Shipments distributed by non-governmental organizations, U.S. official said Myanmar's ruling military junta is reluctant to allow outsiders in to distribute aid The United States continues to push for greater access to Myanmar U.S. aid may have reached 135,000 of 2.5 million people needing aid,... [read full story]
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By The Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A French navy ship carrying 1,000 tons of food idled near Myanmar's coast Saturday, awaiting permission from the uncooperative ruling military regime to dock in the cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta. Myanmar's junta, meanwhile, took a group of...
The stubbornness of Burma's military junta puts the West into a hopeless situation. If the international community wants to provide relief to victims of Cyclone Nargis, then it has to play by the regime's rules. But the West's submissiveness sends a dangerous signal to despots everywhere.
