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Burmese Junta's non response to disaster

                   
freerepublic.com
May 7, 2008
        
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ADDING INSULT TO INJURY Burmese are angry at the junta's slow response to the cyclone, writes Achara Ashayagachat in Rangoon As if Burmese people have not suffered enough from military dictatorship and political disarray, Cyclone Nargis, which hit Burma early on Saturday morning, ravaged the... [read full story]                    

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US begs Thais to influence Burmese Junta

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May 9, 2008
        

Samak unable to contact country's leaders, may fly to Rangoon ... The United States yesterday desperately sought Thailand's help to get into cyclone-ravaged Burma and deliver humanitarian assistance to millions of storm victims in the secretive country. US Ambassador...

                   

Burmese refugee builds new life in Jacksonville

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May 9, 2008
        

A local Burmese refugee said it has been heartbreaking to watch the news that tens of thousands of people from his home are dead after a weekend cyclone. ... "United Nations willing to help, and America wants to help, but the government don't give them Visa. How it is...

                   

Burmese refugee builds new life in Jacksonville

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May 9, 2008
        

A local Burmese refugee said it has been heartbreaking to watch the news that tens of thousands of people from his home are dead after a weekend cyclone. ... "United Nations willing to help, and America wants to help, but the government don't give them Visa. How it is...

                   

Rudd to speak to UN head over Burma

news.com.au
May 9, 2008
        

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd says he will speak to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to seek a way to convince Burma's military junta to accept foreign help. ... International aid organisations are on alert in Bangkok or along the Thai-Burma border to get workers and...

                   

UN, Burmese Authorities & Aid Workers

globalsecurity.org
May 8, 2008
        

No description ... By Margaret Besheer United Nations The U.N.'s humanitarian chief says he is disappointed with the government in Burma because it has not moved faster to allow in international aid workers and relief supplies to the cyclone-devastated country. From...

                   

Burmese junta declines US aid

abc.net.au
May 8, 2008
        

Burma's military leaders are frustrating the international community with their intransigent attitude towards the aid effort. Yesterday, the United States thought it'd been granted permission to send in a military plane loaded with aid, but only hours later the deal was off.

                   

National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma: Burmese Military Condemned For Delaying Aid...

burmanet.org
May 8, 2008
        

What is it with the Burmese generals and their sense of priority? Even when the death toll from Cyclone Nargis is now over 22,000 people and more than 40,000 people are missing and a million left homeless and starving, they still had the gall to delay the visas of officials from international...

                   

Burmese refugees react to Myanmar disaster

news10now.com
May 8, 2008
        

Officials are still assessing the damage after the weekend cyclone in Myanmar left the area devastated. Some fear as many as 100,000 people could be dead. Our Iris St. Meran has more on how the local Burmese community is coping and what they're doing to help.