Myanmar holds poll despite post-cyclone chaos

                   
sabcnews.com     May 10, 2008            

Myanmar held a rare election to approve a new army-drafted constitution today while many of the 1.5 million survivors of a devastating cyclone waited in vain for a concerted aid effort to bring them food and medecine. ... While the junta relentlessly focused on the poll,... [read full story]                

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China offers another 4 million dollars for Myanmar cyclone relief

monstersandcritics.com     May 8, 2008          

Beijing - China has offered another 4.2 million dollars in emergency aid to cyclone-devastated Myanmar, the government said on ... We CHINESE must help our Asian cousins in their time of need, because one day we might be the ones who will need their assistance. Myanmar is...                

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Canada sending military disaster assistance team to Myanmar

iht.com     May 9, 2008          

Canada is offering its military disaster assistance team to Myanmar in an effort help cyclone victims. ... Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier said Thursday an advance team has left for the region to assess how Canada can best deliver its support. The 200-soldier...                

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

alertnet.org     May 9, 2008          

Source: 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. ... Reuters and AlertNet...                

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Aid groups threaten stop to Myanmar over blockages

earthtimes.org     May 9, 2008          

Bangkok - In an escalation of the tensions over the Myanmar military junta impounding humanitarian aid to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) late Friday warned th...                

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UN Halts Aid to Myanmar After Junta Seizes Supplies

christianpost.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 ... ... YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - A U.N. official says the World Food Program is suspending cyclone aid to Myanmar because its government...                

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UN food agency suspends flights to Myanmar - Update

earthtimes.org     May 9, 2008          

Rome/Bangkok - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday suspended relief flights to Myanmar after 38 tons of aid were impounded by authorities in the cyclone-struck Asian country. We are in discussions with the government in Myanmar a...                

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UN suspends aid to Myanmar after government seizes supplies

iht.com     May 9, 2008          

Myanmar's military junta said earlier that it was willing to receive disaster relief from the outside world but would not welcome outside relief workers. ... The United Nations suspended relief supplies to Myanmar on Friday after the military government seized the food...                

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UN Suspends Aid to Burma

voanews.com     May 9, 2008          

Decision follows military government seizure all of food and equipment that had been flown in by World Food Program for cyclone victims ... Ramirez report - Listen (MP3) U.N. officials say they have suspended aid shipments to Burma after the military government seized all...                

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Burma Aid Is About Saving Lives, Not Politics, Rice Says

newsblaze.com     May 9, 2008          

The death and destruction in Burma is not a matter of politics, it's a matter of saving lives, says Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. ... "And it should be a matter that the government of Burma wants to see its people receive the help that is available to them," she...                

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U.N. Pressures Myanmar to Allow Aid

the-dispatch.com     May 9, 2008          

Frustrated United Nations officials all but demanded that the nation end barriers to supplies and workers. ... The top of a small temple sticking out of a flooded field near Yangon, the main city in Myanmar. Associated Press UNITED NATIONS — With up to 1.5 million people...                

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