Time running out for China quake survivors
 Cries for help echoed from under the rubble of shattered communities Friday as China warned time was running out to save survivors of an earthquake that has claimed an estimated 50,000 lives. Nations:[China][South Korea][Singapore][Japan] People:[Wen Jiabao][Hu Jintao] Activities:[2008 China Earthquake] 2008-05-16 UN warns of 'second catastrophe' in Myanmar
The United Nations warned Tuesday that Myanmar faced a "second catastrophe" after its devastating cyclone, unless the junta immediately allows massive air and sea deliveries of aid. People:[Ban Ki-moon][Condoleezza Rice] Activities:[2008 Myanmar Cyclone] 2008-05-13 U.S. flight lands in Myanmar as aid trickles in
The first U.S. military aid flight to Myanmar landed in Yangon on Monday but emergency supplies remained at a trickle for 1.5 million people facing hunger and disease in the cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy delta. Nations:[Myanmar] People:[Ban Ki-moon][Gordon Brown][George W. Bush] Activities:[2008 Myanmar Cyclone] 2008-05-12 1st big foreign aid flights finally let in by Myanmar junta
After snubbing a U.S. aid offer, Myanmar's isolationist regime indicated Friday that it wants foreign relief supplies but not foreign workers to help recover from a devastating cyclone. Nations:[Myanmar] People:[Robert Gates][Ban Ki-moon] Activities:[2008 Myanmar Cyclone][Vietnam War] 2008-05-08 US diplomat: 100,000 may have died in Myanmar cyclone
Bodies floated in flood waters and survivors tried to reach dry ground on boats using blankets as sails, while the top U.S. diplomat in Myanmar said Wednesday that up to 100,000 people may have died in the devastating cyclone. Nations:[Sweden] People:[Ban Ki-moon] Activities:[2008 Myanmar Cyclone] 2008-05-07 UN officials: Myanmar cyclone a 'major, major disaster'
Hungry crowds of survivors stormed the few shops that opened in Myanmar's stricken Irrawaddy delta, where food and international aid has been scarce since a devastating cyclone killed more than 22,000 people, the U.N. said Wednesday. Nations:[Myanmar][Sweden] People:[Ban Ki-moon] Activities:[2008 Myanmar Cyclone] 2008-05-07 Suppoters drown out protesters in S. Korea Olympic torch leg
Thousands of supporters shouting support for the Beijing Games turned a central Seoul plaza into a sea of red flags as the Olympic torch ended its South Korean relay without disruption Sunday amid a huge police presence. Nations:[South Korea] Activities:[2008 Beijing Olympics Torch][China-South Korea] 2008-04-27 Torch faces S.Korea protests, festivities in North
Protests and scuffles greeted the Olympic flame as it began a two-day journey on the divided Korean peninsula on Sunday along a route guarded by thousands of riot policeman wielding shields and truncheons. Nations:[South Korea][North Korea] Activities:[2008 Beijing Olympics Torch] 2008-04-27 Pope worries that big powers control decision-making
Making a plea for human rights, Pope Benedict XVI warned diplomats at the United Nations on Friday that international cooperation needed to solve urgent problems is "in crisis" because decisions rest in the hands of a few powerful nations. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Ban Ki-moon] Activities:[2008 Pope Visit to U.S.][Church Sex Scandals] 2008-04-18 Pope lands in US, vows to fight clergy sex abuse
Pope Benedict XVI stepped onto U.S. soil for the time as pontiff Tuesday, arriving to a presidential handshake and wild cheering only hours after he admitted that he is "deeply ashamed" of the clergy sex abuse scandal that has devastated the American church. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Ban Ki-moon][Laura Bush] Activities:[2008 Pope Visit to U.S.][Church Sex Scandals] 2008-04-16 Japan govt, media groups concerned as shrine film pulled
A controversial documentary on a Tokyo war shrine looks unlikely to be screened in Japan amid pressure from right-wingers, prompting the government and media groups to cry foul on Tuesday. Nations:[Japan][South Korea][Hong Kong] Activities:[Japan's War Shrine] 2008-04-01 Israeli troops withdraw from Gaza
Israeli ground troops pulled out of northern Gaza before daybreak Monday, following the first extended sweep in an offensive against Palestinian rocket squads that has left more than 100 dead and led the Palestinian president to call off peace talks. People:[Ban Ki-moon][Mahmoud Abbas][Condoleezza Rice] Activities:[Israel-Palestine Conflict] 2008-03-03
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