Wednesday, May 14, 2008

We are Responsible

Now that we know, we are responsible.

CHINA:
*A whole generation of children in the town of Juyuan may have been lost in the earthquake.
*The death toll is now 15,000 with that number expected to rise.
*More than 25,000 are still trapped in the rubble two days after the 7.9 quake struck.
*In Yingxiu of the Wenchuan County, only 2,300 have been found alive of the original population of 10,000
*34-year-old Zhang Xiaoyan, who is eight months pregnant was pulled alive from an apartment that partially collapsed in Dujiangyan
*In Juyuan, near Dujiangyan, more than 1,000 people are thought to be trapped in a collapsed school building. More than 50 bodies have been pulled out - but only one girl is reported to have been rescued alive so far.

BURMA:
*Burma's military rulers have tightened access to areas hit by Cyclone Nargis, in spite of international pleas to allow foreign aid workers in.
*The latest official figures put the death toll at almost 38,500 dead and 27,838 missing, according to state radio. However, international bodies estimate the toll to be closer to 100,000, with millions in need of help.
*In the meantime, forecasters say another cyclone is forming off Burma's coast.
*Residents have told the BBC that private citizens have been trying to distribute water and supplies from their own cars - but soldiers have been confiscating the goods.
*While the junta has been spending tremendous effort searching for journalists who have snuck into the country, one million people were stranded in the delta, cut off from the outside world by blocked roads and broken bridges.

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