World focus on Burma (2 June 2008)
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Junta’s ‘approved constitution,’ another proof of flawed ‘road map …
Mizzima.com, India -
… the New Light of Myanmar, on Monday said, the overwhelming support to the junta’s draft constitution in a referendum reveals that people in Burma …
A breach in the wall?
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While its close ally Myanmar banned journalists from its cyclone-ravaged countryside, China let the media into quake zones and its foreign ministry …
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Myanmar reopens schools 1 month after cycloneThe Associated Press - |
Burmese Still Without Aid a Month After StormToTheCenter.com, NY - |
‘It looked like what we saw after the tsunami’ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - |
Community-based organisations provide ongoing relief in BurmaReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - |
New school year brings fresh fear for Myanmar childrenReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - |
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Myanmar: Judging the generals’ cyclone responseThe Week Daily - |
Government restrictions hampers aid efforts: WFPMizzima.com, India - |
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One Month After Cyclone, More than 2 Million Still At RiskDaily Green - |
Films planned to raise funds for cyclone victimsDemocratic Voice of Burma, Norway - |
MIAMI HERALD: Burma’s rulers sink to new low
Belleville News Democrat, USA -
In appalling display of contempt for international public opinion and their own people, the generals who rule Burma have extended for one year the house …
Is God a Cosmic Monster?
Rutherford Institute, VA -
CS Lewis In Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, the death toll from a killer cyclone stands at 78000, with 56000 people still missing. …
UN rights chief says long-standing tolerance of Myanmar abuses …PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - |
Soaring prices compound Burma’s cyclone miseryMail & Guardian Online, South Africa - |
MYANMAR: Humanitarian air bridge up and runningIRINnews.org, NY - |
Some Cyclone SurvivorsWall Street Journal - |
Than Shwe’s Days Are NumberedThe Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - |
Schools reopen in Myanmar’s cyclone zoneJerusalem Post, Israel - |
Boycott Burma: To go or not to go?Independent, UK - |
US accuses Burma of criminal neglectguardian.co.uk, UK - |
Bangladesh-Myanmar road planned
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The Daily Star report said the highway will begin at Balukhali in Cox’s Bazar and terminate at Bawlibazar in Rakhain state in Myanmar, formerly called Burma …
‘Urgent work’ needed to save Burma cyclone victims: UN
ABC Online, Australia -
A month after Burma’s cyclone left 133000 people dead or missing, the UN’s food agency chief has warned that “urgent work” is needed to help hundreds of …
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Burma junta ‘put children in danger by re-opening schools’Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - |
World Refugee Sunday to rouse church conscience on refugee issues
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“In light of the hundreds of thousands of displaced peoples in just Myanmar (Burma) and China alone over the past few months, it seems very appropriate to …
Journalists risk death to get disaster coverage of Burma to the worldToronto Star, Canada - |
Myanmar activist wins Anna Lindh PrizeMonsters and Critics.com - |
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Myanmar reopens schools 1 month after cycloneThe Associated Press - |
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Junta defends their relief as ‘prompt’NDTV.com, India - |
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Burma at beginning of “very nasty end game”InTheNews.co.uk, UK - |
Myanmar accused of “criminal neglect”Seattle Times, United States - |
Pentagon chief Gates rules out forcing aid on MyanmarLos Angeles Times, CA - |
Burma WWII veterans renew tiesGreenwich Time, CT - |
Burma condemned as schools reopen
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A British aid group condemned Burma’s military government for reopening schools on Monday in several areas still reeling from the catastrophic cyclone. …
Myanmar victims ‘forced to return’
Aljazeera.net, Qatar -
The Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), a Norway-based media organisation run by Myanmar exiles, showed survivors saying that they had no choice but to move. …
Cyclone assistBrownsville Herald, TX United States - |
Cyclone-hit Myanmar struggles to grow riceOneWorld.net, UK - |
Monday’s 6minutes new blog6minutes, Australia - |
Burma’s continued sufferingCharleston Post Courier, SC - |
Gates accuses Myanmar of ‘criminal neglect’Austin American-Statesman, TX - |
Refusing aid ‘is criminal neglect’
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BANGKOK: More people would perish in Myanmar’s cyclone disaster zone unless the regime lifted restrictions on foreign aid, United States defence secretary …
Gates Sees Little Hope of Delivering Aid to Burma
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Speaking ahead of meetings here with Prime Minister Samak of Thailand, Mr. Gates said that most aid being delivered Burma’s main city, Yangon, …
Burma’s dictators guilty of genocide
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By Joel Brinkley A man carries a small bag of food in Burma, also known as Myanmar. Very little aid has reached survivors of Cyclone Nargis. …
When disaster and foreign policy mix—Marites Danguilan Vitug
ABS CBN News, Philippines -
He said that the US worked rapidly to deliver relief but Burma disapproved “at a cost of tens of thousands of lives.” In similar instances, Indonesia agreed …
The Tyranny of the Com
Sify, India -
Of course, in terms of ‘Com’, Burma (or Myanmar as the dictators have decided to call the battered nation) continued to be in the news for a few weeks. …
Burma ‘Refusing Aid.. Still’
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In a scathing attack, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Burma had been “deaf and dumb” to the offers of international help, as British and American aid …
Myanmar minister sticks to ‘no strings’ refrainas donor nations fume
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HE APPEARED at the Shangri-La Hotel yesterday to give an update on Myanmar’s recovery efforts in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, which tore through the …
More to die if Myanmar doesn’t change approach
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BANGKOK: More people will perish in Myanmar’s cyclone disaster zone unless the regime lifts restrictions on foreign aid, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates …
Relief Aid Denied by Myanmar: Accusations of “Criminal Neglect”ToTheCenter.com, NY - |
Rebuffed US ships ready to leave Myanmar coastMalaysia Sun, Malaysia - |
CrisisWatch N°58, 1 June 2008International Crisis Group, Belgium - |
Defying all odds: local doctors travel to Myanmar to help cyclone …
Monitor, TX -
… Baptist Family Practice Residency Program, and private physician Dr. Edward Oorjitham traveled to Myanmar – formerly known as Burma – with Tulsa, Okla. …
Burma: Let’s Roll
Washington Post -
So we’re still waiting for permission to bring large-scale aid to Burma ["Let Them Eat Frogs," editorial, May 30].
Japanese NGOs pledge special assistance for 10000 worst-hit …
Xinhua -
YANGON, June 2 (Xinhua) — Three Japanese non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have pledged a special assistance for 10000 selected cyclone-hit Myanmar households who are in worst need of food and resettlement, the local Flower News reported Monday.
Sikh NGO to send relief shipment to Myanmar
Times of India -
JALANDHAR: As some Sikh organizations have started serving langar to the victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, United Sikhs, the NGO that has joined hands with Yangon Sikh Gurdwara and Buddhist Maha Vihara in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, …
Mail & Guardian Online
Amid aid delays, locals in Burma (Myanmar) rebuild
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By a correspondent Rangoon, Burma – Flying home, Burmese sailors are awestruck when they see the Irrawaddy Delta below them.
Canberra urged to uphold vow to act on Burma crimes The Age
David Cameron: If the generals will not let in the aid, they must … Independent
ABC Online
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Gulf Times
BANGKOK, THAILAND – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates painted a bleak picture Sunday of the prospects for delivering international aid to villagers in Myanmar’s devastated Irrawaddy River delta, saying he probably was just days away from ordering a US …
Myanmar policy cost lives: USA The Statesman
Gates: Obstructed efforts in Myanmar cost lives The Associated Press
Philadelphia Inquirer – AFP – The Associated Press – The Associated Press
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ASEAN wants to do more for Burma’s cyclone victims
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Malaysia’s deputy prime minister says the disaster caused by Cyclone Nargis in Burma has the potential to be worse than the Indian Ocean tsunami, and demanded a bigger role for Southeast Asian nations in the relief work.
Malaysia to Burma: Allow S. Asian militaries to help USA Today
Malaysia wants bigger ASEAN role in Myanmar relief Reuters
Xinhua – International Herald Tribune – New Straits Times – Pakistan Observer
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Indonesia sends medical assistance to Myanmar
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JAKARTA, June 1 (Xinhua) — The Indonesian government on Sunday sent medical assistance to Myanmar to help the victims of the cyclone Nagris in the country, head of crisis center of the Indonesian Health Ministry Rustam Pakaya said here.
Burma’s rulers “have kept their hands in their pockets” while other countries sought to help cyclone victims, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Saturday, branding the military government as “deaf and dumb” for obstructing aid efforts.
To boost tourism in the region, Thailand and the Philippines………
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria -
… Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines and Thailand. But Thailand is the region’s top tourist destination, …
UN Health Agency Seeks $28 Million To Help Cyclone Survivors In …AHN - |
Devastation in China, BurmaAnglican Journal, Canada - |
Gates said the stance of top officials in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, was placing the lives of countless citizens in danger following this spring’s …
