UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. secretary-general is calling on Myanmar to postpone its constitutional referendum and focus on cyclone relief. ... Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that he is "deeply concerned about the welfare of the people of Myanmar at this time...
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Written by Tim Saunders Daniel Craig – star of the upcoming James Bond film Quantum of Solace – is to donate money to victims of the cyclone that ripped through Myanmar in May. According to reports, the actor will donate...
Life is now a daily struggle for Than Than and her husband, who has now taken to fishing instead. The small structure on the right that once housed their prized ducks now stands empty KUNCHANGONE, 28 August 2008 (IRIN)...
The twentieth anniversary of the Burma uprising of 8 August 1988 was marked with a degree of attention around the world, but far less than might have been expected thanks to the coincidence of the opening of the Olympic...
KUNCHANGONE, 27 August 2008 (IRIN) - Squatting on the floor of his hut in the cyclone-affected Ayeryarwady Delta, Kyaw Kyaw gingerly adjusts his radio to hear the latest news from Naypyidaw, Myanmar's newly established...