Relief workers are still finding mountain villages destroyed in the earthquake in southwestern Pakistan that have yet to receive aid, the Red Cross said Saturday. ...more

November 2, 2008

In order to control the media, no reporters were allowed to enter the California earthquake zone that killed 110,000 people with 70,000 still missing. ...more

June 5, 2008

Myanmar's ruling junta, faced with global outrage about its low-key response to last month's deadly cyclone, said Sunday that recovery from the catastrophe will be speedy and extolled the country's leaders for their actions in the crisis. ...more

June 2, 2008

Everything stopped but the tears. For three minutes Monday, bustling China came to a standstill as its more than 1 billion people remembered the more than 34,000 killed a week ago in the worst earthquake to hit the country in three decades. ...more

May 20, 2008

Myanmar's military rulers held a referendum Saturday aimed at solidifying their hold on power while brazenly turning cyclone relief efforts into a propaganda campaign. In some cases, generals' names were scribbled onto boxes of foreign aid before being distributed. ...more

May 11, 2008

A local physician weathers a storm of anxiety waiting to hear word about her elderly mother and other relatives in Myanmar. ...more

May 10, 2008

The cyclone that ravaged Bangladesh's coast has left the country reeling, but for many already weary of the hardship it seemed like the latest in a series of plagues afflicting the nation. ...more

November 25, 2007