Earthquake compounds Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis
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(Reuters) -United Nations officials who surveyed earthquake damage in Myanmar urged the global community on Tuesday to ramp up aid before the looming monsoon season worsens already catastrophic condit...
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Signs of life were detected in the ruins of a skyscraper in Bangkok on Monday as efforts intensified to find people trapped three days after a massive earthquake in Southeast Asia that killed at leas...
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"The needs are massive, and they are rising by the hour," said Julia Rees, UNICEF's deputy representative for Burma. "The window for lifesaving response is closing.
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