Burma has rejected the need for foreign aid workers to help with the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis and has turned back a rescue team today, prompting a furious response from the UN and the international community.
The Cyclone Nargis disaster is doubly tragic for the people of Burma. Already suffering from the lowest living standards in Asia and years of misrule and mismanagement, they have now been struck by this terrible natural catastrophe.
IRIN Global) - More than six million children could be saved from death every year if funding were increased to improve community-level health services in the developing world, where 99 percent of child deaths occur, according to a report by Save the Chil
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