Talks on a different type of aid are underway, Opletalova said. The Chinese have voiced interest in financial Death toll feared to climb for Cyclone hit Burma ...
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Two detained Americans leave for United States ... aid to buy drugs and medical needs, she added. As the help by dog handlers is relevant within the first three days after the earthquake, it had to be offered rapidly.
Given the duration of the flight to China it later loses sense, Opletalova said. According to the Chinese authorities, the earthquake of the magnitude of almost eight on the Richter scale in the Sichuan province has claimed about 10,000 lives, but the number is widely expected to rise. Rescuers and soldiers only with difficulties reach on foot the worst-hit mountainous region Wenchuan, inhabited by some 112,000 people near the epicentre. At present, the Czech Republic is helping the residents of Burma, hit by the cyclone Nargis with a death toll of over 60,000. The Czech Foreign Ministry sent 5 million crowns to the International Red Cross that distributed water, drugs, food and sanitary needs in Burma. Further money has been collected by Czech charity organisations. However, the Burmese ruling junta has not yet issued any visas to foreign humanitarian staff, which has been criticised by Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek. The Czech Republic is an outspoken critic of the Burmese regime. ($1=16.166 Czech crowns)
(Ceske Noviny)
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