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Myanmar thanks foreign medics for aid relief

xinhuanet.com
May 22, 2008
        

YANGON, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar thanked foreign medics serving in the country for cyclone victims Thursday, saying that the step-in of the five foreign medics has reinforced the country's relief efforts, according to the state radio report. The National Disaster Preparedness Central Committee...

                   

U.N. head arrives in Yangon

politicalgateway.com
May 22, 2008
        

YANGON, Myanmar, May 22 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Thursday complained to military leaders in cyclone-hit Myanmar that foreign relief workers have been kept out. Ban, who arrived Thursday in the former capital Yangon, met with Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein and later traveled to...

                   

Ban Ki-Moon Heads to Myanmar to Meet Senior General Than Shwe

newsblaze.com
May 22, 2008
        

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who is en route to the cyclone-devastated country, will meet with Myanmar's Senior General Than Shwe in an effort to accelerate relief efforts for the some 2.4 million people in need of help. "The Government itself acknowledges that there has never...

                   

U.N. chief visits Myanmar cyclone zone

msn.com
May 22, 2008
        

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, center, tours the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, on Thusrday. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew into Myanmar's disaster zone Thursday as he pressed the country's leaders to open the doors to critical international aid for some 2.5 million...

                   

U.N. head enters Myanmar to press for cyclone relief

chron.com
May 22, 2008
        

By JOHN HEILPRIN Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew into Myanmar's disaster zone today as he pressed the country's leaders to open the doors to critical international aid for some 2.5 million cyclone survivors. In a meeting with Prime Minister Thein Sein,...

                   

UN chief holds 'constructive' meeting with Burma's PM

abc.net.au
May 22, 2008
        

The United Nations says its secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has held a 90-minute meeting with Burma's Prime Minister Thein Sein and described the talks as constructive. Mr Ban is in Burma for two days to try to convince the junta to allow a full-scale humanitarian effort to assist victims of...

                   

U.N. head arrives in Yangon

upi.com
May 22, 2008
        

YANGON, Myanmar, May 22 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Thursday complained to military leaders in cyclone-hit Myanmar that foreign relief workers have been kept out. Ban, who arrived Thursday in the former capital Yangon, met with Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein and later traveled to...

                   

No aid for some in Myanmar

news24.com
May 22, 2008
        

Kaunt Chaung, Myanmar - Villagers in parts of southern Myanmar hit hard by the devastating cyclone say they still have not received any food or aid from the government, three weeks after the storm hit. Despite the military regime's insistence that reports of survivors who are not getting enough...

                   
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UN chief seeks to persuade Myanmar to open for aid

whdh.com
May 22, 2008
        

Look for more Cyclone Nargis articles on WHDH.COM YANGON, Myanmar -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew into Myanmar's disaster zone Thursday as he pressed the country's leaders to open the doors to critical international aid for some 2.5 million cyclone survivors. In a meeting with Prime...

                   

UN chief holds 'constructive' meeting with Burma's PM (ABC)

yahoo.com
May 22, 2008
        

The United Nations says its secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has held a 90-minute meeting with Burma's Prime Minister Thein Sein and described the talks as constructive. Mr Ban is in Burma for two days to try to convince the junta to allow a full-scale humanitarian effort to assist victims of...