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Power to the people
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 9 days ago
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Pick of the crop ... (clockwise from far left) harvesting tomatoes at Inle Lake; temple climb at Bagan; the gilded Shwedagon Paya in Rangoon. Photo: AFP, Leisa Tyler Rudyard Kipling, the Indian-born author and poet travelling in the late 19th century,...
Tags: Burma, Rangoon, Bagan, Inle Lake, privately owns, South-East Asia, avoiding government, Los Angeles, Pyay, Mandalay, Irrawaddy River, Hospitality Recreation, Yangon, Military dictatorship
UN aid reaches cyclone-hit delta in Burma
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 year ago
Credibility United Nations helicopters loaded with relief supplies have reached areas of Burma’s Irrawaddy delta that were cut off from regular aid since the devastating cyclone five weeks ago. Four of the five aircraft that arrived over the weekend shuttled emergency...
Tags: Myanmar, Burma, U.N., relief supplies, Yangon, Irrawaddy River
As cyclone refugees wait, Myanmar refuses aid
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 year ago
Credibility 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...
Tags: Myanmarï, U.N., Cyclone Nargis, cyclone survivors, relief effort, Michele Montas, Irrawaddy River, general ban, relief camps, Yangon
Some cholera confirmed in cyclone-hit Myanmar
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 year ago
Credibility Some cholera has been confirmed among survivors of Cyclone Nargis, but the number was in line with case levels in previous years in Myanmar, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. "We do have some confirmed cholera," Maureen Birmingham, acting...
Tags: Heavy Rains Lash Burma, Myanmar, U.N., Irrawaddy River, hit myanmar, Irrawaddy Delta, military junta
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