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  • U.S. flying cyclone aid to "outpost of tyranny" 12 May 2008 05:30 GMT
    ... aid from the outside world, including the United Nations, it will not let in foreign logistics ... to 1.5 million people," international agency Oxfam's South Asia manager Sarah Ireland told Australian radio on Monday. ...

  • Tragedy in Myanmar worsens 12 May 2008 05:30 GMT
    ... in the most severely afflicted areas," the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said. ... it from happening," Oxfam's Regional Director for East Asia Sarah Ireland said in Bangkok. "We have to ...

  • US to fly aid into Myanmar 12 May 2008 05:13 GMT
    ... aid from the outside world, including the United Nations, it will not let in foreign logistics ... to 1.5 million people," international agency Oxfam's South Asia manager Sarah Ireland told Australian radio on Monday. ...

  • 03:11pm US to fly aid into Myanmar 12 May 2008 05:13 GMT
    ... aid from the outside world, including the United Nations, it will not let in foreign logistics ... to 1.5 million people," international agency Oxfam's South Asia manager Sarah Ireland told Australian radio on Monday. ...

  • Tragedy of dead and survivors in Myanmar grows worse 12 May 2008 05:12 GMT
    ... aid from the outside world, including the United Nations, it will not let in foreign logistics ... to 1.5 million people," international agency Oxfam's South Asia manager Sarah Ireland told Australian radio on Monday. ...

  • High food prices 'will hit Pacific' 12 May 2008 05:12 GMT
    ... oil prices will put thousands in the Pacific at risk this year and could spark fresh violence ... economist has found. Craig Sugden from the Asia Development Bank, who recently led a study into ... Timor and Fiji hardest. He said the UN World Food Program helped provide emergency assistance ...

  • US set to fly aid to Burma 12 May 2008 05:12 GMT
    ... aid from the outside world, including the United Nations, it will not let in foreign logistics ... to 1.5 million people," international agency Oxfam's South Asia manager Sarah Ireland told Australian radio. Four US ...

  • Sri Lanka has Weathered Terrorism Well and Maintained Stable Political Environment - Bernard Goonatilleke 12 May 2008 05:11 GMT
    ... the oldest and most vibrant democracies in South Asia, having enjoyed universal adult franchise since 1931, mere 14 ... and through the Malacca Straits, toward the Far East, and manufactured goods, westward to markets in ...

  • Cyclone Leaves Thousands Homeless in Myanmar 12 May 2008 05:11 GMT
    ... the highest from a natural disaster in Asia since the tsunami of December 2004, which devastated ... of December 2004, which devastated coastlines in South Asia and claimed 181,000 lives. On Monday, three ... activities of foreign groups, had given the United Nations permission to send in emergency aid. said ...

  • Tragedy in Myanmar grows worse 12 May 2008 04:30 GMT
    ... in the most severely afflicted areas," the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said. ... it from happening," Oxfam's Regional Director for East Asia Sarah Ireland said in Bangkok. "We have to ...

  • Unimaginable Tragedy' Awaits Myanmar 12 May 2008 04:29 GMT
    ... aid from the outside world, including the United Nations, but has made it clear it will ... it from happening,” Oxfam’s Regional Director for East Asia Sara Ireland told reporters in Bangkok. “We have ...

  • Let aid in or Myanmar cyclone toll could rise to 15 lakh: Oxfam 12 May 2008 04:28 GMT
    ... said Sarah Ireland, Oxfam`s regional director for East Asia. “We support a call to lift visa ... high-energy biscuits over the weekend and the UN Human Rights Commissioner (UNHCR) was allowed to ...

  • 'Unimaginable tragedy' if Burma continues to delay aid 12 May 2008 04:26 GMT
    ... aid from the outside world, including the United Nations, but has made it clear it will ... the delta, the former Rice Bowl of Asia where as many as 100,000 people are feared ... it from happening," Oxfam's Regional Director for East Asia Sara Ireland told reporters in Bangkok. "We ...

  • Agencies report aid deliveries to Myanmar "minimal" 12 May 2008 03:59 GMT
    ... aid from the outside world, including the United Nations, it will not let in foreign logistics ... to 1.5 million people," international agency Oxfam's South Asia manager Sarah Four U.S. Navy ships are steaming ...

  • Lifelong learning for the future 12 May 2008 02:10 GMT
    ... economic sufficiency, particularly in developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Among the first ... create a sustainable future. The future in Southeast Asia, he said, is burdened with immediate and ... should name the Philippines as the Southeast Asian Centre for Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development ...

  • 'Malign neglect' may make Burma disaster six times as bad as tsunami 12 May 2008 02:10 GMT
    ... tree trunk while travelling from Rangoon to Mawlamyinegyun. Yesterday, David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, criticised ... coffers". Sara Ireland, Oxfam's regional director for East Asia, said that 1.5 million people were at ...

  • Aid falls far short of Myanmar's urgent needs: relief groups 12 May 2008 02:10 GMT
    ... aid and personnel ready to leave." A United Nations flight from Italy carrying water purification equipment ... on the ground," he said. Sarah Ireland, East Asia director for development charity Oxfam, warned that all ...

  • King, Queen send vital aid to surviving Burmese 12 May 2008 01:50 GMT
    ... of essential supplies. Other aircraft from the United Nations and the International Red Cross, carrying more ... coming period," said Oxfam's regional director for East Asia, Sarah Ireland. People's resistance to disease was ...

  • Tragedy of dead and survivors in Myanmar worsens 12 May 2008 01:50 GMT
    ... in the most severely afflicted areas," the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said. ... it from happening," Oxfam's Regional Director for East Asia Sarah Ireland said in Bangkok. "We have to ...

  • Myanmar faces health disaster 12 May 2008 01:50 GMT
    ... at risk of further suffering,' Britain-based Oxfam's East Asia director Sarah Ireland said yesterday. She cited a ... weekend from disaster relief experts. And the United Nations launched an appeal for US$187 million; within ...

  • "Unimaginable tragedy" if Myanmar Delays Cyclone Aid 12 May 2008 01:15 GMT
    ... aid from the outside world, including the United Nations, but will not let in the foreign ... it from happening," Oxfam's Regional Director for East Asia Sarah Ireland SAID in Bangkok. "We have to ...

  • UK warns of 'unimaginable tragedy' if Burma fails to act 12 May 2008 01:15 GMT
    ... of missing fell to 33,416, though the UN believes 100,000 died. "I would be amazed ... to 15 times," said Sarah Ireland, Oxfam's east Asia director. Samson Jeyakumar, director of the children's programme ...

  • Cyclone overwhelms Myanmar doctors, disease threat 12 May 2008 00:59 GMT
    ... outbreaks unless aid is ramped up, a UN health expert said on Sunday. At a ... of the highest rates of disease in Asia before the cyclone struck. Kunii, a veteran of the 2004 Asian tsunami which killed at least 230,000 people, said there ...

  • "Unimaginable tragedy" if Myanmar delays aid 12 May 2008 00:59 GMT
    ... aid from the outside world, including the United Nations, but will not let in the foreign ... it from happening," Oxfam's Regional Director for East Asia Sarah Ireland SAID in Bangkok. "We have to ...

  • Relief begins to trickle in, but Britain warns of 'unimaginable tragedy' in Burma if junta fails to act 12 May 2008 00:58 GMT
    ... of missing fell to 33,416, though the UN believes 100,000 died. "I would be amazed ... to 15 times," said Sarah Ireland, Oxfam's east Asia director. Samson Jeyakumar, director of the children's programme ...


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