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State media: Burma shuns U.S. aid

                   
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May 21, 2008
        
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Rangoon, Burma (AP) — Burma, also known as Myanmar, shunned a U.S. proposal for naval ships to deliver aid to cyclone victims on Wednesday, according to state-run media, dimming hopes that the vessels could provide a major boost to relief efforts. The New Light of Burma, a mouthpiece for Burma's... [read full story]                    

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ASEAN head says verifiable assessment on Myanmar cyclone impacts could help international pledging

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May 22, 2008
        

BANGKOK, May 22 (Xinhua) -- International community will be confident to pledge for funding relief for cyclone-hit Myanmar based on "verified" assessment of damages and losses by competent and neutral agencies, said ASEAN secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan in Bangkok Thursday. "There is still a...

                   

EXCLUSIVE: 'I Will Not Be Used' U.N. Chief in Myanmar

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May 22, 2008
        

Tour Includes Refugees Lined Up in Front of Neat Tents By DAN HARRIS YANGON, Myanmar, May 22, 2008 On the plane ride into Myanmar this morning, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon admitted he was anxious about his high-stakes mission to get the military leaders here to accept more international...

opinionator::The Opinionator::Still Not Too Late for Myanmar

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May 22, 2008
        

Give Not Invading a Chance: This weekend, “one of the most grotesque events in the political history of the modern world” will take place in Myanmar, writes Timothy Garton Ash on the op-ed page of The Los Angeles Times. “While dead children still lie face down in muddy flood waters after a...

                   

U.N. chief goes to Myanmar to cajole junta over aid

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May 22, 2008
        

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew to Myanmar Thursday for the diplomatic challenge of a lifetime – persuading the ruling generals to let in a torrent of foreign assistance for cyclone victims. ... The U.N. chief departed from Bangkok early Thursday, after telling...

                   

UN chief frustrated with Myanmar's disaster relief - Summary

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May 22, 2008
        

Yangon - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday held talks with Myanmar's prime minister at which he expressed his frustration over the regime's blocking foreign relief workers from going to areas hard-hit by Cyclone Nargis. Ban tol...

Still Not Too Late for Myanmar

nytimes.com
May 22, 2008
        

Give Not Invading a Chance: This weekend, “one of the most grotesque events in the political history of the modern world” will take place in Myanmar, writes Timothy Garton Ash on the op-ed page of The Los Angeles Times. “While dead children still lie face down in muddy flood waters after a...

US ships idle at sea as Myanmar rebukes aid (AFP)

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May 22, 2008
        

AFP - US Navy ships loaded with aid will remain off the coast of cyclone-hit Myanmar, US officials said Thursday, despite a rebuke from the ruling generals who refused any help with "strings attached." ... BANGKOK (AFP) - Lieutenant Denver Applehans, a spokesman aboard...

                   
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UN boss tours devastated delta

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May 22, 2008
        

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today toured Burma's disaster area, on the first day of a visit aimed at pushing through a full emergency relief effort after Cyclone Nargis. ... Making the first trip to this impoverished nation by a UN leader in more than four decades,...

                   

UN's Ban tours Burma disaster area (AAP)

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May 22, 2008
        

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon toured Burma's disaster area, on the first day of a visit aimed at pushing through a full emergency relief effort after Cyclone Nargis. Making the first trip to this impoverished nation by a UN leader in more than four decades, Ban said he had come bearing a...

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