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UN Warns Burma's Food Security at RiskUnited Nations agencies warn that Burma's food shortages and escalating prices pose a threat to its food security.Aid agencies also say Burma may need food a...

The city of Miangyang was hit hard by the May 12 earthquake.Tents line the roads,temporary homes for people living in front of their damaged houses and shops.But just north of the city,the tents dis...

This will be the first permanent headquarters for the US Institute of Peace,founded by Congress in 1984 as an independent,nonpartisan organization to resolve conflict and promote post-conflict stabili...

The USS Essex and several support vessels are leaving the seas near Burma after spending three weeks trying to deliver aid to the survivors of Cyclone Nargis.The French navy also has given up effort...

Just over a month ago,Burma's deadliest storm in 40 years struck the country,killing tens of thousands of people and rendering millions homeless.The United Nations aid agencies have managed to reach 1...

Louise Arbour drew attention to the natural disasters in China and Burma,also known as Myanmar.She conveyed her condolences to the millions of victims of the earthquake that struck China and the power...

School begins in Burma on Monday.But few children from the cyclone struck Irrawaddy Delta will be going.The government has delayed the opening for at least one month in the hardest hit places.The Uni...

Top Army General Urges Soldiers to Back MugabeA senior military officer in Zimbabwe is quoted as calling on the country's troops to vote for President Robert Mugabe in the upcoming presidential runo...

The United Nations reports logistical obstacles are making it difficult to get aid to cyclone victims in Burma's Irrawaddy Delta. UN officials say the Burmese authorities have now approved visas for U...

By Jim Stevenson Elmont, NY07 June 2008　Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown runs Saturday in New York in his bid to become horse racing's first so-called Triple Crown win...