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The United Nations is suspending aid shipments to Burma, where authorities have begun seizing supplies intended for some 1.5 million cyclone survivors, a UN spokesman said Friday. more ... The United Nations is suspending aid shipments to Burma, where authorities have...
China quake heaviest since 1949, says PM: state media The earthquake which struck China earlier this week was the "most destructive" in the country since 1949, Premier Wen Jiabao was quoted as saying early Friday by state media. The 7.9-magnitude quake that hit southwestern Sichuan province on...
BANGKOK, May 16 (Reuters) - Some cholera has been confirmed among survivors of Cyclone Nargis, but the number was in line with case levels in previous years in Myanmar, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. "We do have some confirmed cholera," Maureen Birmingham, acting WHO...
by Staff Writers London (AFP) May 15, 2008 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Downing Street office clarified comments he made earlier Thursday that the United Nations was organising an emergency summit on the Myanmar cyclone disaster. A Downing Street spokeswoman told AFP that Brown was...
TORRENTIAL rain lashed Burma's Irrawaddy delta today, deepening the misery of 2.5 million destitute survivors of Cyclone Nargis and further hampering aid efforts. Despite the latest storm, which is likely to turn already damaged roads to mud in the swamp-covered region, Burma's ruling generals...
