UN chief 'immensely frustrated' with Burmese regime's cyclone aid
                   
newslookup.com: Burmese children line up to receive free rice after the destructive Cyclone Nargis on the outskirts of Rangoon on Monday. newslookup.com
newslookup.com     May 12, 2008            

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon harshly criticized Burma's military regime Monday, describing its response to the devastating cyclone that hit the country 10 days ago as "unacceptably slow." more ... Death toll exceeds 31,000; first U.S. military relief... [read full story]                

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