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Australia, Japan, US plan disaster relief exercises Kyoto, Japan (AFP) June 27, 2008 
The foreign ministers of Australia, Japan and the United States pledged Friday to launch joint exercises to better coordinate relief operations after disasters in Asia. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura and Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith held talks on the sidelines of a Group of Eight meeting in the Japanese city of Kyoto. ... read more |
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AIDS epidemic is disaster like drought, floods for Africa: Red Cross
Geneva (AFP) June 26, 2008The AIDS epidemic in southern Africa is so severe that it should be classed as a disaster comparable to floods or famine, a new study by the Red Cross said Thursday. In its annual "World Disasters Report", the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said that there was "no doubt" that HIV/AIDS matches the United Nations definition of a disaster. The UN ... more US helicopters lift aid to typhoon-ravaged Philippines 
Iloilo, Philippines (AFP) June 26, 2008Six US Navy Seahawk helicopters delivered aid to typhoon-ravaged communities in the central Philippines on Thursday as part of a pledge by US President George W. Bush. The helicopters from the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier arrived in Iloilo City on the central island of Panay which bore the brunt of Typhoon Fengshen when it slammed into the Philippines on Saturday. "We will use our ... more China to turn dangerous 'quake lakes' into tourist spots: report 
Beijing (AFP) June 24, 2008China hopes to turn a dangerous "quake lake" that once threatened up to 1.3 million lives into a tourist spot as part of rebuilding efforts in its quake-hit southwest, state press said Tuesday. The Tangjiashan lake was the biggest of several lakes created when the May 12 earthquake struck Sichuan province, triggering landslides that blocked rivers and led to the build up of large bodies of ... more Bangladesh steps up earthquake response plans 
Dhaka (AFP) June 24, 2008The earthquake that devastated China's Sichuan province last month has prompted Bangladeshi authorities to step up contingency plans in the quake-prone South Asian nation, an official said Tuesday. Fire Service and Civil Defence director major Motihur Rahman told AFP that 62,000 volunteers would be trained to deal with quakes and other natural disasters. "We've seen the damage caused by ... more Sunken Philippine ferry carrying 862 people: company 
Manila (AFP) June 23, 2008More than 800 people were on board the ferry that sank in the Philippines, its owners said Monday, up from an original number of 747 passengers and crew. The ferry was carrying 751 passengers and 111 crew when it went down in heavy seas in the central Philippines on Saturday, Sulpicio Lines vice president Sally Buaron said. But checks were underway to determine if even more passengers ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) June 19, 2008The Chinese military has begun drills to improve its ability to parachute into disaster areas after its troops struggled during last month's earthquake, state media reported. The training, the first of its kind in China, began Wednesday and involved eight large aircraft delivering soldiers, vehicles, radar and other equipment, the Xinhua news agency said. The People's Liberation Army has ... more Disasters raising new tests for telecoms: experts 
Singapore (AFP) June 19, 2008Disasters like the devastating earthquake in China have highlighted the need for countries to develop better emergency communications plans, experts say. With indications that the number of disasters may be rising around the globe, nations need to think seriously about how to deliver communication equipment to make rescue operations quicker and more efficient, they say. Telecommunication ... more Commentary: Oversight overkill 
Washington (UPI) Jun 19, 2008 It's the world's greatest deliberative body, but it's in bad need of another overhaul. Pity the poor secretary for Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff. His department reports to 86 congressional oversight committees and subcommittees, down only two committees since myriad appeals were made to give DHS officials more time making the nation more secure and less time preparing testimony for ... more Guard Units Provide Real-Time Video Of Flood Damaged Areas 
Madison WI (AFNS) Jun 19, 2008Flying at 8,000 feet above flood ravaged Wisconsin, members of the Wisconsin Air National Guard with assistance from Air Guard units from Arkansas and Mississippi provided emergency management officials with "eyes in the sky" to help with disaster relief efforts. Recent heavy rains have left Wisconsin rivers and lakes swollen and in many cases the surrounding areas flooded. With disaster ... more Spate of disasters empties Red Cross coffers 
Washington (AFP) June 17, 2008A string of recent weather-related calamities across the United States has left the American Red Cross low on cash and struggling to provide aid to disaster victims, officials from the premier US charity group said Tuesday. "Our disaster relief fund is empty, but there's a lot of need out there and the Red Cross is responding," Suzy De Francis, the chief public affairs officer for the American ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) June 15, 2008Operations at a number of Japanese car and electronics makers remained suspended on Sunday as companies tried to repair damage from a powerful earthquake, officials said. Kanto Auto Works Ltd., a unit of Toyota Motor Corp., was inspecting production lines a day after its factory in northern Iwate prefecture was damaged by the quake, which killed six people and triggered massive landslides. ... more Cyclone dead wash ashore on distant Myanmar beach: official 
Yangon (AFP) June 14, 2008About 300 bloated and decaying corpses, apparently victims of Cyclone Nargis, washed up on a beach in eastern Myanmar more than one month after the storm, a local official said Saturday. The bodies had been found in the last week on the beach near Mawlamyine town, across the Gulf of Martaban, more than 100 miles (160 kilometres) east of the devastated Irrawaddy Delta, the official told AFP. ... more Reporters kicked out of China city where schools collapsed 
Dujiangyan, China (AFP) June 12, 2008Police on Thursday kicked foreign journalists out of a city where the collapse of several schools in China's earthquake drew charges of corruption from parents of dead children. The action, which came one month after the May 12 quake, followed a promise the day before by China that foreign reporters would be allowed unfettered access to report on the disaster aftermath. The reporters' ... more China's quake homeless endure with stoicism 
Mianzhu, China (AFP) June 12, 2008His home destroyed and future uncertain, 51-year-old welder Jiang Cheng would seem to be at his lowest ebb as he swelters in a camp for those displaced by China's earthquake. But Jiang and thousands like him are taking the ordeal in their stride, in a testament to the legendary stoicism of China's masses. Many, too, are thankful for the help of the nation's ruling Communist Party. ... more China quake lake runoff contaminates towns' water: Xinhua 
Beijing (AFP) June 12, 2008Torrents of muddy water gushing from a "quake lake" in southwest China have contaminated water sources for 600,000 people living downstream, state media reported Thursday. At least two towns along the Fujiang River have had to switch to alternative water supplies since the controlled release of water from Tangjiashan lake began on Saturday, the Xinhua news agency reported. ... more
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