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Myanmar held a rare election to approve a new army-drafted constitution on Saturday 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 medicine. ... Though nervous voters were under orders to...
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Myanmar junta hands out aid boxes with generals' names
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's military regime distributed international aid Saturday but plastered the boxes with the names of top generals in an apparent effort to turn the relief effort for last week's devastating cyclone into a propaganda exercise. The United Nations sent in three more planes...
UN Resumes Aid Shipments To Myanmar
The United Nations sent in three more planes and several trucks loaded with aid, though the junta took over its first two shipments. ... Myanmar's military regime distributed international aid Saturday but plastered the boxes with the names of top generals in an apparent...
Burma holds criticized referendum as cyclone victims await aid
Burma held a referendum Saturday that likely will solidify the ruling junta's hold on power, even as it appeared overwhelmed by a devastating cyclone that killed tens of thousands of people. ... Witnesses told local news agency reporters that the referendum appeared to...
Pakistan sending 2 planeloads of relief supplies to Myanmar
Pakistan plans to send two planeloads of relief supplies to Myanmar on Sunday to help the survivors of Cyclone Nargis. ... The Foreign Ministry says the supplies will include tents, mosquito nets and medicines. The U.N. estimates that 1.5 million to 2 million people have...
LEADALL: Aid resumes to cyclone-hit Myanmar as referendum goes ahead
The World Food Programme (WFP) Saturday resumed flying emergency supplies into cyclone-devastated Myanmar despite an ongoing dispute with the country's junta over how the aid will be distributed. While aid agencies hashed out terms with Myanmar's mil...
Myanmar holds poll despite post-cyclone chaos
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,...
Pakistan to send relief assistance to Myanmar
The Government of Pakistan has decided to send two plane loads of relief goods for the people affected by recent cyclone in Myanmar, the Foreign Ministry said. Myanmar says nearly 23,000 have died and 42,000 missing as the result of Nargis -- the worst cyclone to hit Asia...
Myanmar junta hands out aid boxes with generals' names
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's military regime distributed international aid Saturday but plastered the boxes with the names of top generals in an apparent effort to turn the relief effort for last week's devastating cyclone into a propaganda exercise. ... Despite...
Burma junta claims UN aid as its own
Burma's military regime distributed international aid Saturday but plastered the boxes with the names of top generals in an apparent effort to turn the relief effort for last week's devastating cyclone into a propaganda exercise. ... "We have already seen regional...
Opposition plea: 'Help us by any means'
BURMA'S pro-democracy opposition says the cyclone death toll is rising and has issued a desperate plea to the UN. ... From correspondents in Rangoon Article from: Agence France-Presse BURMA'S pro-democracy opposition says the cyclone death toll is rising daily because of...
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