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MYANMAR: Cyclone helicopters grounded in Bangkok
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 year ago
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One month after a devastating cyclone ripped through Myanmar, nine out of 10 helicopters to be used by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) are still being held up in Bangkok awaiting approval to fly. Choppers were delivered last week by the Canadian and...
Tags: Myanmar, Bangkok, Thailand, aid workers, cyclone survivors, navy ships, relief effort, myanmar area, junta refused, devastating cyclone
Grim fight for survival after Myanmar cyclone
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 year ago
Credibility ore than one million homeless in Myanmar were battling to stave off disease and hunger yesterday, with the military government still limiting foreign assistance six days after a massive cyclone. With death toll estimates near 100,000 and the clock ticking...
Tags: Myanmar, Burma, devastating cyclone, foreign aid, U.N., U.S, aid workers, military governments, foreign workers
WFP aid reaching homeless in Myanmar
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 year ago
Credibility 7 Geneva: The UN's World Food Program has reached the first of approximately 1 million people left homeless by the devastating cyclone that ravaged the coast of Myanmar. However, flooding and road damage have cut off access to many coastal areas, it added.
Tags: Myanmar, water purification, response team, devastating cyclone, GlobalMedic
Pope Prays for Myanmar Cyclone Victims
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 year ago
Credibility Pope Benedict XVI has offered his prayers for victims of Cyclone Nargis in a telegram sent to Myanmar's Catholic bishops. "Deeply saddened by news of the tragic aftermath of the recent cyclone, the Holy Father expresses his heartfelt sympathy," read the...
Tags: Pope Benedict XVI, Myanmar, cyclone, constitution referendum, Burma, devastating cyclone, international communications
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