WESTERN BUREAU:Burmese expatriates in Jamaica will today stage a peaceful march to show solidarity with their countrymen who were devastated by a cyclone last week and have received negligible aid because of tight controls by the military dictatorship...
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By Associated Press Friday, July 25, 2008 - Added 7m ago BANGKOK, Thailand - As much as 25 percent of cyclone relief aid in Myanmar is being lost because of the military government’s foreign exchange system, a United Nations...
About $1 billion is needed over three years, according to a new assessment. International efforts to help millions of people in Burma (Myanmar) left homeless and destitute by a lethal May cyclone are running low on funds,...
The UN food agency (WFP) warns that hundreds of thousands of families in Myanmar still have a lengthy storm to weather 12 weeks after Cyclone Nargis devastated the Ayeyarwady Delta region. The World Food Programme says a...
BANGKOK (AFP) - Actress Mia Farrow Friday joined other prominent women activists to slam Myanmar's ruling junta on its human rights record in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis. The US actress-turned-activist spoke to reporters as...