OTTAWA - Bev Oda, the minister of International Co-operation, says the federal government will match private donations made to aid groups working on disaster relief in Myanmar and China.
Burma is experiencing a grave humanitarian crisis in the wake of Cyclone Nargis. Around one million people displaced by the tropical storm don?t have access to clean water and sanitation, and face the threat of the outbreak of waterborne diseases.
VietNamNet Bridge - Deputy Foreign Ministers of Vietnam and Mongolia stressed the two countries' traditional friendship as a common treasure needed to be promoted at their talks held recently in Mongolia.
The death toll from China's deadliest earthquake in decades has climbed to nearly 15,000, with rescuers pulling people from the tangled wreckage of homes, schools and office buildings.