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    21 Search results for ""Myanmar Red Cross Society""

    Aid Lead Story News

    Insurgents use IDPs as human shields, army chief tells ICRC

    “Insurgents have opened their own so-called IDP camps, where they use the local people as human shields,” said Min Aung Hlaing.

    Conflict Karen Lead Story News

    Karen IDPs ‘not safe to go home yet’ due to landmines

    “We are currently clearing the area of landmines, but it is a challenge as they are scattered everywhere,” said BGF officer Naing Maung Zaw.

    Culture Ethnic issues Human Rights International International Relations Lead Story News Religion Rohingya

    Arakan Commission must address ‘decades of discrimination’: Amnesty

    Amnesty International has welcomed the establishment of a high-level Arakan Commission headed by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, but has called for it to address the human rights situation in the volatile region, while investigating decades of discrimination against minorities.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Floods continue to wreak havoc in delta region

    This year’s flooding has complicated Burma’s efforts to recover from the devastating inundation that hit much of the country last year.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Red Cross calls for donations as floods continue

    The Myanmar Red Cross Society is calling for more help to deal with the aftermath of flooding across the country, as the number of those affected rises to 420,000.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Burma army intervenes in Shan rebel war

    The Burmese army has launched assaults on Ta’ang rebel positions in Burma’s northeast in response to parliamentary calls for an intervention to end fighting between rebels that has displaced thousands.

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    Floods cause clean water shortages across Burma

    Learn English as you read DVB reports, written in Easy English; aimed at upper-int and advanced learners. Burmese definitions and grammar rules included.

    Aid Arakan Environment Health Lead Story Natural Disasters Natural resources News

    Floods cause clean water shortages across Burma

    Officials and aid workers warn that hundreds of communities face an acute shortage of clean water after floods contaminated ponds and wells.

    VIDEO: Construction worker freed 33 hours after deadly collapse video

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    VIDEO: Construction worker freed 33 hours after deadly collapse

    Two construction workers were killed and 18 injured when metal scaffolding collapsed at a Pullman Hotel construction site in Mandalay on Saturday afternoon.

    DVB Debate: How would Burma manage another natural disaster? video

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    DVB Debate: How would Burma manage another natural disaster?

    On 2 May 2008, Cyclone Nargis swept through southern Burma, killing 140,000 people. Seven years after the worst natural disaster in Burma’s history, DVB Debate asks: ‘How would Burma manage another natural disaster?’

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Myanmar Red Cross readies for Nepal mission

    To date, more than 4,000 people have been counted as dead in the 7.9-magnitude earthquake which struck between the cities of Kathmandu and Pokhara.

    Aid Kokang Lead Story News

    Kokang conflict: Red Cross volunteer succumbs to wound

    Moe Kyaw Than, 45, a member of the Myanmar Red Cross Society in Kunlong, had been in hospital since he was shot in the stomach.

    Aid Kokang Lead Story News

    Red Cross ups aid effort in Kunlong

    Red Cross representatives arrive in Kunlong to assist the 5,000 civilians displaced by ongoing fighting in the Kokang region.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Shan

    Attack on second Red Cross convoy in Kokang

    A Red Cross mission convoy comes under fire, days after a similar attack resulted in condemnation.

    Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Govt rules out negotiating with Kokang rebels

    MNDAA blame Burmese army for Laogai violence as the government say they will “do everything that is necessary” to confront them.

    Conflict Kokang Lead Story News

    Red Cross convoy attack ‘may amount to war crimes’: Amnesty

    Reaction to an unprovoked attack on a Red Cross convoy has been swift and strong with the UN and Amnesty issuing statements condemning the incident.

    Lead Story News Politics Rohingya

    Maungdaw investigation to overlook allegations of Rohingya massacre

    Burma’s president appoints Duchira Dan investigation commission, but only to address the disappearance of police sergeant and the fire which razed 20 Rohingya homes.

    Health News

    3,000 homeless as illness strikes

    Survivors of Shan state earthquake battling diarrhoea and thirst as high levels of sulphur are found in damaged water supplies

    News

    Nine die in Irrawaddy boat collision

    Nov 17, 2009 (DVB), Nine people have died and nearly 15 remain missing after a passenger ferry collided with an oil barge in Burma's southern Irrawaddy delta on Sunday, eye-witnesses[…]

    News

    Death toll from Burma ferry disaster rises

    Nov 17, 2009 (DVB), More than fifty people are now feared dead after a passenger ferry in Burma's southern Irrawaddy division on Sunday collided with an oil barge. Local officials[…]

    News Politics

    Riot training given to Rangoon civilians

    Sept 21, 2009 (DVB), Riot training is being offered by local authorities to hundreds of jobless men in Burma's former capital of Rangoon, a resident of the city said yesterday.[…]

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