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 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 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 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 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 Dalai Lama says he's ready for serious talks with China
The Dalai Lama said Saturday he welcomed China's offer to meet his envoy and said the two sides needed to talk seriously about how to resolve the problems that triggered riots in the Tibetan capital last month. Nations:[China] People:[Dalai Lama] Activities:[2008 Tibet Riot] 2008-04-26 Petraeus promotion keeps nation on its war course
President Bush is promoting his top Iraq commander, Army Gen. David Petraeus, and replacing him with the general's recent deputy, keeping the U.S. on its war course and handing the next president a pair of combat-tested commanders who have relentlessly defended Bush's strategies. Nations:[Lebanon] People:[David Petraeus][Robert Gates][Harry Reid][John McCain] Activities:[Second Gulf War] 2008-04-23 Carter: Hamas is willing to accept Israel as its neighbor
Former President Carter said Monday that Hamas -- the Islamic militant group that has called for the destruction of Israel -- is prepared to accept the right of the Jewish state to "live as a neighbor next door in peace." Nations:[Israel][Palestine] People:[Mahmoud Abbas] Activities:[Israel-Palestine Conflict][2006 Hamas Conflict] 2008-04-21 CNN "apology" over Cafferty "thugs" remarks rejected
China on Thursday snubbed an apology from CNN over remarks by one of its commentators. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu rejected CNN's explanation that commentator Jack Cafferty was referring to China's leaders -- not the Chinese people -- when he described them as "goons and thugs." CNN said it apologized to anyone who thought otherwise. Nations:[China] Activities:[2008 Cafferty Racist Remark] 2008-04-17 China demands CNN apology for "goons" comment
China on Tuesday demanded that television news channel CNN apologize after one of its commentators said the Chinese were "goons" and that their products were "junk." Nations:[China] Activities:[2008 Cafferty Racist Remark] 2008-04-15
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