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Burma Cyclone Response Depending On Earth Observation Satellites Guilford UK (SPX) May 09, 2008 
As the death toll in Burma grows following Cyclone Nargis, so the continuing devastation and flooding caused is recorded by UK-based satellite imaging company DMCii Ltd. Satellite images are being used by the United Nation's UNOSAT to detect floodwater and to estimate the likely impact on villages and townships. The images taken from space are compared with those recorded prior to the cycl ... read more |
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Security Council divided on response to Myanmar cyclone
United Nations (AFP) May 8, 2008The UN Security Council was divided Thursday on how to respond to Myanmar's cyclone emergency with Western members urging strong pressure on Yangon to allow foreign relief aid while China warned against politicizing the issue. Britain's UN Ambassador John Sawers said London looked to the Yangon regime "to take the necessary measures to allow humanitarian relief in." "They have taken some ... more Myanmar 'not ready' for foreign rescue teams: state media 
Yangon (AFP) May 9, 2008Myanmar is "not ready" for foreign search and rescue teams after the deadly cyclone, the foreign ministry said Friday in a state newspaper, announcing that some aid workers had been deported. A search and rescue team and media who arrived Wednesday on a flight from Qatar were deported the same day, the statement said. "Currently Myanmar has prioritised receiving emergency relief provisio ... more Grim fight for survival after Myanmar cyclone 
Yangon (AFP) May 9, 2008More than one million homeless in Myanmar were battling to stave off disease and hunger Thursday, but the military government maintained tight limits on foreign assistance six days after a massive cyclone. With death toll estimates near 100,000 and the clock ticking for those who survived, Myanmar's junta -- long suspicious of the outside world -- came under new pressure to fully open up to ... more West presses Myanmar on aid, China says don't play politics 
Washington (AFP) May 8, 2008Western powers stepped up the pressure on Myanmar's rulers Thursday to quickly allow foreign aid into the cyclone-ravaged country, as China warned against politicizing the disaster. The United States led calls for improved cooperation from Yangon and even weighed dropping food and aid into the worst affected parts of Myanmar. It did not rule out doing so even without approval from the countr ... more Tsunami offers lessons for Myanmar aid effort 
Jakarta (AFP) May 8, 2008A region closed to the press, a regime reticent to open its borders to aid workers, an overwhelming catastrophe -- there are worrying similarities between Myanmar's cyclone and the 2004 tsunami. The most striking parallel is physical: villages wiped out, bodies floating in paddy fields, aerial images of a swamped tropical coastline and descriptions of a six-metre (20-foot) tidal surge. ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 7, 2008China on Wednesday urged local health authorities to step up public education of a highly contagious disease that has led to the deaths of 28 children. Despite the numbers of infections surging by thousands more, the Health Ministry and the World Health Organisation insisted there was little cause for alarm, saying the disease would have no impact on the Beijing Olympics. Hand, foot and ... more Myanmar cyclone death toll could top 100,000: US diplomat 
Yangon (AFP) May 8, 2008The death toll from the Myanmar cyclone could top 100,000, the top US diplomat in the country said Wednesday, as thousands of shell-shocked survivors emerged from the flood waters, desperate for food. The dramatic warning came as global pressure mounted on Myanmar's ruling generals to open up to foreign aid, with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calling it a "critical moment" for one of the ... more Myanmar survivors emerge desperate for help 
Labutta, Myanmar (AFP) May 7, 2008Thousands of shell-shocked survivors of the Myanmar cyclone emerged Wednesday, desperate for food and water after trekking for days through flood waters littered with the bodies of the dead. An AFP reporter who reached the remote southern delta hardest hit by the storm, which left more than 60,000 dead or missing, said there was virtually no food or fresh water in this ruined town blanketed ... more Indonesia landslide death toll rises to 19 
Jakarta (AFP) May 7, 2008The death toll from a landslide in Indonesia's eastern province of Papua rose to 19 on Wednesday as bad weather forced a halt to the search for survivors, miners involved in the rescue effort said. A spokesman for Freeport Indonesia, which operates a nearby mine, said it was unclear how many people had been buried when a cliff slid down on an illegal mining operation late Monday. "As of ... more |
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Washington (AFP) May 6, 2008The United States and Australia led international calls Tuesday for the military junta in Myanmar to ease entry restrictions to allow disaster relief to reach the cyclone-hit country. With the latest death toll reaching 22,000 dead, 41,000 missing and expected to continue rising from the weekend cyclone, many aid agencies are still awaiting travel visas to enter the reclusive nation. ... more US ships standing by for Myanmar relief: Pentagon 
Washington (AFP) May 6, 2008US Navy ships, including an amphibious assault ship with helicopters and US marines, are standing by off Thailand awaiting permission to join relief efforts in cyclone-hit Myanmar, the Pentagon said Tuesday. The Pentagon and the State Department have begun planning for a humanitarian relief mission even though Myanmar has yet to respond to US offers of aid, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Mor ... more Doctors punished in China for mishandling deadly virus outbreak: Xinhua 
Beijing (AFP) May 6, 2008Ten doctors and officials in China have been punished for mishandling a virus that has killed 26 children, state media reported as the number of infected youngsters rose to more than 12,000. The punishments have been meted out in the eastern province of Anhui, where most of the deaths have occurred and local officials have been accused of being too slow to report the disease, Xinhua news age ... more Asian Development Bank mulling response to Myanmar cyclone 
Madrid (AFP) May 6, 2008The head of the Asian Development Bank Tuesday expressed his condolences to Myanmar over the country's devastating cyclone, and said the institution would decide how best to respond. "I would like to take a moment to offer, on behalf of all of us at ADB, our heartfelt condolences to the people of Myanmar who are struggling through the aftermath of Sunday's cyclone with huge losses of life an ... more
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