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Myanmar leader makes first fisit to relief camp

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May 18, 2008
        

YANGON, Myanmar -- The leader of Myanmar's ruling junta made his first visit to a refugee camp Sunday, patting the heads of babies and shaking hands with cyclone survivors, amid growing international criticism over the government's handling of the crisis. A senior British official hinted a...

                   

UN chief to visit cyclone-devastated Myanmar

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May 18, 2008
        

UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will fly to Myanmar this week and visit the areas hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis, a U.N. spokeswoman said Sunday. Myanmar's military government has given permission for the U.N. chief to travel to the Irrawaddy delta, where U.N. officials fear tens...

                   

UN chief to visit cyclone-devastated Myanmar

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May 18, 2008
        

UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will fly to Myanmar this week and visit the areas hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis, a U.N. spokeswoman said Sunday. Myanmar's military government has given permission for the U.N. chief to travel to the Irrawaddy delta, where U.N. officials fear tens of...

                   

UN chief to visit cyclone-devastated Myanmar

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May 18, 2008
        

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will fly to Myanmar this week and visit the areas hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis, a U.N. spokeswoman said Sunday. Myanmar's military government has given permission for the U.N. chief to travel to the Irrawaddy delta, where U.N. officials fear...

                   

UN chief to visit cyclone-devastated Myanmar

charlotte.com
May 18, 2008
        

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will fly to Myanmar this week and visit the areas hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis, a U.N. spokeswoman said Sunday.Myanmar's military government has given permission for the U.N. chief to travel to the Irrawaddy delta, where U.N. officials fear tens of thousands of...

                   

UN chief to visit cyclone-devastated Myanmar

nwsource.com
May 18, 2008
        

UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will fly to Myanmar this week and visit the areas hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis, a U.N. spokeswoman said Sunday. Myanmar's military government has given permission for the U.N. chief to travel to the Irrawaddy delta, where U.N. officials fear tens of...

                   

UN Humanitarian Chief in Burma to Boost Cyclone Aid Effort

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May 18, 2008
        

A survivor of the cyclone Nargis stands by a house rebuilt next the wreckage of a destroyed one in Thetkala on the outskirts of Rangoon, 16 May 2008 The United Nations' efforts to increase assistance in cyclone-battered areas of Burma are to be stepped up with arrival of the U.N. humanitarian...

                   

UN chief to visit cyclone-devastated Myanmar

ibtimes.com
May 18, 2008
        

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will fly to Myanmar this week and visit the areas hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis, a U.N. spokeswoman said Sunday. Myanmar's military government has given permission for the U.N. chief to travel to the Irrawaddy delta, where U.N. officials fear tens of thousands of...

                   

UN chief to visit cyclone-devastated Myanmar (AP)

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May 18, 2008
        

UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will fly to Myanmar this week and visit the areas hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis, a U.N. spokeswoman said Sunday. Myanmar's military government has given permission for the U.N. chief to travel to the Irrawaddy delta, where U.N. officials fear tens of...

                   

Myanmar's kids facing death

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May 18, 2008
        

YANGON: Thousands of children in Myanmar will starve to death in two to three weeks unless food is rushed to them, an aid agency warned on Sunday as an increasingly angry international community pleaded for approval to mount an all-out effort to help cyclone survivors. 'Save the Children', a UK...