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On Wednesday, the U.N. raised its estimates on the number of people impacted by the cyclone. John Holmes, the head of humanitarian affairs at the U.N., said that between 1.6 million and 2.5 million were "severely affected" and in desperate need of relief,
While millions of people around the world face severe hunger the handful of agribusiness corporations that dominate the global agricultural market are seeing huge profit
JERUSALEM – With U.S. approval, Saudi Arabia in recent months provided weaponry to militias associated with anti-Syrian Lebanese opposition leaders to bolster them against the Hezbollah terror organization, informed security officials told WND.
The UN said that child traffickers are targeting the youngest and most vulnerable survivors of the catastrophe, and that two suspects have already been arrested after trying to recruit children at a relief camp.
The United Nations has estimated those affected by the Myanmar cyclone at up to 2.5 million and called an urgent meeting of big donors and Asian states as the Myanmar junta continued to limit foreign aid.
Chinese officials have warned that a second disaster could hit the south-western city of Dujiangyan, where 500,000 people live, after Monday's earthquake caused cracks to appear in a dam protecting the city.
Chinese rescuers are battling heavy rain and blocked roads to reach thousands of people trapped or injured by Monday's devastating earthquake.
60,000 people remain missing....
The official death toll is more than 12,000, and looks set to rise sharply..
Another powerful storm headed toward Burma's cyclone-devastated delta, where so little aid has reached that the U.N. warned on Wednesday of a "second wave of deaths" among an estimated 2 million survivors.
Survivors of Cyclone Nargis—especially children and the elderly—have undergone severe trauma and many will have long-term psychological problems because of the storm and their fight for survival during its aftermath, say aid workers.
Everyone is running out of words to express their feelings about the Burmese generals. What the generals are doing is making the world furious. It’s time to call their actions a humanitarian crime.
It’s impossible to find logical reasons...
Burma's military rulers have tightened access to areas hit by Cyclone Nargis, in spite of international pleas to allow foreign aid workers in.
A UN official says the regime has erected more checkpoints to ensure foreigners cannot reach affected areas.
The ever-increasing number of female and child trafficking is very alarming especially in South Asia. According to UNODC India is an origin transit and destination country for trafficking in person. There are no numbers to measure the extent and magnitude
