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Kuala Lumpur – Malaysian immigration officials have arrested a Myanmar national and three Malaysian airport officials, believed to be part of a syndicate issuing forged passports to foreigners, reports said Sunday. Two of the suspects, in their late 20s, were detained by immigration officers Friday at the airport in the northern state [...]
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July 28th, 2008 – 10:24 am ICT by Bupha Ravirot
Earth quake magnitude 5.5 hit Myanmar at Sunday, July 27, 2008 at 22:42:07 UTC ( Monday 05:12:07 AM local time).
The epicenter of the earth quake located at 23.566°N, 94.761°E at a depth of 112.1 km. The epicenter is 160 km SSE from Imphal, Manipur, India 165 [...]
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WASHINGTON (AFP) – President George W. Bush on Tuesday renewed a ban on imports from military-ruled Myanmar and also signed a new law that aims to keep Myanmar’s gems from entering US markets via third-party countries.
“Our message is: the United States believes in democracy and freedom,” Bush said during a White House ceremony in which [...]
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UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – The UN aid operation in cyclone-hit Myanmar has lost around 10 million dollars due to distortions in the country’s official exchange rate, the world body’s humanitarian chief said Monday.
John Holmes, the UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs, called the losses “a significant problem,” and said about 15 per cent of the [...]
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Reuters
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations top humanitarian affairs official said on Monday that the world body had incurred “significant” losses in Myanmar due to a distorted official exchange rate while delivering cyclone aid.
Earlier this month the United Nations issued an appeal for over $300 million in additional aid for Myanmar to cope with [...]
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outlook is bleak
AP
THOME GWE, Myanmar -Ko Nyi Thaut lost six of his children and all his possessions when Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar three months ago. But the 53-year-old farmer still has his rice fields. The surprise, say aid workers, is how quickly he and others have gone back to work.
The broader food outlook, however, is [...]
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_ by Bruce McEwen
[Bruce S. McEwen is a researcher in the Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at Rockefeller University, New York.]
NEW YORK – Stress contributes to the onset of cardiovascular disease and depression, among other illnesses. And it is not only major stressful life events that exact a toll on our bodies; the many conflicts and [...]
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