News Topic - Myanmar
Articles 41 - 50 of most recent articles
New storm deepens misery in cyclone-hit MyanmarReuters - Torrential tropical downpours lashed Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on Friday, deepening the misery of an estimated 2.5 million destitute survivors of Cyclone Nargis and further hampering the military government's aid efforts.
Yahoo! – 13 hours, 13 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Technology: Science
Groups organizing disaster relief
Residents and local groups are mobilizing to help victims of natural disasters in Myanmar and China.
The Honolulu Advertiser – 13 hours, 18 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Hawaii: Honolulu
Residents and local groups are mobilizing to help victims of natural disasters in Myanmar and China.
The Honolulu Advertiser – 13 hours, 18 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Hawaii: Honolulu
Junta warns against hoarding aid
Myanmar's junta warned Thursday it will punish anyone found hoarding or trading foreign aid meant for cyclone survivors, but relief groups said they had seen no evidence of people selling or stockpiling donated goods.
GoErie.com – 13 hours, 49 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Pennsylvania: Erie
Myanmar's junta warned Thursday it will punish anyone found hoarding or trading foreign aid meant for cyclone survivors, but relief groups said they had seen no evidence of people selling or stockpiling donated goods.
GoErie.com – 13 hours, 49 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Pennsylvania: Erie
Wyoming nonprofit gets medicine, clothes to cyclone victims
Since the mid-1990s, Patrick Klein has taken teams of people and supplies overseas to help the poor people of Myanmar, also called Burma. So it wasn't a fluke that Klein, founder and director of Vision Beyond Borders, which has its headquarters in She ...
BillingsGazette.com – 14 hours ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Montana: Billings
Since the mid-1990s, Patrick Klein has taken teams of people and supplies overseas to help the poor people of Myanmar, also called Burma. So it wasn't a fluke that Klein, founder and director of Vision Beyond Borders, which has its headquarters in She ...
BillingsGazette.com – 14 hours ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Montana: Billings
Bangladesh urges Myanmar to allow foreign aid workers: reportAFP - Bangladesh has appealed to authorities in neighbouring Myanmar to allow foreign aid workers into the cyclone-hit country, a report said Friday.
Yahoo! – 14 hours, 35 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in World: Asia
Catholics, Muslims call for South Floridians to help Myanmar
A coalition of Catholic and Muslim religious leaders are calling for the South Florida community to join in a relief effort to raise funds for victims in storm ravaged Myanmar.
MiamiHerald.com – 14 hours, 43 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Florida: Miami
A coalition of Catholic and Muslim religious leaders are calling for the South Florida community to join in a relief effort to raise funds for victims in storm ravaged Myanmar.
MiamiHerald.com – 14 hours, 43 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Florida: Miami
UN humanitarian chief awaits visa for Myanmar missionAFP - International aid chiefs from the UN and the EU are awiting permission to enter Myanmar.
Yahoo! – 15 hours, 43 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in World: Asia
Myanmar junta warns against hoarding relief aid
Myanmar's junta warned Thursday it will punish anyone found hoarding or trading foreign aid meant for cyclone survivors, but relief groups said they saw no evidence of people selling or stockpiling donated goods.
PittsburghLive.com – 15 hours, 50 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh
Myanmar's junta warned Thursday it will punish anyone found hoarding or trading foreign aid meant for cyclone survivors, but relief groups said they saw no evidence of people selling or stockpiling donated goods.
PittsburghLive.com – 15 hours, 50 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh
Local store owner worried about family in Myanmar
The Red Cross estimates up to 128,000 people could be dead in Myanmar following the killer cyclone. A San Antonio man fears his family members could be, too.
MySA.com – 16 hours, 4 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Texas: San Antonio
The Red Cross estimates up to 128,000 people could be dead in Myanmar following the killer cyclone. A San Antonio man fears his family members could be, too.
MySA.com – 16 hours, 4 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Texas: San Antonio
Death toll spikes in Myanmar
Torrential rain lashed victims of Cyclone Nargis on Friday as Myanmar'sjunta admitted more than 130,000 people were dead or missing, puttingthe disaster on a par with a 1991 cyclone that killed 143,000 inneighbouring Bangladesh.
Canada.com – 16 hours, 44 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Canada: Ontario
Torrential rain lashed victims of Cyclone Nargis on Friday as Myanmar'sjunta admitted more than 130,000 people were dead or missing, puttingthe disaster on a par with a 1991 cyclone that killed 143,000 inneighbouring Bangladesh.
Canada.com – 16 hours, 44 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Canada: Ontario