi carrying two Westerners pulled up this past week at the Shwe Sin hotel at the Chaung Tha beach resort in Myanmar’s cyclone-stricken Irrawaddy delta region, cheers rang out from local residents and workers.
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The New Light of Myanmar attributed such negative reports to foreign plots to undermine the government. It cited a recent broadcast by “certain foreign …
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Red Cross: Myanmar dead may never be identified
The Associated Press - YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Tens of thousands of people killed in last month’s cyclone may never be identified because their bodies have decomposed so badly and … |
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Asia-focused Australian PM heads to Japan and Indonesia
International Herald Tribune, France - “Natural disasters in Burma and China in recent weeks… death tolls, have reminded us of the need for regional cooperation to have practical results, … |
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Myanmar Denies Evicting Cyclone Victims From Shelters, AFP Says
Bloomberg - By Glenys Sim June 8 (Bloomberg) — Myanmar denied forcing survivors of Cyclone Nargis out of emergency shelters and back to their flattened villages, … |
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Myanmar denies evicting cyclone survivors from shelters
AFP - YANGON (AFP) — Myanmar’s junta denied on Sunday forcing survivors of Cyclone Nargis out of emergency shelters and back to their flattened villages, … |
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MERCY CORPS AND MYANMAR
The Oregonian – OregonLive.com, OR - asked Jeremy Woodrum, director of the US Campaign for Burma, referring to Mercy Corps and Chevron. “Yes.” Woodrum quickly noted that Mercy Corps isn’t at … |
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• K-College grads-to-be to provide aid in Myanmar
Kalamazoo Gazette – MLive.com, MI - Worldwide attention turned to Myanmar, formerly Burma, in May when its military junta leaders refused to accept humanitarian aid after a cyclone hit. … |
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Carr: Slaughter continues in Darfur
MetroWest Daily News, MA - While the the country and the world’s attention is rightfully focused on matters such as the US Presidential election, the tragedy in Burma/Myanmar, … |
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Only the International Court can Determine if George Bush is a War …
Political Cortex, NY - In Myanmar (Burma) the leaders who are busily building luxury dwellings for themselves have made it very difficult for relief agencies to deliver food to … |
Scotland on Sunday, UK -
By Pat Wilde A SEVERE shortage of housing has left hundreds of thousands of cyclone survivors in Burma exposed to heavy rains as the monsoon season begins. …
guardian.co.uk, UK -
‘Our coverage of the Chinese earthquake, Myanmar (Burma) tsunami and Zimbabwe have been extraordinary.’ That may be true, but for reporters, …
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Aquino, Estrada, Anwar: Evening of memories
Inquirer.net, Philippines - She once read a letter smuggled out of Burma (Myanmar) on behalf of detained Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Aquino also gave Azizah a political … |
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Cyclone aid organizer arrested in Myanmar
United Press International - … Country Director Guy Chase told the Post many victims have yet to receive any aid following the May 3 disaster in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. … |
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On Phway to change the world
Manawatu Standard, New Zealand - The Gorge is about a girl who’s working on getting over her fear, while Paypay is about Shwedagon Pagoda, a golden temple in Burma (Myanmar). … |
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Despite Rebuff, US Helicopters Stand by to Help Burma
NewsBlaze, CA - The offer of aid continues even though the US Navy ordered its ships to sail away from Burma after an earlier offer to fly aid inland to people in need was … |
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More UN support arrives in Burma
The Age, Australia - Five UN-chartered helicopters have arrived in Burma’s main city Rangoon, to boost efforts to deliver aid to victims of the cyclone that tore through the … |
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Barbecue to aid cyclone victims
London Free Press, Canada - “Everybody is really excited,” said Emily Htoo, who is from Burma, also known as Myanmar, and works with refugees originally from that country’s Karen state … |
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Storm victims face new misery
Toronto Star, Canada - … tightly controlled by the military government, which also severely restricts international media access to Burma, which the generals renamed Myanmar. … |
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Burmese refugees sent home
San Jose Mercury News, USA - LABUTTA, Burma – Within a week of the storm that flooded the delta in May with waves as high as 20 feet, the monasteries in this village were swarming with … |
News-Leader.com, MO -
Front page again in News-Leader dated May 29 are photos of weary and homeless survivors in Burma (Myanmar). Their government controlled by military won’t …
Watford Observer, UK -
Cheques for the Myanmar Cyclone Appeal can also be sent to ADRA-UK, Stanborough Park, Watford, Herts, WD25 9JZ. n Watch out for next week’s special feature …
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Myanmar or Burma? Apple’s dictionary had an opinion
CNET News, CA - o 1.02 running in Tiger) gave an interesting pronunciation for “Myanmar:” It’s pronounced “Burma.” I would tend to think this is an accident, … |
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Burma’s rulers castigate media over coverage
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - AP The US military said Friday it is keeping 22 helicopters on standby in case Burma’s ruling junta reverses its rejection of such help for cyclone victims, … |
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Cyclone Relief Reaching Burma, But UN Says It’s Not Enough
Deutsche Welle, Germany - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has sent 200 personnel to Burma, also known as Myanmar, while Japan and Germany have teams working on … |
CNN International -
… non-governmental organizations that provide food, shelter and non food items to refugees and displaced people from Myanmar, also known as Burma. …
