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voanews.com: Victims of Cyclone Nargis walk to receive donated goods from a local donor at a monastery outside the capital of Rangoon, Burma, 19 May 2008 voanews.com

US Official Urges Burma Military to Widen Aid Pipeline

voanews.com
May 20, 2008
        

Death and destruction in Burma from Cyclone Nargis, and the military government's response to international offers of help, was the subject of a hearing Tuesday in the U.S. Congress. VOA's Dan Robinson reports, lawmakers heard from U.S. officials about the status of efforts to get badly-needed...

                   

Inside Myanmar: People Are Desperate

go.com
May 20, 2008
        

Myanmar Aid Worker Accuses Government of "Committing a Huge Crime." Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar May 2, leaving 134,000 people dead or missing. Survivors of Cyclone Nargis rush to get first in line to receive donated goods from a local donor at a monastery outside the capital of Yangon,...

                   

Something To Think About

redbluechristian.com
May 20, 2008
        

The recent disasters in China and Myanmar prompt me to make the following observations. It is interesting that China willingly and openly welcomed aid from other countries following the earthquake that devastated their countryside, knowing full well that bringing in people from outside also...

                   

World Bank Says No Aid to Burma

globalsecurity.org
May 20, 2008
        

The World Bank says it will not provide aid or loans to Burma in the wake of a deadly cyclone. The bank said Tuesday that new loans are impossible because the military government has made no payments on outstanding debts since 1998, and has failed to enact economic and other reforms. Next week...

                   

Burma: Time for UN Security Council to Act

indybay.org
May 20, 2008
        

The United Nations Security Council should insist that aid deliveries and humanitarian workers be given unfettered access to Burma, Human Rights Watch said today. The Burmese government has blocked supplies and humanitarian workers from reaching areas devastated by Cyclone Nargis.

                   

Aid workers welcome Burma aid decision

abc.net.au
May 19, 2008
        

The head of World Vision Australia, Tim Costello, has welcomed Burma's decision to allow in aid workers from ASEAN countries. But the former foreign minister, Alexander Downer, says there may yet be a need for possible military intervention in the country to protect the relief effort.

                   

BAD START TO THE YEAR OF THE RAT

ericmargolis.com
May 19, 2008
        

NEW YORK - The recent cyclone in Burma (Myanmar) and the massive earthquake in China seemed to tragically confirm the astrologer’s predictions about the Year of the Rat. Why did Burma’s generals spurn foreign assistance when up to 2 million of its wretched people were in grave distress and facing...