In Asia, Obama pushing arms control with Russians
SINGAPORE - A major pact within tantalizing reach, President Barack Obama aims to nudge forward an arms-control deal in talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Nations:Myanmar Singapore Russia People:Dmitry Medvedev Aung San Suu Kyi Barack Obama Vladimir Putin George W. Bush
2009-11-14
Myanmar sentences Suu Kyi to more house arrest
YANGON, Myanmar - A Myanmar court convicted democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday of violating her house arrest by allowing an uninvited American to stay at her home. The head of the military-ruled country ordered her to serve an 18-month sentence under house arrest.
Nations:Myanmar South Africa People:Nicolas Sarkozy Gordon Brown Aung San Suu Kyi
2009-08-11
Big quake hits off India's Andamans, no tsunami
PORT BLAIR, India (Reuters) - A major earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck in the Indian Ocean off India's Andaman Islands early on Tuesday, but a tsunami alert for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh was later canceled.
Nations:India Myanmar Thailand Indonesia Source:(Reuters)
2009-08-11
NKorean cargo ship could test new UN sanctions
SEOUL, South Korea - An American destroyer tailed a North Korean ship Tuesday as it sailed along China's coast, U.S. officials said, amid concerns the vessel is carrying illicit arms destined for Myanmar.
Nations:Myanmar Singapore North Korea South Korea Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis Source:(AP)
2009-06-23
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi readies defence case
YANGON (AFP) - Lawyers for Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi said on Sunday they were preparing to open the defence case at her trial this week, as the junta looked set to face further pressure from the West.
Nations:Myanmar India People:Aung San Suu Kyi Source:(AFP)
2009-05-24
Natural disasters 'killed over 220,000' in 2008
BERLIN (AFP) - Natural disasters killed over 220,000 people in 2008, making it one of the most devastating years on record and underlining the need for a global climate deal, the world's number two reinsurer said Monday.
Nations:China Denmark Tajikistan Afghanistan Bangladesh Myanmar Activities:2008 China Earthquake Myanmar Cyclone Disaster Source:(AFP)
2008-12-29
Tainted milk sickens 6,000 babies in China
BEIJING (AFP) - China said Wednesday more than 6,000 babies had fallen ill and three died after drinking milk powder contaminated with a toxic chemical, as it vowed massive efforts to contain a widening food scandal.
Nations:China Gabon Yemen Burundi Myanmar New Zealand People:Wen Jiabao Activities:2008 China Milk Scandal Source:(AFP)
2008-09-17
China reports 3rd death in tainted milk scandal
BEIJING - China's health minister says a third death of a baby has been reported in the country's spreading scandal over tainted milk formula, and more than 6,200 infants have become sick.
Nations:New Zealand China Myanmar Activities:2008 China Milk Scandal Source:(AP)
2008-09-16
Food Prices: Hunger Strikes
As the sun sets over Nairobi's sprawling Kibera slum, a sweet smell wafts through a small house where Malahasen Juma is cooking dinner for her eight children: a handful of onions, chopped and tossed into a pot of steaming maize porridge and leftover vegetables. Until recently Juma would spice up suppers with beef or fish stews. But not now. "Everything is more expensive," she says. "The children need milk, but I cannot afford that. Meat is a luxury now, not a necessity. We are just living at God's mercy."
Nations:India Somalia Uganda Myanmar China Niger People:Ban Ki-moon Robert Zoellick George W. Bush Activities:Global Food Crisis Source:(Time)
2008-06-11
UN: 1 million in Myanmar aren't getting basic aid
More than 1 million people still don't have adequate food, water or shelter a month after a devastating cyclone swept through Myanmar, and the military junta's policies are hindering relief efforts and driving up the cost of aid operations, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Nations:Uganda Activities:Myanmar Cyclone Disaster
2008-06-03
Myanmar keeps Suu Kyi detained; aid to continue
Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi began a sixth year under detention Wednesday as foreign donors said aid would continue to flow into the military ruled nation to save cyclone victims.
People:Ban Ki-moon Aung San Suu Kyi Activities:Myanmar Cyclone Disaster
2008-05-28
Myanmar extends opposition leader's detention
Myanmar's military junta extended opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's detention by one year Tuesday, ignoring worldwide appeals to free the Nobel laureate who has been detained for more than 12 of the past 18 years.
People:Aung San Suu Kyi Activities:Myanmar Cyclone Disaster
2008-05-27
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