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Myanmar says constitution gets OK in criticized election

                   
freep.com
May 15, 2008
        
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ASSOCIATED PRESS • May 15, 2008 YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar announced today that a constitution critics say will cement nearly four decades of military rule was overwhelmingly approved in a referendum held while the country reeled from a devastating cyclone. The document was approved by 92.4% of... [read full story]                    

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Small fraction of aid reaching Burma victims: UN

ctv.ca
May 16, 2008
        

The Associated Press Rangoon, BURMA -- The United Nations says only a small fraction of the supplies hundreds of thousands of cyclone victims need to cope with the crisis in Burma has arrived in the country. The UN World Food Program estimates it will have to rush in 390 tonnes of food every day...

                   

UN in dark about Myanmar cyclone disaster needs

examiner.com
May 16, 2008
        

» 9 mins ago: UN in dark about Myanmar cyclone disaster needs « (AP Photo) Myanmar cyclone survivors wait in line for rice donations on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, May 16, 2008. said Friday that severe restrictions by Myanmar's military junta have left aid agencies largely in the...

                   

UN in dark about Myanmar cyclone disaster needs

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May 16, 2008
        

Myanmar cyclone survivors wait in line for rice donations on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, May 16, 2008. The United Nations said Friday that severe restrictions by Myanmar's military junta have left aid agencies largely in the dark about the extent of survivors' suffering, two weeks...

Bangladesh urges Myanmar to allow relief workers in country

hindu.com
May 16, 2008
        

Dhaka (PTI): Bangladesh has asked Myanmar to allow unimpeded entry of foreign relief workers in the country to provide urgently needed aid to victims of cyclone Nargis, officials and reports said on Friday. "We've very good relations with Myanmar. We've already used our good offices for the...

                   
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ASIA HAND : Myanmar's killing fields of neglect

atimes.com
May 16, 2008
        

With the international community looking on in stunned disbelief, Myanmar's humanitarian crisis has intensified as the military government pilfers foreign aid and the UN dithers through dead-end talks. Only the US military now has the power to avert a wider human catastrophe, and if ever there...

                   

Myanmar pushing survivors out of monasteries, say monks

buddhistchannel.tv
May 16, 2008
        

Monks said people were being relocated by boats and trucks from monasteries and schools, pushed into state-run camps where it was unclear if there was sufficient food or water to help them YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar is forcing homeless cyclone survivors out of the nation's monasteries, monks from...

Restrictions Hinder Myanmar Aid

wsj.com
May 16, 2008
        

YANGON, Myanmar -- The United Nations said Friday that severe restrictions by Myanmar's military junta have left aid agencies largely in the dark about the extent of survivors' suffering two weeks after a cyclone left up to 2.5 million people destitute. John Holmes, U.N. undersecretary-general...

                   

Myanmar death toll more than 43,000

montereyherald.com
May 16, 2008
        

A Myanmar woman visits her cyclone-damaged home on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar on Thursday. YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's junta warned Thursday that legal action would be taken against people who trade or hoard international aid as the cyclone's death toll soared above 43,000. It was the...

                   

A battle for Burma's soul

thestar.com
May 16, 2008
        

Burmese children reach their hands out to receive a free banana from a local donor on the outskirts of Rangoon on May 14, 2008. Response to killer cyclone highlights the animosity between the country's military and Buddhist clergy Christopher Johnson Special to the Star Mae Sot, Thailand–The...

                   

Video: Burma/Myanmar in Cyclone Nargis' aftermath

alertnet.org
May 16, 2008
        

On May 2nd, 2008, Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar(Burma), generating massive damage with 38, 491 people dead and 27, 838 missing. The situation would be considered critical for any country, however, the military government or Junta that is in power has restricted the entrance of aid in the shape of...

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