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Emergency response: A tale of two disasters (CNN.com)

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Two natural disasters in tightly-controlled Asian nations this month have produced two very different responses: Myanmar's very slow reaction to Cyclone Nargis, and China's speedy response to a killer earthquake.

Minister: Indonesian military focuses on disasters (People's Daily)

Indonesia does not need to build up a large and threatening military and is more concerned with equipping itself better to respond to natural and man-made disasters, the defense minister has said. "We don't have the money to build a ...

Natural disasters grab headlines in Cannes (EARTHtimes.org)

Cannes - The recent series of global natural disasters that have left thousands dead have been playing both onscreen and off-screen roles at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Apart from the festival's opening film about a town ravaged by an outbreak ...

Reflections On Natural Disasters (Sin Chew Jit Poh)

This May is the season of disasters. A tropical storm hit Myanmar on 2 May. Dead bodies are everywhere and the catastrophe may have caused the 100,000 deaths.

After disasters and death tolls, world moves on (AP via Yahoo! News)

Long after the waves had ripped through her life with the force of a jet, long after the rubble had been cleared away, the woman sat in her half-built house and talked about what had become of her family, her village, her idea of community.