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Britain today pledged an immediate £5m to help the relief effort in Burma and warned the ruling military junta to allow aid agencies proper access to the country.
Douglas Alexander, the secretary of state for international development, said a team of specialists from the Department for International Development (DfID) would also be deployed.
"By any measure, we are talking about an extremely serious humanitarian situation here," he told the BBC's World at One programme.
"But there is another key issue, which is whether we are able to secure the level of access for the international humanitarian effort that is required.
"That's why … we are urging the government of Burma to allow the international community access both for assessment purposes in the first instance and then to provide the relief - the water, the food, the shelter - that's so desperately required by the people affected."Britain today pledged an immediate £5m to help the relief effort in Burma and... more
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After an unprecedented number of tornadoes struck southeastern Virginia, residents of Suffolk are beginning to recover from the damage to their homes.
Operation Blessing is coordinating volunteer cleanup efforts, collaborating with Samaritan's Purse, United Way, Suffolk city government, Mercy Chefs, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, God's Pit Crew, and other local organizations.
The US Navy also lent a hand by volunteering to remove debris and salvage anything of value for the homeowners.After an unprecedented number of tornadoes struck southeastern Virginia, residents of... more
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Since New Orleans has fallen out of the News coverage (except for basketball), some may have forgotten the historic atrocity that was Hurricane Katrina. Scheduling a September 8th trial is just in time for voters to hear all about it. Hopefully those broken homeowners will receive a whole lot more than just another $600 check.Since New Orleans has fallen out of the News coverage (except for basketball), some... more
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