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LONDON (AFP) - Myanmar's military regime is acting inhumanely by continuing to block foreign aid for cyclone victims and should be held accountable, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said in an interview Saturday. "This is inhuman," he told BBC World Service radio in his strongest comments since the...
From the Annals of Burma ReliefRemember the Mistral?That’s the French naval ship that Bernard Kouchner announced would deliver aid to Burma whether the Burmese junta liked it..or not!The Mistral was supposed to arrive in Burmese waters the middle of this week on its unilateral mission of...
By HANNAH BEECH/IRRAWADDY DELTA 2 hours, 10 minutes ago There is only one major road leading to Naypyidaw. Nearly three years ago, when Burma's new capital was carved out of scrubland, the country's ruling military junta gave no reason for its sudden abandonment of the bustling city of Rangoon....
What Serbia's election says about the European Union's enlargement A BRITISH tabloid set a high standard for bombast when it once took credit for the re-election of a Tory government with the headline: “It's The Sun Wot Won It”. This week European Union leaders were taking credit for another...
As calls for humanitarian intervention in Burma widen and gain momentum, analysts are asking, what would the country’s armed forces do—fight or take off their uniforms? British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said in London on Thursday: “We will stop at nothing in trying to pressure the regime into...
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A cyclone devastates Burma's Irrawaddy Delta, and an earthquake strikes China's Sichuan Province, and the empire smells blood, itching to send "aid at the point of a gun," urging the United Nations to invoke the "responsibility to protect": "France's foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, has spoken...
Beirut - The Arab League Ministerial delegation announced on Thursday a six point deal to end the political crises in Lebanon. The deal calls for dialogue in Doha , Qatar starting today May 16 . It is expected that all the Lebanese leaders will head today to Doha
What do you do when the world is lined up to help over a million desperate people hit by a cyclone, and Myanmar's hard-line junta blocks that help? That is the unprecedented situation confronting the United Nations, Western aid agencies and humanitarian organizations. Sein Win, exiled prime...
The upcoming French Presidency of the EU will adopt a citizen-oriented approach in an attempt to reconcile Europe and the French population, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and European Affairs Secretary Jean-Pierre Jouyet said. EurActiv France reports.
