Stories tagged "aid"

The new James Bond (Daniel Craig ) is helping a group of Diasaster Victims in Pyin-kha-yaing town a small fishing village in the country of Myanmar, with fishing boats after they where destroyed by Cyclone Nargis in May. Mr. Craig is handing over around 1

A U.S. navy warship delivered humanitarian aid on Sunday for victims of Georgia's brief war with Russia while Moscow ignored Western demands to pull its remaining troops from the Caucasus country's heartland.

Chinese Olympic Medalist Wang Wei who is a national icon and crowd favorite ignited the torch at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and had the support of 1.3 billion countrymen behind him at the opening ceremonies.

Gunmen in Somalia have shot dead three elders distributing aid in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu. The killings are being linked to a wave of apparently targeted attacks on humanitarian workers.

A group of senior diplomats are to help South African President Thabo Mbeki in his efforts to solve Zimbabwe's political crisis. Envoys will be drawn from the UN, African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (Sadc).

The European Commission is planning to block almost $1bn in funds for Bulgaria as a penalty for failing to tackle corruption and organised crime.

For the many who were there that day, the pain of the Crandall Canyon Mine collapse in Emery County, Utah on Aug. 6, 2007 is still being felt to this day.

The U.S. Small Business Administration reminds homeowners, renters, businesses and non-profit organizations of the deadline to submit disaster loan applications for damage caused by the Queen Anne’s Gate Apartments fire that occurred on June 14, 2008.

“For the past half century the wealthy West has been transferring money—more than $100 billion annually in recent years, and more than $2.3 trillion total—to developing states. Unfortunately, the result has been more poverty and corruption in the

Republicans on Saturday blocked the Senate from considering a bill next week that would nearly double federal aid to help the poor pay heating and air-conditioning bills.