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Burma Junta Unmoved, Extends Suu Kyi Arrest
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 8:10:00 PM
Burma's junta extended the house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi, a move likely to dismay Western nations who promised aid after Cyclone Nargis.   Full Story
 

Targets and Funding in Focus at Kobe Climate Talks
Sunday, May 25, 2008 9:41:00 PM
KOBE, Japan—Big emerging countries urged rich nations on Sunday to set ambitious mid-term targets for reducing greenhouse gases, as both sides stressed the need for funds to help developing countries ...   Full Story
 

UN Opens Thai Staging Base for Burma Relief
Sunday, May 25, 2008 9:22:00 PM
The United Nations opened a staging area at an airport in Thailand's capital Saturday to deliver relief aid to cyclone survivors in neighboring Burma.U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was on h ...   Full Story
 

Amid Fuel Protests Indonesia Targets Poor with Cash
Saturday, May 24, 2008 9:05:00 PM
JAKARTA—Indonesia's government jacked up fuel prices on Saturday, sparking protests, but some $1.5 billion of cash handouts intended to cushion the blow for poor families could turn out to be a sa ...   Full Story
 

Overseas Chinese Students Harass Quit CCP Center in Japan
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 8:13:00 PM
Volunteer workers at the Service Center for Quitting the Chinese Communist Party in Japan are attacked by overseas Chinese students.   Full Story
 

Burma Response to Cyclone Appalling, Says U.S. Official
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 9:21:00 PM
WASHINGTON—Burma's response to Cyclone Nargis has been "appalling" and its junta will be responsible for a second disaster if it does not admit more aid and relief workers, a senior U.S. diplomat ...   Full Story
 

Burma Death Toll Soars
Sunday, May 18, 2008 9:30:00 PM
YANGON—Diplomats witnessed "huge" devastation in the Irrawaddy delta on Saturday and the toll of dead and missing from the cyclone rose above 133,000 people, making it one of the most damaging to hit ...   Full Story
 

Rain Deepens Burma Misery; Casualty Tolls Jump
Saturday, May 17, 2008 8:55:00 PM
YANGON—Torrential tropical downpours lashed Burma's cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta on Friday as thousands of destitute victims took to roadsides to beg for help to supplement the meagre trickle of ai ...   Full Story
 

Australia's 'Fat Tony' Flies Home to Jail
Saturday, May 17, 2008 8:25:00 PM
MELBOURNE —Like an episode from the hit mafia TV series the Sopranos, Australian mobster "Fat Tony" has finally been extradited from Greece to serve his 12 year jail sentence for cocaine trafficking ...   Full Story
 

Burma Aid Trickles In; EU Warns of Starvation
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 8:02:00 PM
YANGON—The 1.5 million people left destitute by Burma's cyclone are in increasing danger of disease and starvation, experts said on Wednesday, but its ruling junta said no to a Thai request to adm ...   Full Story
 

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