The first U.S. military aid flight lands in Myanmar, but relief supplies continue to just dribble into the reclusive state nine days after a devastating cyclone. The U.N. says up to 100,000 are dead or missing and warns of environmental damage , violence and mass migration. The first U.S. military aid flight landed in Myanmar on Monday (May 12), but relief supplies continued to just dribble into the reclusive state nine days after a devastating cyclone. A C-130 military transport plane left Thailand's Vietnam War-era U-Tapao airbase carrying 12,700 kg of water, mosquito nets and blankets. U.S. aid officials said they hope it will be the first of many U.S. flights to the army-ruled former Burma. Greeting the plane at Yangon airport was Navy commander-in-chief Soe Thein, who promised to deliver the supplies "as soon as possible" to the cyclone-hit region, a U.S. embassy official in Yangon said. "It is important that we and the international community be allowed to help the victims of...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and ASEAN chief Surin Pitsuwan open aid air-hub in Thailand to be focal point to distribute aid supplies for Myanmar's cyclone Nargis victims. U.N....
French warship delivers aid for victims of Cyclone Nargis as military trucks carry supplies from Thailand and Burmese volunteers distribute food in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta. The French navy ship...
Western powers kept up the pressure on Myanmar's generals on Thursday (May 15) to allow a massive aid effort as relief workers struggled to help an estimated 2.5 million people left destitute by...
One month after Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar's delta region, some Burmese villagers attempt to restore their lives, while others are evicted from evacuation centres and forced to return to their...
As the rains continue in Myanmar's delta region, families who lost their loved ones in Cyclone Nargis a month ago are still struggling to rebuild their lives. As the rains continued in Myanmar's...
U.S. President George W. Bush made a rare personal appeal to Myanmar's junta on Tuesday (May 6) to accept U.S. disaster teams that have been blocked and said Washington was ready to help more after...
A powerful cyclone that slammed into Myanmar's low-lying Irrawaddy delta and triggered a massive wave that gave people nowhere to run, killing at least 15,000 and leaving 30,000 others missing,...
Survivors struggle to deal with their losses in earthquake-battered south-western Sichuan province, while China faces a massive task of dealing with the 4.8 million people made homeless. Rescue...
Desperate survivors of Cyclone Nargis scrape together an existence amid the devastation. Desperate survivors of Cyclone Nargis headed out of Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta in search of food, water and...
International aid pledges worth 10 million U.S. dollars were made on Tuesday (May 6) as the death toll as a result of a cyclone and ensuing storm surge in Myanmar climbed. Myanmar state media said...
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