Burma 'closes' Red Cross offices
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The Red Cross says Burma's government has ordered it to close its offices, effectively ending its work there.
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Hundreds of schools in Thailand's restive south will shut their doors in response to increasingly vicious attacks by suspected Muslim insurgents against teachers and schools, a regional education representative said.
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The Blue Bell, Pa.-based company said it will close some of its facilities and reduce its employee head count.
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The Iraqi Red Crescent suspended operations in Baghdad after gunmen in police uniforms kidnapped about 30 people from one of its offices in the capital on Sunday, an official of the humanitarian body said on Monday.
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Myanmar's military government on Monday put monasteries under close watch and cut off the cell phone service of known dissidents to clamp down on the most sustained anti-government protests in a decade.
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Burma&#39;s military junta has scrapped the office of military intelligence &quot;in the interests of peace and security&quot;. As the generals in Rangoon sweep up pockets of resistance to last week&#39;s internal
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A Thai zoo workers sprays disinfect chemical as tigers look on at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Chonburi province, southeast of Bangkok, Thailand, after the zoo was ordered to close down Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2004.
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Myanmar's military rulers hit back on Wednesday at rare public criticism from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), accusing the humanitarian agency of secret ties to guerrillas.
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The scene on the streets of Burma's capital was chaotic as security forces cracked down on protesting monks
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Red Cross says up to 100,000 people have been displaced as violence continues to rage
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Organisation will temporarily close operations in St Petersburg and Yekaterinburg after 'pressure'
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Over 100 hospital wards closed amid fears that infection will spread
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Nine people are killed in Burma during a violent crackdown on protests against the junta, state media says.
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The Red Cross says not enough is done to locate those missing as a result of conflicts and other violence.
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Sri Lanka on Friday ordered the closure of a Colombo radio station, charging that it had sparked panic with a false report of a rebel attack against civilians, officials said.
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Proposed staff cuts at the American Red Cross would fall almost entirely on the group's Washington workforce, said officials at the disaster-relief charity, who are expecting headquarters reductions to help close a $200 million budget gap and hone the organization's work at chapters across the co...
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Community health centres across Wales are closing because of a lack of funding, BBC Wales learns.