On June 17, The Asia Foundation will honor His Excellency U Thura Shwe Mann, speaker of the lower house of Myanmar’s parliament, at Foundation headquarters for a special breakfast hosted by President 
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From Pakistan: Responding to the Balochistan Earthquake
December 17, 2008
In the early morning hours of October 29, 2008, an earthquake hit Pakistan’s Balochistan province. Striking multiple times, its most intense jolt measured 6.4 on the Richter Scale. Over two hundred people lost their lives, thousands of homes and buildings were destroyed, and tens of thousands of people were left homeless as a result. An [...]
Topics: Conflict and Fragile Conditions | International Development
Countries: Pakistan