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

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Constitutional referendum still the priority for Myanmar leaders

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May 9, 2008
        

The junta's plan to go ahead with the vote while restricting the delivery of disaster aid from the United Nations and other relief agencies has drawn widespread criticism and amazement. ... On Friday, almost a week after the cyclone, Myanmar continued to block all but a...

                   

UN halts aid to Myanmar after junta seizes supplies

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May 9, 2008
        

In this image from television released by the Democratic Voice of Burma, an elderly Myanmar woman lays waiting for help in a hut following last weekend's devastating cyclone, in Kun Chan Gone township, near Yangon, Myanmar Thursday, May 8, 2008. The U.N. blasted Myanmar's...

news4jax.com: Crews clear damage from Tropical Cyclone Nargis in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, on May 3. news4jax.com

Relief To Myanmar Stopped By U.N.

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May 9, 2008
        

Myanmar government says it wants material aide, but not personnel, in recovering from last week's cyclone. ... Myanmar Welcomes Relief, But Not Foreign Workers YANGON, Myanmar -- The United Nations is blasting Myanmar's military rulers for refusing to let foreign aid...

wptz.com: Crews clear damage from Tropical Cyclone Nargis in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, on May 3. wptz.com

U.N. Suspends Relief Efforts In Myanmar

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May 9, 2008
        

The United Nations is blasting Myanmar's military rulers for refusing to let foreign aid workers into the country to help cyclone survivors. ... Myanmar Welcomes Relief, But Not Foreign Workers YANGON, Myanmar -- The United Nations official said the agency is suspending...

                   

Myanmar seizes U.N. food deliveries

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May 9, 2008
        

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta impounded two U.N. food aid shipments at Yangon airport on Friday, officials said, triggering more outrage at the military government's refusal to accept a major international relief operation. ... By Aung Hla Tun YANGON (Reuters) -...

UN suspending aid ships to Myanmar after junta seizes material

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May 9, 2008
        

BANGKOK, Thailand - The UN says it is suspending further aid shipments to Myanmar because it is being seized by the ruling military junta. ... A boy stands at the broken pier following devastating cyclone in Yangon, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. The UN says it is suspending...

                   

UN halts aid to Myanmar after junta seizes supplies

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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. ... WFP spokesman Paul Risley said Friday that all "the food aid and equipment that we managed to get in has been confiscated."...

                   

Foreign donors give freely to cyclone victims despite Myanmar junta's stubbornness

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May 9, 2008
        

The Myanmar junta's stubborn refusal to let in foreign aid worker has not stopped donors — from billionaire Bill Gates to a little-known British travel company — from opening their wallets. ... The Gates Foundation donated US$3 million (€1.94 million) for emergency...

U.N. suspending aid to Myanmar after junta seizures: AP

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May 9, 2008
        

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- A United Nations official said the U.N. World Food Program is suspending its aid to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar after the ruling military junta siezed all the food and equipment flown in for the disaster victims, the Associated Press reported Friday from neighboring Bangkok....

Google Resources Help With Myanmar Cyclone Relief

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May 9, 2008
        

The company organized some of its resources to assist the humanitarian efforts going on in Myanmar, where thousands have died or are missing after a cyclone tore through the country. read more ... Disaster may have affected a million people The company organized some of...