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Hundreds of thousands of people are still living in makeshift homes 18 months after Cyclone Nargis tore into Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta, killing at least 140,000, the United Nations said Wednesday.
Swiber Holdings Ltd. Swiber continues to boost its order book with its latest contract win, which marks its first foray into Myanmar.
Raves and civil wars don't often hang out in the same sentence. by Jeff Lake Raves and civil wars don't often hang out in the same sentence. That is, unless someone happens to be throwing a pussycat-themed rave to benefit war-orphaned children in Burma. Makes sense, right? On Saturday, Nov. 28, the Ilowan's Children Temple is holding From Boise to Burma, a fundraiser with hopes to raise $5,000 ...
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Amnesty International has started up a write-a-thon to help save Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi who has been imprisoned in Myanmar for voicing dissenting views. The write-a-thon is looking for 250,000 letters written to the Myanmar embassy in Washington DC on behalf of concerned individuals...
In October, the Myanmar authorities arrested at least 10 political activists and journalists for trying to help survivors of Cyclone Nargis. Their whereabouts is unknown.
The Obama administration has decided not to sign an international convention banning land mines.
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has decided not to sign an international convention banning land mines. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said Tuesday that the administration recently completed a review and decided not to change the Bush-era policy.
President Obama’s decision to cling to antipersonnel mines keeps the US on the wrong side of history and the wrong side of humanity.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping plans to visit Japan next month to meet with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Nikkei English News said, without citing anyone. Xi will also visit South Korea, Cambodia and Myanmar, the report said.
The orphans of Myanmar wait far from Big Sky country, butsometimes this seems the only place where help comes from.
Samak Sundaravej, a former Thai Prime Minister known for his acidtongue and weekly gourmet cooking show, died of cancer on Tuesday morning
About 40 fishermen from four Taiwanese boats were held in Myanmar after being intercepted by naval forces, apparently on suspicions of illegal fishing, an official and media said here Monday.
The High School Foreign Relations Club and Key Club coordinated a coat/blanket drive during homecoming for the International Institute of Buffalo. Forty-nine refugees coming from Burma in October received a variety of household goods, cleaning supplies and personal care items. Spirit Club also sponsored a food drive during homecoming for FISH, and Middle School Builders Club and National Junior ...
The overwhelming majority of Americans dont experience corruption the way people in poorer countries do... By Andisheh Nouraee Last week, I wrote about how individual and official corruption has pushed Nigeria to the brink of collapse. Despite being as dense with natural resources as a Whole Foods store built on top of an Exxon, roughly 80 percent of Nigerians live on less than $2 per day ...
Many immigrants and refugees learned about an American Thanksgiving, making South Hills Interfaith Ministry's Thanksgiving dinner a new holiday tradition.
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