Bangalore, June 10, 2008 : United Nations World Food Programme has airlifted 35 tonnes of food to cyclone-hit Myanmar. As part of the humanitarian assistance to Cyclone Nargis devastated areas of Myanmar, the WFP, in collaboration with an Indian manufacturer MTR, has sent the ready-to-eat food to...
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Yangon, May 26, 2008 : Philippine medical team left May 26 to join relief efforts in Myanmar, three days after the junta agreed to admit foreign aid workers to areas devastated by Cyclone Nargis. Doctor and team leader Arnel Rivera said their arrival will not be too late, as a big percentage of t...
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Myanmar, May 8th 2008 : Myanmar's military junta opened its borders under pressure to more international help after a devastating cyclone killed over 100,000 people, according to the US diplomat in Yangon, Shari Villarosa. United Nations relief flights started to arrive on Thursday, May 8. South ...
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Myanmar, May 8, 2008 : Myanmar's military junta opened its borders under pressure to more international help after a devastating cyclone killed over 100,000 people, according to the US diplomat in Yangon, Shari Villarosa. United Nations relief flights started to arrive on Thursday, May 8. South K...
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New Delhi, May 8(ANI): India has dispatched yet another consignment of aid to cyclone-hit Myanmar. An Indian Air Force transport plane IL-76 carrying more than 32 tonnes of relief material including tents, blankets and medicines flew from national capital, New Delhi for Yangon on Thursday (May 08...
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New Delhi, May 10, 2008 : India, on Saturday, May 10 has sent a second transport plane with relief material to cyclone hit Myanmar, as the devastating storm claimed more than 100,000 lives. The third lot of aid material, is about 35 tonnes, and would be received by the Myanmar government at the Y...
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New Delhi, May 7th 2008 : India has dispatched eight tonnes of further assistance to cyclone hit Myanmar on Wednesday, May 7. Two Indian Air Force transport aircrafts loaded with medicines, tents and other relief material were dispatched from the India’s capital city, New Delhi. The UN is also ru...
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Thailand, May 22nd 2008 : The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon flew to Myanmar on Thursday May 22 to press the ruling generals to allow a full-blown international aid effort for 2.4 million cyclone victims.The U.N. chief arrived in Thailand on May 21 and said that helping cyclone vict...
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Atlanta/Washington, D.C., May 10, 2008 : The United Nations has appealed to its 192 member states to provide 187 million US Dollars in aid to the devastated reclusive nation, Myanmar. In his opening address at the launch of the appeal, U.N. humanitarian affairs chief John Holmes stressed the urge...
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Yangon, May 9th 2008 : Two Indian Naval Ships carrying essential relief material supplies berthed alongside at a naval jetty in Yangon on Wednesday, May 8 evening. Naval ships Rana and Kirpan, which were pre-positioned at Port Blair were tasked to proceed to Myanmar on Monday, May 05. The ships a...
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UTAPAO,Thailand (May 12,2008) US Air Force Airmen load relief supplies aboard a US Air Force C-130 Hercules at Utapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield,located on the border of Thailand’s Chonburi and Rayong provinces about 87 miles southeast of Bangkok. The shipment of water,mosquito nets and blankets is...
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Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO 193). During this evolution, Essex took supplies and fuel aboard to ensure success of any potential relief mission. Essex and three other US Navy ships are participating in Joint Task Force Caring Relief and are standing by off the coa...
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