Nearly 15,000 People Dead From China Earthquake

Courtesy of VOA News – Rescue operations are continuing in southwestern China, as the government air lifts relief supplies to the closed-off area near the epicenter of a huge earthquake that struck Monday. The 7.9 temblor is reported to have killed nearly 15,000 people. From Beijing, Stephanie Ho reports that tens of thousands of others are still missing or believed to be buried under debris.

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EeePC for Myanmar

While Relief.Asia is being setup as a platform to drive donation and awarness for people in Myanmar (Burma) after Cyclone Nargis, we also know that rescue work can't wait.

So here's a little idea that gets us started. (update: you can also join our facebook group )

After a week of coordination and consense building in the Internet community in Asia, along with timely support from Mandarin Airlines and Museum of World Religions , on the early morning of May 16th, 2008, Relief.Asia will deliver a number of EeePC to Myanmar to support a local NGO Myanmar Egress. Thanks to intERLab of Asian Institue of Technology and APNIC for making this happened. We start with a number of units first, and are committing to support / donate more when needed. 

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