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  • July 2008

    • Casino Panel Snagged Aid Intended for Katrina Victims

      newser  |  CNN  |  Jul 17, 08 5:54 AM CDT

      Casino Panel Snagged Aid Intended for Katrina Victims

      Household goods donated to help Hurricane Katrina victims instead ended up in the hands of 11 state agencies, including a gaming commission, CNN reports. FEMA stored 121 truckloads of items two years before handing them over to agencies like the Mississippi Gaming Commission. Leaders of groups helping Katrina victims were amazed when shown what the agencies received, saying they had no idea such items were available. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • Mississippi  • aid  • FEMA  • Katrina aftermath  • Federal aid

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • Gates: Junta Aid Delays Killed Thousands

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 31, 08 6:21 AM CDT

      Gates: Junta Aid Delays Killed Thousands

      Tens of thousands of Burmese have died because of their government's refusal to allow in foreign aid after Cyclone Nargis, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday. Gates accused the military leaders of being "deaf and dumb" to the plight of their people, Reuters reports. American ships in the region have not been allowed to deliver relief supplies to Burma. More »

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      Burma  • Myanmar  • Robert Gates  • Cyclone Nargis  • cyclone  • junta  • aid  • Irrawaddy Delta

    • China-Taiwan Talks a Landmark

      newser  |  BBC  |  May 28, 08 4:23 PM CDT

      China-Taiwan Talks a Landmark

      China's president met today with the leader of Taiwan's governing party, the BBC reports, in the highest-level talks between the two entities since the split in 1949. Wu Poh-hsiung is visiting China to discuss cooperation on transport and tourism, and pressed Hu Jintao for a greater global presence for the island; Hu expressed gratitude for Taiwan's role in earthquake relief. More »

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      China  • Beijing  • China earthquake  • aid  • Hu Jintao  • Taiwan  • transport

    • Thailand, UN Seek Aid Route as New Burma Storm Builds

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 14, 08 5:21 AM CDT

      Thailand, UN Seek Aid Route as New Burma Storm Builds

      Thailand and the United Nations are working to open a land route from northern Thailand into Burma to get desperately needed help to cyclone survivors, reports the Wall Street Journal . The frantic efforts to deliver aid quickly have been stepped up as the UN's weather center is warning that another tropical storm is developing near Burma and could develop into a full-fledged cyclone within 24 hours. More »

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      United Nations  • Burma  • Myanmar  • Cyclone Nargis  • cyclone  • aid  • Thailand  • relief

    • China Quake Toll Tops 13,000

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 13, 08 3:10 PM CDT

      China Quake Toll Tops 13,000

      The official death toll for the Chinese earthquake shot past 13,000 today and is expected to jump sharply after the full extent of the devastation is accounted for, Reuters reports. In one town with a prequake population of 12,000, only 2,000 survived; in all, 60,000 are missing in Wenchuan, the quake’s epicenter. More »

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      China  • earthquake  • disaster  • rescue  • aid  • Sichuan province

    • Rain Lashes Cyclone Survivors, UN Lashes Junta

      newser  |  BBC  |  May 13, 08 6:47 AM CDT

      Rain Lashes Cyclone Survivors, UN Lashes Junta

      Two more American relief planes were scheduled to take off for Burma today, but the nation's military junta came in for another UN pounding for refusing to allow more desperately needed supplies to cyclone-stricken regions. "We are at a critical point. Unless more aid gets into the country very quickly, we face an outbreak of infectious diseases that could dwarf today's current crisis," said Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. More »

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      United Nations  • Burma  • Myanmar  • Cyclone Nargis  • cyclone  • junta  • aid  • Ban Ki-Moon  • relief

    • As US, Burma Talk, Volunteers Say Junta Is Selling Aid

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 12, 08 3:46 PM CDT

      As US, Burma Talk, Volunteers Say Junta Is Selling Aid

      A US admiral met with Burma's military command today in continued attempts to persuade the government to allow US servicemen into the country to assist in relief efforts, the Washington Post reports. Meanwhile, a Burmese volunteer operating his own supply effort tells the Daily Telegraph that government officials are commandeering supplies to sell at public markets. More »

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      US military  • Burma  • Myanmar  • Cyclone Nargis  • cyclone  • junta  • aid  • relief  • military junta

    • US Aid Plane Lands in Burma

      newser  |  BBC  |  May 12, 08 12:03 PM CDT

      US Aid Plane Lands in Burma

      After days of negotiating, a US aid flight landed today in Rangoon, the BBC reports. It’s the latest sign Burma’s military junta might be relaxing its restrictions on foreign aid—a French charity’s plane also touched down—but relief workers still aren’t allowed in to distribute the goods. The US has offered the help of 11,000 servicemen; that, too, has been declined. More »

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      Burma  • Myanmar  • Cyclone Nargis  • junta  • aid  • relief  • aid workers  • aid agencies

    • US Aid Finally Winging to Cyclone Survivors

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 12, 08 4:30 AM CDT

      US Aid Finally Winging to Cyclone Survivors

      The first US aircraft laden with relief supplies for Burmese cyclone survivors was finally allowed to take off from Vietman today, Reuters reports. Desperately needed international aid has largely been blocked by Burma's military junta. American officials hope the flight, carrying water, blankets, and mosquito nets, will be the first of several others now that today's help was approved. “This is Burma's hour of need and the need is urgent,” said an official. More »

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      Burma  • Myanmar  • Cyclone Nargis  • junta  • aid  • relief  • aid agencies

    • Red Cross Aid Boat Sinks in Burma

      newser  |  CNN  |  May 11, 08 12:00 PM CDT

      Red Cross Aid Boat Sinks in Burma

      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

    • Bodies Fill Burmese Delta

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 11, 08 5:15 AM CDT

      Bodies Fill Burmese Delta

      The horrifying sight of bodies flowing by in streams or caught on vegetation has become commonplace in a remote area of Burma hit hard by the cyclone that has seen almost no government aid, reports the New York Times . “When we first saw the bodies floating past, we were sad and afraid,” said a farmer. “Now we just say, 'Here comes another body.'” More »

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      Burma  • Cyclone Nargis  • aid  • Irrawaddy Delta

    • First Lady Steps Up for Cyclone Relief

      newser  |  CNN  |  May 5, 08 5:17 PM CDT

      First Lady Steps Up for Cyclone Relief

      First Lady Laura Bush took a rare turn in the spotlight today and pressed Burma to let a US disaster response team into the country, CNN reports. In a press conference, she also slammed the junta for its "failure to meet its people's basic needs" after a cyclone killed more than 10,000 people there. More »

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      Burma  • Myanmar  • disaster  • cyclone  • aid  • Laura Bush

    • Up to 10,000 Dead in Burma Cyclone

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  May 5, 08 1:24 PM CDT

      Up to 10,000 Dead in Burma Cyclone

      As many as 10,000 might have died in the cyclone that struck Burma on Saturday, a government official told foreign diplomats today, and that number could rise yet higher as aid workers pick through the rubble. The death toll, originally estimated at 351, had already been raised to 4,000 earlier today, the Times of London reports. More »

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      United Nations  • Burma  • Myanmar  • storm  • cyclone  • aid  • death toll  • relief

    • Burma Cyclone Toll Leaps to 4,000

      newser  |  CNN  |  May 5, 08 6:33 AM CDT

      Burma Cyclone Toll Leaps to 4,000

      The death toll in yesterday's Burmese hurricane has skyrocketed to 4,000, CNN reports, up from initial estimates of 350. State-run media issued a revised estimate this morning, along with the government's emergency plea for help. Another 3,000 are thought to be missing. Major relief work has already begun, with international groups coordinating a joint effort, but work was being hampered by the government's travel restrictions on foreigners. More »

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      United Nations  • Burma  • Myanmar  • Cyclone Nargis  • cyclone  • aid  • relief  • Red Cross  • Yangon  • Bangkok  • aid agencies

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • US Hurricane Aid Snarled in Red Tape

      newser  |  USA Today  |  Jan 11, 08 3:20 AM CST

      US Hurricane Aid Snarled in Red Tape

      Billions of dollars in FEMA aid earmarked for rebuilding infrastructure pulverized by the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes have yet to be spent on thousands of important projects such as replacing schools and firehouses, USA Today reports. Out of $4.5 billion in aid to Louisiana and Mississippi, only $1 billion has been spent. Much of the rest is sitting in state accounts until local authorities can get through tangles of local and federal red tape. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • Louisiana  • aid  • FEMA  • Katrina aftermath  • infrastructure  • Gulf Coast

  • December 2007

    • Tsunami Survivors Look Ahead

      newser  |  Christian Science Monitor  |  Dec 26, 07 11:55 AM CST

      Tsunami Survivors Look Ahead

      As candles are lit today in memory of the 230,000 victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the Christian Science Monitor reports on the results of the $13.6 billion effort to help survivors. The aid has largely been used effectively, but now officials worry about the recovering economies after the rebuilding boom peaks and the aid dries up. More »

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      United Nations  • natural disaster  • Indonesia  • aid  • Thailand  • tsunami  • Indian Ocean  • Aceh  • foreign donors

    • Tsunami Province Returns to Life

      newser  |  Time  |  Dec 26, 07 8:50 AM CST

      Tsunami Province Returns to Life

      Three years after it was hit by a devastating tsumani, Aceh is slowly returning to normal, Time r eports. The disaster killed more than 160,000 people in the Sumatran province and wiped out much of its infrastructure. In the years since, aid from all over the world has helped Aceh's people rebuild their towns and their lives. More »

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      disaster  • Indonesia  • aid  • tsunami  • aid agencies  • Sumatra  • Aceh

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