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Junta releases aid supplies
news.com.au May 10, 2008
THE UN food agency says Burma's military regime has released a plane-load of cyclone aid into its custody, but that two previous shipments remain impounded. ... "The supplies are in our hands, they've been handed over to us," said Marcus Prior, a spokesman for the World...
Myanmar junta hands out aid boxes with generals' names
kimatv.com May 10, 2008
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 international appeals to...
Myanmar's junta holds election to cement hold on power despite cyclone crisis
k-litefm.com May 10, 2008
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's military rulers held elections aimed at solidifying their hold on power, while brazenly turning cyclone relief efforts into a propaganda campaign. In some cases, generals' ... ... By: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS YANGON, Myanmar - Human rights...
Myanmar's junta holds election to cement hold on power despite cyclone crisis
brandonsun.com May 10, 2008
YANGON, Myanmar - Human rights organizations and dissident groups have bitterly accused the junta of neglecting disaster victims in going ahead with Saturday's referendum, which seeks public approval of a new constitution. The referendum comes just one week after winds of...
Goes ahead with vote as victims starve
indiatimes.com May 10, 2008
Myanmar’s junta on Saturday held a vote on a new constitution, ignoring pleas to focus on delivering urgently needed food supplies to 1.5 million cyclone victims facing disease and hunger. ... The referendum being held in all but the most devastated parts of the country...
Junta takes full credit for aid
indiatimes.com May 10, 2008
Myanmar’s military regime distributed international aid on Saturday but plastered the boxes with the names of top generals. ... YANGON: Myanmar’s military regime distributed international aid on Saturday but plastered the boxes with the names of top generals in an...
Myanmar's junta holds referendum despite cyclone crisis
newsvine.com May 10, 2008
Myanmar's military rulers held a referendum Saturday aimed at solidifying their hold on power while brazenly turning cyclone relief efforts into a propaganda campaign. In some cases, generals' names were scribbled onto boxes of foreign aid before being distributed.
Myanamar junta defiant over aid after cyclone
euronews.net May 10, 2008
The international community is still struggling to get aid to Myanmar in the aftermath of the cyclone that devastated southern parts of the country. Some 1. ... 5 million people are facing hunger and disease but the military regime is refusing to allow foreigners to...
Voice of the Mirror: Evil junta must pay
mirror.co.uk May 10, 2008
The callous lack of interest in the welfare of its people is a terrible condemnation of Burma's brutal dictatorship ... Survivors of Cyclone Nargis desperately need clean drinking water, food, medical supplies and shelter as thirst, starvation and disease follow the...
Lack of response from the world communities and lack of common sense of the Mayanmar junta are...
indiadaily.com May 8, 2008
But now disease is spreading, Rotting corpses are piling up as Myanmar junta stalls on aide. Close to 500,000 people will die if the UN does not intervene and take out the military junta that has lost its common sense. ... Relief agencies say decomposing corpses litter...
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Disasters, Accidents & Crises, Intergovernmental Organizations, International Relations, Natural Disasters, Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, Storms, United Nations, World Food Programme, Cambodia, Myanmar