US airlifts aid to Myanmar, UN urges junta to cooperate
The United States delivered its first relief supplies to Myanmar on Monday, as the U.N. urged the reclusive nation to open its doors to foreign experts who can help up to 2 million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation. Nations:[U.S.] Activities:[2008 Myanmar Cyclone] 2008-05-12 Myanmar junta hands out aid boxes with generals' names
Myanmar's military regime distributed international aid Saturday but plastered the boxes with the names of top generals in an apparent effort to turn the relief effort for last week's devastating cyclone into a propaganda exercise. Nations:[Cambodia] Activities:[2008 Myanmar Cyclone] 2008-05-10 Oil surpasses $126 per barrel ahead of US driving season
Oil prices surpassed a record $126 per barrel Friday on the eve of the U.S. driving season as a weakening dollar drove investors to snap up commodities. Nations:[Venezuela][Colombia][Australia][Switzerland] People:[Hugo Chavez] Activities:[2007 Oil Price Crisis] 2008-05-09 UN halts aid to Myanmar after junta seizes supplies
Myanmar's junta seized U.N. aid shipments Friday meant for a multitude of hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, forcing the world body to suspend further help. Nations:[United Arab Emirates] Activities:[2008 Myanmar Cyclone] 2008-05-09 Official: UN plane lands in Myanmar with aid after cyclone
Myanmar's isolationist regime allowed the first plane of a major international airlift to land Thursday with aid for cyclone survivors, a U.N. official said, amid fears that lack of safe food and drinking water could push the death toll above 100,000. Nations:[Myanmar][Laos][Singapore] Activities:[2008 Myanmar Cyclone] 2008-05-08 US diplomat: 100,000 may have died in Myanmar cyclone
Bodies floated in flood waters and survivors tried to reach dry ground on boats using blankets as sails, while the top U.S. diplomat in Myanmar said Wednesday that up to 100,000 people may have died in the devastating cyclone. Nations:[Sweden] People:[Ban Ki-moon] Activities:[2008 Myanmar Cyclone] 2008-05-07 Chinese orchestra to make landmark performance at Vatican
The conductor leading the China Philharmonic Orchestra in a landmark concert Wednesday at the Vatican said he feels honored to perform for the pope, saying music breaks down cultural barriers. Nations:[China][Vatican] Activities:[China-Vatican] 2008-05-07 UN officials: Myanmar cyclone a 'major, major disaster'
Hungry crowds of survivors stormed the few shops that opened in Myanmar's stricken Irrawaddy delta, where food and international aid has been scarce since a devastating cyclone killed more than 22,000 people, the U.N. said Wednesday. Nations:[Myanmar][Sweden] People:[Ban Ki-moon] Activities:[2008 Myanmar Cyclone] 2008-05-07 Myanmar declares disaster after cyclone leaves 241 dead
More than 240 people were killed and thousands of homes were destroyed by a powerful cyclone that swept through Myanmar, state-run media said Sunday. Nations:[Myanmar] 2008-05-04 Turkey confirms air strikes on Kurd rebels in N.Iraq
Turkish warplanes launched intensive bombing raids on Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq overnight, the Turkish General Staff said on Friday, but there were no reports of any casualties. Nations:[Iraq] Activities:[Turkey Kurdish Conflict] 2008-05-02 Alleged head of al-Qaida in Somalia said killed in airstrike
The U.S. military said Thursday it launched an attack against an al-Qaida target in Somalia, and an Islamic insurgent group said the head of the terror network in the African country was killed in an overnight American airstrike. Nations:[Somalia][Tanzania] 2008-05-01 Supporters cheer Olympic torch in peaceful Vietnam relay
Crowds of supporters waved red national flags and cheered the Olympic torch in Vietnam on Tuesday, the last international leg of its harried journey around the world. The relay in Vietnam's commercial centre Ho Chi Minh City. Nations:[Vietnam] Activities:[2008 Beijing Olympics Torch] 2008-04-29
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