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Cyclone death toll nears 4,000 in Myanmar, state radio says
YANGON, Myanmar - Almost 4,000 people were killed and nearly 3,000 others are unaccounted for after a devastating cyclone in Myanmar, a state radio station said Monday. Foreign Minister Nyan Win told foreign diplomats at a briefing that the death toll could reach 10,000, according to diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity because the meeting was held behind closed doors. Tropical Cyclone Nargis hit the Southeast Asian country, also known as Burma, early Saturday with winds of up to 120 mph, leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless.Brad Pitt and George Clooney’s Charity for Myanmar
Not On Our Watch, a non-profit founded in part by George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, and Don Cheadle, has reportedly given a half a million dollars to Save the Children for emergency relief work in Myanmar (Burma). “Cyclone Nargis has left an estimated 100,000 Burmese dead and one million without shelter. While the international community has offered limited aid, Not On Our Watch remains committed to donating funds toward lifesaving programs in Burma and advocating for an end to the military regime’s gross violations of human rights.” MTV News reports that Not On Our Watch has given $250,000 to Save the Children up front, and will match every additional dollar given to the aid group up to $250,000.Bad day for Burma
I will admit my prior ignorance, here and now for all to see, on Burma/Myanmar. When the cyclone ravished the impoverished coastline of Myanmar back in May of this year, I knew very little about Burma/Myanmar/and the whole situation surrounding the political climate. The New Yorker did a fabulously in depth article on the country in August, and after reading the piece (which the online version is 13 pages long, but well worth the read) I came to a fuller understanding of the history, the struggles and the fight for democracy.North Korea is one Pissed off Country
I am confused. What is Obama doing about this? I mean besides "diplomatic discussion" of course.Nobel Prize Laureate Charged After Visit
http://jezebel.com/5253759/burmese-activist-charged-after-visit-by-wretched-american ((There are news stories, but jezebel summed it up nicely...)) Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was charged today with violating the terms of her house arrest after an American man snuck into her house uninvited. Suu Kyi is the daughter of Aung San, a revolutionary who helped Burma win its independence from Britain ("Burma" is the name used by opposition groups to refer to the country now officially known as Myanmar). She has spent 13 of the last 19 years in some form of custody, due to her pro-democracy activism and helped found the National League for Democracy, which won in a landslide in Burma's 1990 general election (the ruling military junta nullified the results).Follow the yellow brick road
The Apologists Tuesday, April 21, 2009 By Patrick J. Buchanan For 50 minutes, Obama sat mute, as a Marxist thug from Nicaragua delivered his diatribe, charging America with a century of terrorist aggression in Central America. After Daniel Ortega finished spitting in our face, accusing us of inhumanity toward Fidel Castro’s Cuba, Obama was asked his thoughts.It is a controversial subject but now may be a good time to consider it.
"HOW TO STOP THE DRUG WARS Mar 5th 2009 From The Economist print edition Prohibition has failed; legalisation is the least bad solution. A HUNDRED years ago a group of foreign diplomats gathered in Shanghai for the first-ever international effort to ban trade in a narcotic drug. On February 26th 1909 they agreed to set up the International Opium Commission—just a few decades after Britain had fought a war with China to assert its right to peddle the stuff.Nicole Richie & Joel Madden’s PSA for UNICEF
New parents Nicole Richie & Joel Madden lend their support to UNICEF in a campaign to raise funds for 8 million children affected by the Myanmar cyclone. Watch the PSA below! But here’s what Nicole and Joel say anyway: “We want to talk to you about Myanmar, a country that’s just been devastated by the biggest disaster since the tsunami.31st MEU may assist in cyclone relief
By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer Posted : Wednesday May 7, 2008 9:46:27 EDT President Bush on Tuesday urged the military junta leaders in Myanmar to accept assistance from U.S. Navy ships and Marine forces in the region poised to help the nation recover from a devastating cyclone. More than $3 million is being allocated through the U.S.Pitt, Clooney and Damon Push for Cyclone Aid
They're known for their love of pranks and practical jokes, but good friends Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Matt Damon have come together for something far more serious. The Ocean's 11 stars – all past or present winners of PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive title – helped launch an advertising campaign aimed at getting more aid into Myanmar, whose ruling regime has made access to the country difficult for aid agencies and relief workers in the wake of last month's cyclone Nargis. The ad campaign is sponsored by the activist group Not On Our Watch, headed up by Pitt, Clooney, Damon and other Hollywood heavy-hitters.
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