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  • Myanmar junta warns people not to hoard aid 15 May 2008 20:39 GMT
    ... New storm head toward Myanmar; Myanmar cyclone victims getting low-quality supplies Myanmar's ... It was the first acknowledgment by the military government, albeit indirectly, of problems with relief operations ...

  • Cyclone survivors could face "second wave" 15 May 2008 20:39 GMT
    ... weeks after a deadly cyclone tore through Myanmar, the west only knows a fraction of ... as it can't be distributed."

    Myanmar's military rulers have tightened roadblocks, turning back international relief ...

  • Hindus lost 26 lakh acres of land in Bangladesh 15 May 2008 20:37 GMT
    ... Hindus lost 26 lakh acres of land in Bangladesh ... the Constituent Assembly in 1972. The subsequent military regimes in Bangladesh after August 1975 however, ... on Bangladesh's eastern border with India and Burma. The varied but wholly non-Bengali/non-Muslim indigenous peoples in ...

  • UN hopes to send top aid coordinator to Myanmar 15 May 2008 20:37 GMT
    ... can get a visa from the ruling military junta. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been frustrated by ... own direct talks with the chairman of Myanmar's junta despite repeated calls and letters. Holmes ...

  • UN calls meeting as Myanmar stalls on cyclone aid 15 May 2008 20:36 GMT
    ... UN calls meeting as Myanmar stalls on cyclone aid Children affected by ... where the meeting would be held. The military -- which has held a total grip ... once a rich British colony known as Burma, can stand on its own. The New Light ...

  • 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 ... where the meeting would be held. The military - which has held a total grip ... on its own. The New Light of Myanmar (Burma) newspaper, a government mouthpiece, said the ...

  • Days of disaster 15 May 2008 20:35 GMT
    ... blocking of mountain roads by landslides, Chinese troops have been struggling to rescue thousands of ... the government said. In contrast with neighbouring Myanmar's lethargic and secretive handling of its cyclone ... the Politburo's Standing Committee and thousands of soldiers and police were being dispatched. After an ...

  • Myanmar: Referendum OKs new constitution 15 May 2008 20:34 GMT
    ... Voting was postponed until May 24 in the Irrawaddy ... in a country ruled by the feared military since 1962, few would have dared to reject ...

  • Burma's Desperate Hour 15 May 2008 20:32 GMT
    ... Berman on superdelegate fence-sitters The crisis in Burma justifies humanitarian intervention--but it should be carried ... humanitarian dilemma. Students and an association of Burmese monks, as well as the National League ... the devastating Sichuan earthquake, to rebuke the Myanmar regime or vote publicly to deny lifesaving ...

  • Stephen Totilo | The Second Life Herald 15 May 2008 20:32 GMT
    ... Gone are the days of equal protection. Intense natural ... most repressive regimes on the planet--China and Burma--struggle to respond to devastating disasters: the Sichuan ... have been dozens of reports of the Burmese junta taking credit for supplies sent by ...

  • Regime-Quakes in Burma and China 15 May 2008 20:32 GMT
    ... Gone are the days of equal protection. Intense natural ... most repressive regimes on the planet--China and Burma--struggle to respond to devastating disasters: the Sichuan ... have been dozens of reports of the Burmese junta taking credit for supplies sent by ...

  • Regime-Quakes 15 May 2008 20:32 GMT
    ... Gone are the days of equal protection. Intense natural ... most repressive regimes on the planet--China and Burma--struggle to respond to devastating disasters: the Sichuan ... have been dozens of reports of the Burmese junta taking credit for supplies sent by ...

  • Myanmar cyclone death toll soars above 43,000 15 May 2008 20:31 GMT
    ... Myanmar junta warns against hoarding cyclone aid Myanmar's ... of the hardest-hit area. (AP Photo) Myanmar's military, which has ruled for 46 years, has ... to hand over the supplies to the army, which is directing the relief operation. The ...

  • Slow moving junta, bad weather frustrates aid effort 15 May 2008 20:31 GMT
    ... PM - Thursday, 15 May , 2008 18:18:00 MARK COLVIN: ... lives would have been saved had the Burmese army responded to the cyclone the way ... BOURKE: So is there a role for Burma's neighbours to step in and eliminate some ...

  • Myanmar junta insists aid effort running smoothly 15 May 2008 20:30 GMT
    ... Myanmar's military government said its cyclone relief effort was ... an overwhelming vote in favour of an army-backed constitution in a referendum held after the ...

  • Military preps for possible island hurricane 15 May 2008 20:30 GMT
    ... focusing on natural disasters in China and Myanmar, the U.S. military is preparing for any possible hurricane that ... including the loss of 6,000 homes. The Army has set up tents on Ford Island ...

  • CANNES '08 DISPATCH | Serious, Silly Intersect In First 24 Hours of 61st Cannes Festival 15 May 2008 19:55 GMT
    ... Sean Penn and Angelina Jolie at the Cannes Film ... the aftermath of the tragic typhoon in Burma, and the upcoming U.S. presidential election all stirred ... with the personal stories of the Israeli soldiers." Saying he is optimistic about the future, ...

  • US couple helps Myanmar cyclone victims 15 May 2008 19:55 GMT
    ... have such a good relationship with the Myanmar people, and we never empower ourselves," said ... go-ahead to enter Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. "I was grinding my teeth so hard ... a decade ago. They started working with Burmese orphans during that adventure and vowed to ...

  • Hezbollah shows might in Lebanon, but faces limits 15 May 2008 19:55 GMT
    ... YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's junta warned Thursday it will ... listed as missing remained at 27,838. Myanmar's military, which has ruled for 46 years, has ... to hand over the supplies to the army, which is directing the relief operation. The ...

  • * 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 ... sold openly in markets and that the military was pilfering and diverting aid for its own ...

  • Britain pledges more cyclone aid 15 May 2008 19:55 GMT
    ... £12 million ($25.03 million) today for the Myanmar cyclone relief effort as it reiterated a ... our commitment to supporting the people of Burma." Along with other countries, Britain has voiced ... them. "I reiterate our call on the Burmese authorities to grant full and unfettered access ...

  • The Nation Mourns 15 May 2008 19:38 GMT
    ... glacier-like response to the cyclone devastation by Myanmar's junta makes China's disaster relief plan look ... writing a book on "Comfort women" or military sex slaves used by the Japanese Imperial Army. ...

  • Myanmar's Junta Issues Warning on Aid 15 May 2008 19:38 GMT
    ... YANGON, Myanmar (May 15) - Myanmar's junta warned Thursday ... It was the first acknowledgment by the military government, albeit indirectly, of problems with relief ... "that international relief supplies transported by the Burmese military have been arriving in disaster areas," ...

  • Myanmar junta warns against hoarding aid 15 May 2008 19:24 GMT
    ... medicines and tents have been sent to Myanmar, but its delivery has been slowed down ... visited hard-hit Bogaley town on Wednesday. "They (military) don't want us to stay and talk to ...

  • 06:27am Junta: Aid effort running smoothly 15 May 2008 19:24 GMT
    ... yield any breakthroughs. "You know, relations between Myanmar and the international community are difficult," Louis ... an overwhelming vote in favour of an army-backed constitution in a referendum held after the ... were in favour of the charter. The military sees the constitution as a key step ...


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