MYANMAR: Food aid "impounded" as selective approach from government dismays aid workers
                   
alertnet.org     May 9, 2008            

Source: IRIN Aid workers are dismayed at the limited and selective access provided to foreign relief in Myanmar. WFP suspended its limited air cargo deliveries on 9 May, after two loads of food aid were impounded in Yangon, according to Reuters. ... Reuters and AlertNet... [read full story]                    


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Elderly Man's Body Found In Vallejo Building 5 Days After Fire

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UPDATED: 5:41 pm PDT August 20, 2008 The Solano County corner's office Wednesday confirmed a third person died from a Casa de Vallejo retirement home fire that burned in Vallejo early Friday morning. "We were saddened to learn...                    

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Red Cross holding fund drive Thursday

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Staff Report • August 20, 2008 The Red Cross is holding a fund drive from 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Thursday in the Home Depot parking lot on Northtowne Lane in Reno, accepting monetary donations for its local disaster relief fund,...                    

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Report: Travelers saw flames before jet crash

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Passengers said they saw flames and then heard an explosion just before a Spanair jet crashed on takeoff Wednesday at Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 153 people, according to local media. The crash sent up a plume of smoke...                    

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U.S. and Poland Seal Missile Pact

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WARSAW, Aug. 20 -- The United States and Poland signed an agreement here Wednesday to place parts of a U.S. missile defense system on Polish territory, finalizing a long-negotiated deal in the face of Russian warnings that...                    

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