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  • » Bodies rotting in Myanmar 13 May 2008 20:29 GMT
    ... it had sent body bags to cyclone-hit Myanmar, as experts warned that rotting corpses remain ... the victims, let alone the corpses of livestock that also foul waterways. That has created ...

  • Burma 'imposes curfew in villages receiving food aid' 13 May 2008 19:56 GMT
    ... Some villages, where Burma's military Government has started delivering food aid ... the victims, let alone the corpses of livestock that also foul waterways. That has created ...

  • Shanghai stocks drop as China quake toll rises 13 May 2008 19:51 GMT
    ... area in Sichuan province). Food inflation in (Myanmar) has gone through the roof after the ... as a result of disruption in transportation. Agricultural production, in contrast, should be little impacted," ...

  • UN: Myanmar regime hoarding aid 13 May 2008 19:30 GMT
    ... 2 million survivors — mostly poor rice farmers — are living in abject misery, facing ... quantities of the high-energy biscuits rushed into Myanmar by the WFP on its first flights were ...

  • Myanmar regime hoarding aid 13 May 2008 19:10 GMT
    ... 2 million survivors — mostly poor rice farmers — are living in abject misery, facing ... quantities of the high-energy biscuits rushed into Myanmar by the WFP on its first flights were ...

  • Regime Accused of Hoarding Cyclone Aid 13 May 2008 18:57 GMT
    ... YANGON, Myanmar (May 13) - The United Nations said Tuesday ... 2 million survivors - mostly poor rice farmers - are living in abject misery, facing ...

  • Cyclone Nargis sends prices out of gear 13 May 2008 18:55 GMT
    ... the major Irrawaddy rice growing region in Myanmar, which accounts for an estimated one third of ... due to the strong demand created by farmers in the northern hemisphere, which are sowing ...

  • UN Leader Tells Burma 13 May 2008 18:53 GMT
    ... UN Leader Tells Myanmar to Hurry on Aid By Warren Hoge ... leave at night, that they could put Burmese officials on our planes and ships, and that ... Western diplomats in Yangon. People whose homes, farms and food stocks were destroyed have been ...

  • Hoarding Aid? 13 May 2008 18:53 GMT
    ... prepares to unload relief supplies in Rangoon, Burma. RANGOON, Burma — Rainwater was the only source ... military regime, which has renamed the country Myanmar, has been accused of hoarding high-quality foreign ... some 2 million survivors —mostly poor rice farmers — are living in abject misery, facing ...

  • Myanmar rejects US, UN pressure on aid 13 May 2008 18:29 GMT
    ... UN relief officials have warned Myanmar's junta that more lives will be lost ... poor and isolated nation, formerly known as Burma. Aid groups insist that only specialists with long ... because the regime has been forcing some farmers to stop growing rice in a plan ...

  • Rice crop to hit record, prices still rising 13 May 2008 18:18 GMT
    ... Rome-based agency said. The current forecast may worsen due to the cyclone which hit Myanmar when paddy farmers were harvesting their dry season crop accounting for 20 per cent of annual production, ...

  • Myanmar junta allegedly holds cyclone aid, gives rotten food 13 May 2008 17:55 GMT
    ... YANGON, Myanmar Many cyclone victims are getting spoiled food from ... some 2 million survivors, mostly poor rice farmers, are living in abject misery, facing disease ...

  • 'This aid effort hasn't picked up pace': UN in Burma 13 May 2008 17:12 GMT
    ... on donating. Working with indigenous partners in Burma (also known as Myanmar) to assess and provide aid to those ... than 40 ministry units, children's homes, shared farms, pig loan programs, 60 well projects to ...

  • Loyalty and lives put at risk by aid refusal 13 May 2008 11:54 GMT
    ... Last updated: May 12 2008 01:26 In Burma, vegetables are often grown alongside military airfields and ... that the soldiers are keen to play farmers, just that for years they have been ... the citizens,” the state-run New Light of Myanmar reported in an account that gave no ...

  • Burmese junta 'stealing cyclone aid supplies' 13 May 2008 11:30 GMT
    ... Burma’s corrupt military regime was today accused of ... quantities of the high-energy biscuits rushed into Burma on the World Food Programme’s first flights were sent ... some two million survivors, mostly poor rice farmers, are living in abject misery, facing disease ...

  • Myanmar junta reportedly keeping aid, giving out rotten food 13 May 2008 11:11 GMT
    ... YANGON, Myanmar The United Nations said today that only a ... 2 million survivors mostly poor rice farmers are living in abject misery, facing ...

  • U.N. Leader Tells Myanmar to Hurry on Aid 13 May 2008 11:11 GMT
    ... UNITED NATIONS — As the authorities in Myanmar raised the cyclone death toll to nearly ... leave at night, that they could put Burmese officials on our planes and ships, and that ... Western diplomats in Yangon. People whose homes, farms and food stocks were destroyed have been ...

  • Myanmar regime accused of hoarding aid 13 May 2008 11:11 GMT
    ... two million survivors — mostly poor rice farmers — are living in abject misery, facing ... quantities of the high-energy biscuits rushed into Myanmar by the WFP on its first flights were ...

  • Burma regime accused of hoarding cyclone aid 13 May 2008 11:10 GMT
    ... A monk walks past a temple damaged by Cyclone Nargis ... Cyclone Nargis on the outskirts of Rangoon, Burma, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. (AP Photo) Cyclone survivors ... 2 million survivors -- mostly poor rice farmers -- are living in abject misery, facing ...

  • Bodies rotting in Myanmar 13 May 2008 11:10 GMT
    ... it had sent body bags to cyclone-hit Myanmar, as experts warned that rotting corpses remain ... the victims, let alone the corpses of livestock that also foul waterways. That has created ...

  • Rescuers search for quake survivors 13 May 2008 11:10 GMT
    ... regions for weeks and killed crops and livestock, exacerbating already high inflation. In March, antigovernment ... aftermath of the recent cyclone in neighboring Myanmar, said they were awaiting word from Chinese ...

  • U.N. says most victims without relief, hoarding reported 13 May 2008 10:53 GMT
    ... Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller, Getty Images) YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - The U.N. says only a tiny ... Some two million survivors, mostly poor rice farmers, are facing disease and starvation. The U.N. ...

  • Deadly struggle for migrants in Thailand 13 May 2008 10:52 GMT
    ... last week of 54 migrant workers from Myanmar, while being transported in an enclosed container ... is the largest number of deaths of Burmese migrant workers we have recorded in one ... fields due to low pay - are agriculture, construction, fish processing, domestic workers, the garment ...

  • Crisis looms for Myanmar's riven junta 13 May 2008 10:52 GMT
    ... Jagan BANGKOK - As the health of Myanmar's senior general, Than Shwe, deteriorates, two major ... Investment Commission, Construction Minister Saw Htun and Agriculture Minister Htay Oo, who is also a ...

  • Why Myanmar's junta steals foreign aid 13 May 2008 10:52 GMT
    ... By Brian McCartan CHIANG MAI, Thailand - Myanmar's generals may have more than self-promoting propaganda ... the forced confiscation of land for military farms. These abuses have been noted in particular ... the Karen National Union (KNU) and the Burmese Communist Party. Although both groups were pushed out ...


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