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  • May 2008

    • Red Cross Aid Boat Sinks in Burma

      CNN  |  May 11, 08 12:00 PM CDT

      Red Cross Aid Boat Sinks in Burma

      (Newser) - A Red Cross aid boat delivering desperately needed supplies to the survivors of Cyclone Nargis hit a submerged tree and sank in Burma's Irrawaddy Delta today, reports CNN. All those on board survived, but the 500 bags of rice, 5,000 liters of drinking water, and other critical cargo were all lost. More »

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      Burma  • Cyclone Nargis  • aid  • Red Cross  • Irrawaddy Delta  • disaster recovery  • boat accident  • Oxfam

    • Cyclone Could Weaken Junta's Grip

      Christian Science Monitor  |  May 8, 08 9:35 AM CDT

      Cyclone Could Weaken Junta's Grip

      (Newser) - The devastation of cyclone Nargis could spur stronger opposition to Burma’s ruling junta, the Christian Science Monitor reports. “It could be quite catalytic, like the [2004] tsunami in Aceh,” says a regional aid director. The government, reluctant to allow outside aid, has struggled to cope with the disaster, and Saturday’s constitutional referendum may be an opportunity for Burmese to retaliate. More »

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      Burma  • Myanmar  • Cyclone Nargis  • cyclone  • junta  • referendum  • disaster recovery

    • Crucial White House Emails Remain Lost

      Washington Post  |  May 7, 08 10:57 AM CDT

      Crucial White House Emails Remain Lost

      (Newser) - White House emails from March-September 2003—the first few months of the Iraq invasion—still have not been found, the Washington Post reports. An advocacy group is suing for the release of the emails, and federal law requires such high-level communications be preserved. Officials, still searching, say the data might have been mislabeled, and could yet be retrieved from disaster-recovery tapes. More »

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      Iraq war  • White House  • email  • disaster recovery  • servers

  • February 2008

    • Helping Hands Often Hurt: Study

      LiveScience  |  Feb 27, 08 8:20 PM CST

      Helping Hands Often Hurt: Study

      (Newser) - Disaster response can be a damaging force when aid isn't applied intelligently and in an organized fashion, a Harvard researcher tells LiveScience. A study by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative found incidences of spoiled food, haphazardly administered medicine, and donated clothes appropriate for neither culture nor climate. The study calls on aid groups to change their ways. More »

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      humanitarian  • disaster recovery  • humanitarian organizations

  • January 2008

    • Data Centers Ahoy!

      ComputerWorld  |  Jan 12, 08 9:00 AM CST

      Data Centers Ahoy!

      (Newser) - This spring will see the debut of a curious new green tech innovation: the floating data center. As an alternative to typical off-site computer backups, a startup plans to build its server networks inside shipping containers stored on cargo ships. International Data Security will open the first at San Francisco’s Pier 50 in April, ComputerWorld reports. More »

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      San Francisco  • innovation  • disaster recovery  • data centers

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