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As cyclone refugees wait, Myanmar refuses aid

Source: Miami Herald

Yangon : Myanmar | about 1 year ago

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Myanmar's junta kept a French navy ship laden with aid waiting outside its maritime border on Saturday, and showed off neatly laid out state relief camps to diplomats. The stage-managed tour appeared aimed at countering global criticism of the junta's failure to provide for survivors of Cyclone Nargis,...

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UN chief to visit cyclone-hit Myanmar

News Source: Hindustan times | about 1 year ago

IST(19/5/2008) UN chief Ban Ki-moon will travel to Myanmar on Wednesday to try to persuade the leaders of military regime to allow large-scale foreign aid and humanitarian workers to provide assistance to millions of victims of Cyclone Nargis which...
UN chief to visit cyclone-hit Myanmar to accelerate relief efforts

News Source: Xinhuanet.com | about 1 year ago

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Myanmar this week to accelerate relief efforts in the wake of the devastation wreaked by Cyclone Nargis, which hit the country on May 2. Ban's spokesperson Michele Montas announced Sunday that the UN...
Hopes for Myanmar cyclone aid rise as ASEAN meets

News Source: Reuters | about 1 year ago

Hopes turned to a meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers on Monday for a breakthrough in speeding up aid flows to the millions of desperate cyclone survivors in Myanmar. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will travel to Myanmar this week to...
Burmese Leader Visits to Refugees

News Source: The New York Times | about 1 year ago

The leader of Myanmar’s ruling junta, for the first time, on Sunday visited victims of the cyclone that destroyed wide swaths of this country, two weeks after the storm killed at least 78,000 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless...Than...
Cyclone videos are underground hit in Myanmar

News Source: The Financial Express | about 1 year ago

Hidden behind a stacek of pornographic video discs, Yangon street vendor Mg Zaw has even more sought-after contraband: footage of the destruction caused by Cyclone Nargis, which cut a deadly path through Myanmarï¿½s heartland two weeks ago. Ad...
UN chief heading to Myanmar

News Source: Press TV | about 1 year ago

Ban's spokeswoman Michele Montas said she expected there would be an international conference in Bangkok on May 24 to marshal funds for the relief effort in the country. Ban should arrive in the military-ruled Southeast Asian country on Wednesday...