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Why isn't the U.N. doing more?
                   
annistonstar.com     May 15, 2008            

What do you do when the world is lined up to help more than a million desperate people hit by a cyclone, and Myanmar's hard-line junta blocks that help? That is the unprecedented situation confronting the United Nations, western aid agencies, and humanitarian organizations.


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Burma Cyclone Survivors Need World's Help

newsblaze.com     May 15, 2008          

By David McKeeby Nearly two weeks after Cyclone Nargis devastated Burma, more than a million survivors remain in desperate need of water, food and shelter, says a top U.S. official, who urged the country's military rulers to let more aid workers in to save lives. "The extent of the devastation is...

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Burma OKs Constitution as Cyclone Death Toll Rockets

foxnews.com     May 15, 2008          

Red Cross: Burma Cyclone Death Toll Could Rise to Nearly 128,000 Burma to Thai PM: Cyclone Situation Under Control, No More Help Needed The Red Cross figure is the highest reported so far. On Wednesday, the U.N. raised its estimates on the number of people impacted by the cyclone. John Holmes,...

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Food crisis looms in Myanmar

iht.com     May 15, 2008          

Animals, seeds and farms have been swept away : Normally, at this time of year, Burmese farmers in the southern delta of Myanmar would be draining their rice paddies, plowing their fields with water buffaloes and preparing to plant new seeds for an autumn harvest. "I think we're going to miss it,...

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Myanmar storm survivors fear forced labor

politicalgateway.com     May 15, 2008          

RANGOON, Myanmar, May 15 (UPI) -- Survivors of the Myanmar cyclone are reported being herded into government camps and fear they will used as forced labor. Reports from Rangoon say the camps do not have food, water or shelter. The United Nations says it believes more than 500,000 people have been...

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Myanmar storm survivors fear forced labor

upi.com     May 15, 2008          

RANGOON, Myanmar, May 15 (UPI) -- Survivors of the Myanmar cyclone are reported being herded into government camps and fear they will used as forced labor. Reports from Rangoon say the camps do not have food, water or shelter. The United Nations says it believes more than 500,000 people have been...

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MAP: Satellites Provide Close-up View of Nargis Floods in Myanmar (Burma) (satellite image)

alertnet.org     May 15, 2008          

Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone. Holli Riebeek/NASA Earth Observatory/Goddard Space Flight Center The first cyclone of the season in the northern Indian Ocean was a devastating...

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ACCORDING TO RED CROSS: New storm to hamper relief efforts in Myanmar

eitb24.com     May 15, 2008          

New storm to hamper relief efforts in Myanmar A Bangkok-based U.N. weather expert said the storm, which could hit Mynamar on Friday at the earliest, was a "normal small low pressure" event that would last a couple of days. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) said on...

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German aid group says restrictions in Myanmar blocking aid efforts

iht.com     May 15, 2008          

A German relief worker said Thursday after spending four days in Myanmar that aid is reaching the victims of Cyclone Nargis, but that local restrictions on communication were complicating distribution. Alexander Richter, an aid worker with Die Johanniter — the German branch of British-based...

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Myanmar junta says aid running smoothly

tiscali.co.uk     May 15, 2008          

By Aung Hla Tun YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar’s military government said on Thursday its cyclone relief effort was moving along swiftly even as foreign powers warned of starvation and disease among up to 2.5 million people left destitute by the storm. The European Union’s top aid official urged the...

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Myanmar warns 'legal action' against those selling foreign aid

canoe.ca     May 15, 2008          

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's junta says legal action will be taken against people who trade, hoard or misuse international aid for cyclone survivors. The warning was issued Thursday on state radio amid reports that foreign aid was being sold openly in markets. The reports also claim the military...

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