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1 April 2011 - 12:50pmOn April 1 2011, Japan’s Self Defense Force and the US military launched a three-day, 25,000 personnel joint operation to recover the bodies of people still unaccounted for in the Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima prefecture coastal areas where over 16,000 people remain missing. Recovering bodies of the... -
31 March 2011 - 6:16pmTo date 405,107 people have fled fighting in Libya to neighbouring countries. From 29 to 31 March the number of people that crossed the Libyan border into Tunisia, increased by a third, as compared to the previous reporting period. Over 12,100 people remain at transit points, primarily in Tunisia and... -
31 March 2011 - 11:17amOn 24 March 2011, an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 on the Richter Scale and 10 km depth struck the southern parts of Shan State in the East of the Union of Myanmar (population: 3,870,921) — approximately 300 miles southeast of Mandalay seismological observatory. It was recorded at 20:29:30 hrs Myanmar... -
30 March 2011 - 11:47amPaul Hebert received the Virginia Military Institute’s (VMI) Jonathan M. Daniels ’61 Humanitarian Award on 30 March 2011, in honor of his 35 years of humanitarian work. The award recognizes those who have made considerable personal sacrifices to protect and improve the lives of others, and the... -
29 March 2011 - 8:57amAt the London Conference on Libya today leaders debated Libya’s political future and measures to address humanitarian concerns in the country. Coalition airstrikes persist as hostilities continue, particularly in western Libya. Additional provision of aid continues inside Libya, responding to needs...
