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Myanmar's generals shun US aid, see risk to political power Washington (AFP) May 6, 2008 
Tsunami-hit Indonesia and earthquake-jolted Pakistan once risked a backlash from their predominantly Muslim populations and allowed in US military forces to help in relief operations. But cyclone-ravaged Myanmar's ruling military junta is suspicious of any US aid. As the cyclone's official death toll soared to 22,000, two US Navy ships are near the waters of military-ruled Myanmar awaiting ... read 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 Myanmar says more than 10,000 killed in cyclone 
Yangon (AFP) May 6, 2008Myanmar said Monday more than 10,000 people died in the cyclone that battered the impoverished nation, whose secretive military rulers made a rare appeal for international help to cope with the tragedy. Reeling from the weekend disaster, which also left thousands missing, the Southeast Asian country once known as Burma - one of the world's poorest - warned that the staggering death toll ... more |
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London (AFP) May 5, 2008The international community rallied to help the victims of the devastating cyclone in Myanmar Monday, answering a rare appeal from the military junta there for aid as the death toll passed 10,000. As Myanmar's authorities announced the revised toll from Tropical Cyclone Nargis, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pledged to provide urgent humanitarian aid. "The UN will do ... more Walker's World: Bye-bye boomers 
London (UPI) May 5, 2008 The victory of Boris Johnson in London's mayoral election represents the emergence of a new generation of politicians into the struggle for power. The baby boomers are starting the long, sad slide into senescence. The generation X-ers are on the march. The first sign of this great shift came in Russia earlier this year when Dmitry Medvedev, at 44 just two years older than Johnson ... more Virus kills 25 in China, WHO says no cover-up 
Beijing (AFP) May 5, 2008The World Health Organisation on Sunday dismissed claims that local authorities in China had covered up the outbreak of an intestinal virus, as the death toll rose to 25. The virus, known as Enterovirus 71 or EV71, has already killed 22 children in the eastern province of Anhui and three others in southern Guangdong province, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported late Sunday. ... more United We Stand: When Cooperation Butts Heads With Competition 
Jerusalem (SPX) May 05, 2008Phrases such as "survival of the fittest" and "every man for himself" may seem to accentuate the presence of political and social competition in American culture; however, there obviously are similar instances of inter- and intra-group conflict across almost all known organisms. So what makes competition so prevalent for life and why does it sometimes seem to be preferred over cooperation? ... more |
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Fayetteville AK (SPX) May 02, 2008Tiny marks on the teeth of an ancient human ancestor known as the "Nutcracker Man" may upset current evolutionary understanding of early hominid diet. Using high-powered microscopes, researchers looked at rough geometric shapes on the teeth of several Nutcracker Man specimens and determined that their structure alone was not enough to predict diet. Peter Ungar, professor of anthropology at ... more China Warns Deadly Intestinal Virus Could Kill More 
Beijing (AFP) April 30, 2008The Chinese government on Wednesday warned that a lethal intestinal virus that killed 20 children in east China could cause more deaths. The virus, known as Enterovirus 71, or EV71, has already killed 20 children in Fuyang city in Anhui province, and has infected 1,884 kids, the state-controlled Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday. "We estimate that the hand, foot and mouth disease ... more West, Central Africa seen as major source of next new disease 
Paris (AFP) April 30, 2008West and Central Africa are emerging as the major potential sources for the next new infectious disease, a study released on Wednesday said. Deforestation in these regions is forcing wild animals that are a natural host for pathogens into ever smaller areas and into ever likelier contact with fast-growing human populations, it said. The paper, published in the British journal Proceedings ... more Scientists Collect Data To Aid Afghanistan Reconstruction 
Washington DC (SPX) May 01, 2008Policymakers, potential private investors, and the public received valuable new information today to help identify fault lines and the potential location of undiscovered water, oil and gas, and non-fuel mineral resources in Afghanistan. Data were collected by U.S. Geological Survey scientists, who flew over Afghanistan and conducted an airborne geophysical and photographic survey of the country. ... more
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