 Aid Disaster Food Photos UN | Burmese junta seizes UN relief aid | THE Burmese junta last night seized all the relief aid the UN World Food Program had flown into the country even as survivors of Cyclone Nargis waited for food, shelter and medicine. | The move by B... (photo: AP/David Longstreath) The Australian | |
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Myanmar cyclone survivors starving | BANGKOK: Desperate survivors of the Myanmar cyclone are facing serious | health worries one week after the disaster, with everything from disease to snakebites putting some 1.5 million people at ris... (photo: AP / Pavel Rahman) The Manila Times Bangkok Health Myanmar People Photos |
African AIDS strategies failing | THE fight against the AIDS epidemic in Africa is founded on ineffective strategies and should focus on male circumcision and reducing promiscuity, according to leading scientists in the field. | HIV... (photo: GFDL / Joewright ) The Australian Africa Aids Disease Photos Society |
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UN savages Burma junta over bans | THE UN blasted Burma's military junta yesterday, saying its refusal to let in foreign aid workers was "unprecedented" in the history of humanitarian work, even as survi... (photo: AP / Martial Trezzini) The Australian Aid Burma Cyclone Disaster Photos |
US official: 1 shipment to be allowed to Myanmar | FOSTER KLUG | The Associated Press | WASHINGTON - The governing military junta in Myanmar has agreed to allow a single U.S. cargo aircraft to bring in relief supplies f... (photo: White House /Shealah Craighead ) Philadelphia Daily News Asia Crisis Cyclone Junta Military Myanmar Photos US Washington World |
US Urged to Reform Foreign Aid | WASHINGTON, May 8 (OneWorld) - More than 800 development and human rights activists are gathering here this week, developing and calling on Congress to implement new st... (photo: White House by Eric Draper) Common Dreams Aid Development Human Rights Photos Poverty US Washington World |
U.N. 'furious' as Myanmar aid 'seized' | BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- The United Nations' top World Food Program official says he is "furious" over the Myanmar's government's refusal to allow the organization to... (photo: UN file) CNN Cyclone Myanmar Photos UN WFP World |
Burma death toll worse than Tsunami | THE death toll in cyclone-ravaged Burma could hit 500,000 - more than TWICE the total killed by the Boxing Day Tsunami. | Last night's warning came as it emerged that 1... (photo: AP / Democratic Voice of Burma) Infowars Aid Asia Burma Cyclone Humanitarian Photos Tsunami UN World |
Myanmar seizes UN relief material while its cyclone stricken population live in misery YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's junta seized two planeloads of critical aid sent by the U.N. on Friday for a multitude of hungry and homeless survivors of last week's de... (photo: AP Photo) AOL Disaster Junta Myanmar Photos UN |
UN halts aid to Myanmar after junta seizes supplies YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - A U.N. official says the World Food Program is suspending cyclone aid to Myanmar because its government seized supplies flown into the country. | H... (photo: Creative Commons / ) AOL Disasters Economy Food Photos Society |