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Why is Myanmar's junta afraid of letting foreign aid workers help cyclone victims?

                   
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May 9, 2008
        
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In the eyes of Myanmar's military rulers, everyone is a potential enemy. Even foreign aid workers. ... In the eyes of Myanmar's military rulers, everyone is a potential enemy. As the international community waits to deliver desperately needed aid to Myanmar's cyclone... [read full story]                    

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Myanmar authorities seize aid for cyclone victims

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May 9, 2008
        

Myanmar authorities have seized U.N. food sufficient to feed 95,000 victims of last week's cyclone, a move that shuts down future U.N. flights, a U.N. aid official says. ... Children try to retrieve useable articles from the debris of washed away houses south of Yangon....

                   

U.N. Suspends Aid Shipments to Myanmar

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May 9, 2008
        

The U.N. is suspending aid shipments to Myanmar after the government began seizing the supplies. ... Entire villages have been submerged in the worst-hit Irrawaddy delta with bodies floating in salty water and children ripped from their parents arms. Hardships in the...

                   

MYANMAR: Food aid "impounded" as selective approach from government dismays aid workers

irinnews.org
May 9, 2008
        

BANGKOK, 9 May 2008 (IRIN) - Aid workers are dismayed at the limited and selective access provided to foreign relief in Myanmar. WFP suspended its limited air cargo deliveries on 9 May, after two loads of food aid were impounded in Yangon, according to Reuters.

                   
voanews.com: Cyclone-affected people wash their belongings in Kungyangon in the outskirts of Rangoon, 08 May 2008 voanews.com

Burma Junta Turns Back Foreign Relief Workers

voanews.com
May 9, 2008
        

Official death toll remains at nearly 23,000 but is expected to rise as UN agencies say as many as 1.5 million people were severely affected by Cyclone Nargis ... Ramirez report - Listen (MP3) Burma's military government is turning away relief workers as an estimated...

ctv.ca: Novice monks walk past a shack damaged by Cyclone Nargis on the outskirts of Yangon, Burma, Friday, May 9, 2008. (AP Photo) ctv.ca

Toronto-based team still awaiting Burma visas

ctv.ca
May 9, 2008
        

A member of a Toronto-based rapid response team says he is frustrated the team has been unable to secure visas to get into cyclone-ravaged Myanmar -- and the UN's decision today to suspend aid shipments will affect his group's backup plan. ... Updated Fri. May. A member...

                   
newslookup.com: An elderly Burmese woman lays waiting for help in a hut in Kun Chan Gone township, near Rangoon, following last weekend's devastating cyclone. newslookup.com

UN halts aid shipments to Burma, accuses government of seizing supplies

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May 9, 2008
        

The United Nations is suspending aid shipments to Burma, where authorities have begun seizing supplies intended for some 1.5 million cyclone survivors, a UN spokesman said Friday. more ... The United Nations is suspending aid shipments to Burma, where authorities have...

U.N. suspends aid to Myanmar after government seizes supplies

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May 9, 2008
        

YANGON, Myanmar -- A U.N. official says the World Food Program is suspending cyclone aid to Myanmar because its government seized supplies flown into the country. ... He says the WFP has no choice but to suspend the shipments until the matter is resolved. WFP spokesman...

                   
cbc.ca: An elderly Burmese woman lays waiting for help in a hut in Kun Chan Gone township, near Rangoon, following last weekend's devastating cyclone. cbc.ca

UN halts aid shipments to Burma, accuses government of seizing supplies

cbc.ca
May 9, 2008
        

The United Nations is suspending aid shipments to Burma, where authorities have begun seizing supplies intended for some 1.5 million cyclone survivors, a UN spokesman said Friday. ... An elderly Burmese woman lays waiting for help in a hut in Kun Chan Gone township, near...

UN Halts Aid To Myanmar Due To Junta Interference

cbs2chicago.com
May 9, 2008
        

A U.N. official says the World Food Program is suspending cyclone aid to Myanmar because its government seized supplies flown into the country. ... He says the WFP has no choice but to suspend the shipments until the matter is resolved. WFP spokesman Paul Risley said...

UN Halts Aid To Myanmar Due To Junta Interference

wcbstv.com
May 9, 2008
        

A U.N. official says the World Food Program is suspending cyclone aid to Myanmar because its government seized supplies flown into the country. ... He says the WFP has no choice but to suspend the shipments until the matter is resolved. WFP spokesman Paul Risley said...

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