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- UN sends envoy as Myanmar stalls on cyclone aid 15 May 2008 22:31 GMT
... UN sends envoy as Myanmar stalls on cyclone aid UNITED NATIONS (AFP) ... once a rich British colony known as Burma, can stand on its own. The government-controlled ... storm -- perhaps wary of the role Buddhist monks played in last year's abortive anti-government ...
- Myanmar junta warns against hoarding cyclone aid 15 May 2008 20:56 GMT
... Photo: Myanmar children reach their hands out to receive ... out of the hardest-hit area. Photo: Myanmar Buddhist monks walk in the rain on the ...
- Hindus lost 26 lakh acres of land in Bangladesh 15 May 2008 20:37 GMT
... Dhaka) Religious minorities, principally Hindu, Christian and Buddhist make up an estimated 11% of the ... on Bangladesh's eastern border with India and Burma. The varied but wholly non-Bengali/non-Muslim indigenous peoples in ...
- At least 71,000 dead in Burma crisis 15 May 2008 20:36 GMT
... At least 71,000 dead in Burma crisis The UN called an emergency summit ... on its own. The New Light of Myanmar (Burma) newspaper, a government mouthpiece, said the ... Burma's biggest anti-regime protests in 20 years. Buddhist monks are revered in this nation of ...
- * Relief groups put Myanmar death toll at 120,000 15 May 2008 19:55 GMT
... Relief groups put Myanmar death toll at 120,000 While the junta ... city of Yangon, people seeking shelter at Buddhist monasteries said they had been ordered to ...
- Local heroes emerge to help Myanmar cyclone victims where government has failed 15 May 2008 19:16 GMT
... YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - From shopkeepers handing out free ... who have sought shelter in the country's Buddhist monasteries. Others have taken refuge in Catholic ... aid workers from entering Myanmar, formerly called Burma. And most Westerners lucky enough to get ...
- Heavy rains head toward cyclone-devastated Myanmar 15 May 2008 18:14 GMT
... YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – Heavy rains and another potentially ... the Internet. "I prayed to the Lord Buddha, 'please save us from another cyclone. Not ...
- Myanmar refuses to bow to pressure as UN calls meeting 15 May 2008 18:10 GMT
... Myanmar's Prime Minister Thein Sein casts his vote ... once a rich British colony known as Burma, can stand on its own. The New ... anti-regime demonstrations protests here in 20 years. Buddhist monks are revered in this nation of ...
- UN calls meeting as Myanmar stalls on cyclone aid 15 May 2008 18:09 GMT
... UN calls meeting as Myanmar stalls on cyclone aid YANGON (AFP) - ... once a rich British colony known as Burma, can stand on its own. The New ... Myanmar's biggest anti-regime protests in 20 years. Buddhist monks are revered in this nation of ...
- Local heroes step in to help cyclone victims 15 May 2008 18:08 GMT
... who have sought shelter in the country's Buddhist monasteries. Others have taken refuge in Catholic ... restricted most foreign aid workers from entering Myanmar, formerly called Burma. And most Westerners lucky enough to get ...
- Quake Reveals Holes in the Great Firewall of China 15 May 2008 17:37 GMT
... foreseen this development after cell-phone images of the military crackdown on peaceful protests by Buddhist monks in Burma reached the outside world via the Internet last September. "The interesting thing about trying to ...
- Down the Rabbit Hole 15 May 2008 17:16 GMT
... unless we’re discussing the military government of Myanmar, which has placed the paranoid concerns of ... last year’s pro-democracy protests led the country’s Buddhist clergy, it is clear that the Generals ...
- Rangoon: Angry UN puts pressure on Burma junta 15 May 2008 17:04 GMT
... send its top humanitarian official to cyclone-ravaged Burma, as the junta again insisted it could ... foreign experts to help the aid effort. "Myanmar people accept any kinds of foreign aid ... the death toll could reach 128,000. Several Buddhist monks from the disaster zone reported Burma ...
- Watching Myanmar 15 May 2008 17:03 GMT
... dealing long distance with the tragedy in Myanmar. There was more bad news today, as ... BRACKETT, NewsHour Correspondent: The soft sounds of Buddhist monks at prayer fill the room. The ... their homeland in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. The monastery is one of six Buddhist ...
- US Muslims Aiding Myanmar Victims 15 May 2008 16:56 GMT
... goal is to raise funds to help people afflicted by Cyclone Nargis which battered Myanmar, a mainly Buddhist Asian nation, on May 3. The cyclone tore through the rice-growing Irrawaddy Delta, wiping ...
- Guardians of the Home: Traditional Statues of Property Protection 15 May 2008 16:56 GMT
... Many ancient homes and important buildings were guarded by ... as Fu Lion, Foo Dog, lion of Buddha, Shishi or Imperial Guardian Lion): Fu Dogs ... Sphinx; it is also known to India, Burma, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. The Sphinx is ...
- Great Firewall Leaks 15 May 2008 16:18 GMT
... foreseen this development after cell-phone images of the military crackdown on peaceful protests by Buddhist monks in Burma reached the outside world via the Internet last September. "The interesting thing about trying to ...
- Myanmar cyclone death toll soars above 43,000 15 May 2008 15:56 GMT
... a monastery on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar on Thursday, May 15, 2008. The Red ... out of the hardest-hit area. Photo: Myanmar Buddhist monks walk in the rain on the ... "that international relief supplies transported by the Burmese military have been arriving in disaster areas," ...
- Sri Lankans to help the Burmese 15 May 2008 15:17 GMT
... Buddhist monks are collecting tonnes of material aid for Myanmar. Many remember Myanmar’s help in rebuilding the ... houses the only known relic of the Buddha. Colombo (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Sri Lanka’s government is ...
- Myanmar Farmers May Miss Harvest 15 May 2008 15:15 GMT
... — Normally, right about now, Burmese farmers in the southern delta of Myanmar would be draining their rice paddies, plowing ... homes and livelihoods have sought shelter in Buddhist monasteries, old buildings or schools. The government ...
- Food crisis looms in Myanmar 15 May 2008 14:54 GMT
... homes and livelihoods have sought shelter in Buddhist monasteries, old buildings or schools. The government ... time-honored plowing-and-planting schedule. International aid groups in Myanmar say that their need for 50,000 tons ...
- Junta pushed to relent on relief 15 May 2008 14:52 GMT
... world community kept up the pressure on Burma's ruling generals yesterday to allow a massive ... and schools into the state camps, several Buddhist monks from the disaster zone said. In ...
- East Bay immigrants take earthquake and cyclone aid into their own hands 15 May 2008 13:55 GMT
... earthquake in China and a cyclone in Myanmar, many local immigrants with connections to disaster-hit ... relief efforts in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, in part because of political troubles back ... After two crowded meetings at a Burmese Buddhist monastery in Fremont, a coalition of local ...
- Myanmar refuses to bow to pressure as UN calls meeting 15 May 2008 13:53 GMT
... Myanmar refuses to bow to pressure as UN ... once a rich British colony known as Burma, can stand on its own. The New ... anti-regime demonstrations protests here in 20 years. Buddhist monks are revered in this nation of ...
- Myanmar junta warns people not to hoard aid 15 May 2008 13:09 GMT
... Myanmar junta warns people not to hoard aid Myanmar Buddhist monks walk in the rain on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar on Thursday, May ...
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