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Burma: Cyclone updated top news (2 June 2008)
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By Vaimoana Tapaleao A New Zealand vet in Myanmar is helping victims of cyclone Nargis carry on with their lives by providing them with livestock.
Journalists risk death to get disaster coverage of Burma to the world
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Aung Kyaw said that to ensure the safety of its underground journalists, DVB cannot confirm or deny whether any of them have been arrested inside Burma, also known as Myanmar. Canada gave DVB a grant of $217000 in February from the Glyn Berry Program …
Despite promises, Myanmar limits access for aid agencies
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By Seth Mydans BANGKOK: One month after a powerful cyclone struck Myanmar and 10 days after the ruling junta’s leader promised full access to the hardest-hit areas, relief agencies said Monday that they were still having difficulty reaching hundreds of …
Second wave economic crisis in Myanmar Asia Times Online
Myanmar victims ‘forced to return’ Aljazeera.net
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Burmese still lack aid a month on
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A month after Burma was devastated by a cyclone, foreign aid agencies say a quarter of a million people have still not received any help.
CHRONOLOGY-A month on, cyclone-hit Myanmar struggling Reuters
Gates Accuses Myanmar of ‘Criminal Neglect’ New York Times
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Second wave economic crisis in Myanmar
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By Larry Jagan BANGKOK – While Myanmar counts the cost of the Cyclone Nargis disaster and international aid agencies struggle to get relief supplies to an estimated 2.4 million homeless and desperate victims, time is running out for the country’s rice …
Myanmar monks a vital lifeline for cyclone survivors AFP
Junta: Myanmar warned before cyclone CNN International
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Japanese NGOs pledge special assistance for 10000 worst-hit …
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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.
Myanmar allows direct donation right down to cyclone-hit areas Xinhua
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Schools reopen in Myanmar’s cyclone zone
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1 on Monday for the first day of classes since Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar a month ago, all eyes stared skyward – at the gaping hole in the roof.
Myanmar victims ‘forced to return’ Aljazeera.net
Myanmar criticized for plan to reopen some schools a month after … International Herald Tribune
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Myanmar reopens schools 1 month after cyclone
Mon Jun 2, 6:13 AM ET
YAW PAR GYI, Myanmar – One month after a cyclone left more than 130,000 people dead or missing, Myanmar’s military government reopened many of the country’s schools Monday despite worries that the extent of damage could put children in harm’s way.
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Soaring prices compound Myanmar’s cyclone misery
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YANGON (Reuters) – A large “Happy World” sign hangs above a dilapidated food market in Yangon, but on the streets shoppers are far from content.
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UN warns of ‘urgent work’ to help Myanmar cyclone victims
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YANGON (AFP) – A month after Myanmar’s cyclone left 133000 people dead or missing, the UN’s food agency chief warned Monday that “urgent work” is needed to help hundreds of thousands of survivors stave off hunger.
Lack Of Funds, Food For Myanmar Maybe Out Of Stock By July, Says UN Bernama
UN food chief urges more funding to support aid work after Myanmar … ReliefWeb (press release)
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Burma at beginning of “very nasty end game”
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Military rule in Burma is beginning to unravel, with the start of a “very nasty end game” now being witnessed in the country, it has been claimed.
Suu Kyi’s fate overshadowed by Myanmar cyclone Taipei Times
Mulish Myanmar Seattle Times
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Myanmar victims ‘forced to return’
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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.
Myanmar monks a vital lifeline for cyclone survivors AFP
Junta: Myanmar warned before cyclone CNN International
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Burma guilty of neglect, US says
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BANGKOK, Thailand – In the strongest remarks yet by a high-ranking US official, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Sunday that Burma was guilty of “criminal neglect” for blocking large-scale international aid to cyclone victims, and that more …
Pentagon chief Gates rules out forcing aid on Myanmar Los Angeles Times
Gates Accuses Myanmar of ‘Criminal Neglect’ New York Times
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Gates Accuses Myanmar of ‘Criminal Neglect’
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Cyclone victims waiting for instructions on how to receive aid. Defense ministers from other countries have voiced unhappiness with Myanmar’s restrictions on aid.
US defense secretary says Myanmar junta guilty of ‘criminal neglect’ International Herald Tribune
Gates Blasts Myanmar Junta Over Cyclone Aid Response Wall Street Journal
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Myanmar Delays Cost `Thousands of Lives,’ Gates Says (Update2)
Bloomberg - May 30, 2008
“It’s unconscionable for Burma’s generals to force cyclone victims back to their devastated homes,” Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said in the statement.
Myanmar must stop evicting cyclone victims–HRW Inquirer.net
Aid Agencies Say Logistical Difficulties Hamper Burma Aid Deliveries Voice of America
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Myanmar monks a vital lifeline for cyclone survivors
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YANGON (AFP) – A Buddhist monk in his maroon robe silently guards boxes of noodles, while another monk tries to plot an aid route to cyclone survivors using satellite print-outs of Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Delta. These monks at the Sitagu Buddhist monastery …
Poor access irks RP, SEA aid workers in Myanmar ABS CBN News
Myanmar warned over forcing cyclone survivors home Washington Post
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Canberra urged to uphold vow to act on Burma crimes
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BURMESE exiles in Australia are pressing the Federal Government to push for Burma’s military junta to be charged in the International Criminal Court with crimes against humanity, a move that Labor supported during last year’s election campaign.
Suu Kyi’s fate overshadowed by Myanmar cyclone Taipei Times
Mulish Myanmar Seattle Times
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The Tyranny of the Com
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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.
MIAMI HERALD: Burma’s rulers sink to new low Belleville News Democrat
Suu Kyi’s fate overshadowed by Myanmar cyclone Taipei Times
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