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Call to give visas for volunteers to help cyclone victims in Myanmar
                   
thestar.com.my     May 12, 2008            

The Myanmar Government should issue special visas for volunteers to help the victims affected by Cyclone Nargis. ... Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s political secretary Ng Wei Aik said the special visa would enable help to reach Myanmar as soon as possible. “We might not...


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Burma calling

conservatives.com     May 11, 2008          

In an exclusive blog post for Webcameron, David Cameron has written about the humanitarian crisis in Burma. ... Before participating in a special service for the victims of Cyclone Nargis, David heard the latest news first-hand from monks and members of the Burmese...

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First UN Land Convoy Goes to Burma

globalsecurity.org     May 10, 2008          

No description ... The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says it has sent the first UN convoy of aid overland into Burma, and a planeload of shelter supplies has been flown in from Dubai. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from UNHCR headquarters in Geneva. The UN refugee agency says...

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Cyclone Nargis, you know?

humanitarian.info     May 10, 2008          

So it all kicked off in Myanmar this week, except that it didn’t, because the military regime has managed to bungle the response to Cyclone Nargis. We could get into a long discussion about the whys and wherefores, and there’s some frightening talk about the “right to respond” over-riding...

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The Disaster That is Myanmar

How can the news of more than 50 thousand dead be any worse? Well, have a military government that is trying to stay in power– that’s how to make a bad situation worse. The government has taken U.N. aid for itself, not the affected citizens. As a result, the U.N. is pulling out. [...]

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Your thoughts on the Myanmar crisis

apn.co.nz     May 9, 2008          

More than 60,000 people were killed or are missing, and as many as 100,000 are feared dead after Cyclone Nargis slammed into the Irrawaddy delta, before storming through Myanmar. Aid is slowly trickling in but aid workers are... ... More than 60,000 people were killed or...

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