New storm to hamper aid effort in Myanmar-Red Cross
                   
alertnet.org     May 15, 2008            

By Nopporn Wong-Anan BANGKOK, May 15 (Reuters) - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) said on Thursday it was worried a new storm moving toward cyclone-stricken Myanmar will hamper relief efforts to hundreds of thousands of survivors. A Bangkok-based U.N. weather... [read full story]                    


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A New Breed of Monk Rises in Myanmar

buddhistchannel.tv     12 hrs ago          

SAGAING, Myanmar -- Sitagu Sayadaw sits on a raised platform, three visitors kneeling below him, and explains the source of his power as a Buddhist monk. "I don't have any guns but I have very strong weapons: love, kindness and...                    

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MYANMAR: Hope fades for cyclone missing

alertnet.org     14 hrs ago          

Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. Soe Naing was in the town of Labutta at the far end of Myanmar's Ayeyarwaddy Delta when the cyclone obliterated his...                    

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CERF Newsletter Aug 2008

reliefweb.int     yesterday          

USG Holmes visits two top CERF-funded countries: Afghanistan and Myanmar Mr. John Holmes, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), made recent...                    

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20. Rights groups frustrated by Olympics

thestar.com.my     29 mins ago   11 related          

BEIJING (AP) - The Beijing Olympics have left the world's human rights groups frustrated and angry - convinced that China has been let off the hook for serious abuses, and adamant that future hosts like Russia must be held to a...                    

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