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June 2008
- Burma Aid Delays Less Deadly Than Feared
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 18, 08 5:13 AM CDT
  
  Delays in getting help to cyclone survivors in Burma's Irrawaddy Delta have not caused the catastrophe initially feared, according to aid workers. Hardy villagers have managed to survive on fish and coconuts, helped by aid from private Burmese citizens and monks, reports the New York Times . Expected massive outbreaks of disease have not occurred—but aid workers warn that many are still at risk. More »
  
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  Burma • Myanmar • Cyclone Nargis • cyclone • junta • aid • disaster zones • Irrawaddy Delta • Doctors Without Borders
- Albright: Burmese Paying for Bush's Failed Policies
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 11, 08 7:53 PM CDT
  
  The Myanmar junta’s shameful cyclone response illustrates some global truths we must face, writes Madeleine Albright in the New York Times . Among them: President Bush's ill-advised attack of Iraq has made it all the more difficult for the international community to intervene in the world's trouble spots. Instead, the principle of national sovereignty now rules the day, even when people are suffering. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Iraq war • Burma • Myanmar • Sudan • Darfur • Madeleine Albright
- Activist Suu Kyi Should be Flogged: Burma Junta
  
  newser | Reuters | Jun 11, 08 4:35 AM CDT
  
  Official media controlled by Burma's junta said today that Aung San Suu Kyi, the democracy leader and Nobel laureate, deserves to be flogged "as in the case of naughty children." Editorials in several Burmese newspapers accused Suu Kyi of being in the pay of rebel guerrillas and foreign governments, Reuters reports. The victor of Burma's 1990 democratic election has been under house arrest for 13 of the last 19 years. More »
  
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  Burma • Myanmar • junta • Aung San Suu Kyi
- Burmese Comedian Bust Not Funny: UN
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 10, 08 5:00 AM CDT
  
  The UN's human rights official in Burma expressed concern over the arrest of a popular Burmese comedian who’d been helping cyclone survivors, the AP reports. The comedian, known as Zarganar, was nabbed Wednesday by authorities after traveling to the hard-hit Irrawaddy Delta to donate supplies, a relative said. He had led an aid group of 400 and had criticized the government in foreign interviews. More »
  
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  Burma • Myanmar • Cyclone Nargis • junta • comedian • United Nations Human Rights Council
- Burma Arrests Activist Linked to Cyclone Aid
  
  newser | Reuters | Jun 5, 08 6:58 AM CDT
  
  The Burmese junta has arrested a leading activist who led a private aid program for victims of last month's Cyclone Nargis. Zarganar, a top comedian in Burma who was also arrested during September's protests, was taken away by secret police last night, Reuters reports. The junta continues to block aid to millions of survivors, and today four American warships abandoned efforts to provide aid. More »
  
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  Burma • Myanmar • Cyclone Nargis • cyclone • junta • emergency aid
- Blocked US Ships Will Abandon Myanmar Aid
  
  newser | Reuters | Jun 4, 08 6:04 AM CDT
  
  US warships laden with aid for Burmese cyclone survivors will sail out of the region tomorrow still carrying their loads, Reuters reports. Burma's military junta has refused 15 requests to allow American forces to deliver aid supplies to the disaster zone, according to the admiral in charge of the operation. More »
  
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  Burma • Myanmar • Cyclone Nargis • aid • relief • military junta • disaster zones • Irrawaddy Delta • warship
May 2008
- Monks Provide Myanmar Relief
  
  newser | New York Times | May 31, 08 10:50 AM CDT
  
  In the wake of Burma’s cyclone, Buddhist monks have become the only source of comfort—both “material” and “spiritual”—for many thousands of homeless and destitute who have been abandoned by the government, the New York Times reports. “Monks are like parents to us. The government wants us to shut up, but monks listen to us,” says one cyclone survivor. More »
  
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  Burma • Myanmar • Cyclone Nargis • Buddhist monks • homeless • emergency aid • survivors
- Gates: Junta Aid Delays Killed Thousands
  
  newser | Reuters | May 31, 08 6:21 AM CDT
  
  Tens of thousands of Burmese have died because of their government's refusal to allow in foreign aid after Cyclone Nargis, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday. Gates accused the military leaders of being "deaf and dumb" to the plight of their people, Reuters reports. American ships in the region have not been allowed to deliver relief supplies to Burma. More »
  
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  Burma • Myanmar • Robert Gates • Cyclone Nargis • cyclone • junta • aid • Irrawaddy Delta
- Junta Closing Cyclone Shelters
  
  newser | BBC | May 30, 08 12:16 PM CDT
  
  The Burmese junta has reportedly begun closing shelters and telling cyclone victims to return to their decimated villages, a move that drew strong condemnation from a UN official, the BBC reports. Military leaders, apparently worried that the camps will become permanent aid centers, have given victims tents and bamboo poles and told them to rebuild their lives, says a UNICEF official. More »
  
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  Burma • Myanmar • natural disaster • Cyclone Nargis • junta • military junta • homeless • shelter
- Burma Rips 'Chocolate Bar' Aid; US Ships Threaten to Sail
  
  newser | Reuters | May 29, 08 6:50 AM CDT
  
  Burma's military junta ripped international cyclone relief efforts today, slamming demands for access to the disaster zone and proclaiming "The people from Irrawaddy can survive without chocolate bars donated by foreign countries," Reuters reports. The slam comes a day after a US admiral threatened to yank warships from the region if the junta wouldn't let in the aid they carried. More »
  
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  Burma • Myanmar • Cyclone Nargis • cyclone • relief • military junta • disaster zones • Irrawaddy Delta
- Canadians Bully Burmese Junta With... Panties?
  
  newser | Sify.com | May 28, 08 10:59 AM CDT
  
  When international pressure fails, try… underwear? Canadian women think they can change the Myanmar junta’s ways by mailing a steady stream of panties to the Myanmar embassy in Ottawa, Sify reports. The military dictators apparently harbor a superstitious fear that touching a woman’s undergarment will “rob them of their power,” according to Panties for Peace!, the organization coordinating the movement. More »
  
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  Burma • Canada • protests • Myanmar • military junta • superstition • underwear
- Burma Relief Effort Belies Need
  
  newser | Times (UK) | May 27, 08 4:48 PM CDT
  
  Burma's junta would have one believe it's got the situation under control in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, and even has a test-case diorama as evidence for foreign envoys, the Times of London reports. Sinkan refugee camp hosts 180 well-fed, healthy inhabitants in clean blue tents—while 10 minutes down the road, destitution, sickness and homelessness are everywhere. More »
  
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  Burma • Myanmar • Cyclone Nargis • junta • military junta • refugee camp • dictatorship • food aid
- Burma Junta: No Freedom for Opposition Leader
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | May 27, 08 8:13 AM CDT
  
  The Nobel Prize-winning leader of the Burmese opposition will spend another year under house arrest, the country's military government announced today. Hopes that international pressure, along with the national crisis in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, might lead the junta to release Aung San Suu Kyi were dashed by a 10-minute official visit to her Rangoon home this morning. More »
  
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  Burma • Myanmar • Cyclone Nargis • Aung San Suu Kyi • military junta • house arrest
- Burma's Monks Forge Secret Relief Network
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | May 23, 08 2:11 PM CDT
  
  Although Burma’s junta relented today and allowed in foreign aid workers, weeks of delays and restrictions have led to the formation of an underground network of volunteers led by monks, Internet activists, and pro-democracy students. The Wall Street Journal looks at their efforts, which risk the wrath of the government but often provide the only life-sustaining aid for residents in the hardest-hit regions. More »
  
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  Burma • Myanmar • monks • emergency aid • activists • monastery
- Burma Agrees to Accept All Aid
  
  newser | Bloomberg | May 23, 08 5:34 AM CDT
  
  Burma has agreed to let international disaster relief workers into the country to help with the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, Bloomberg reports. The junta's about-face came after UN chief Ban Ki-moon, who flew in yesterday, met the nation's reclusive military leader, Senior Gen. Than Shwe. The UN hopes to ramp up operations in the Irrawaddy Delta, where over a million cyclone survivors are thought to be in urgent need of assistance. More »
  
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  Burma • Myanmar • Cyclone Nargis • cyclone • Ban Ki-Moon • relief • military junta • disaster zones • Irrawaddy Delta • aid workers • Than Shwe
- Visiting UN Chief Pushes Burma to Accept Aid
  
  newser | Reuters | May 22, 08 7:07 AM CDT
  
  UN chief Ban Ki-Moon witnessed cyclone damage in Burma today, on a trip to bring the devastated country a “message of hope” and push the junta to allow international aid for the millions left destitute, Reuters reports. “I'm quite confident we will be able to overcome this tragedy,” he said. But his work to open the doors to relief looks to be an uphill battle, the New York Times notes. More »
  
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  Burma • Myanmar • disaster • Cyclone Nargis • foreign aid • emergency aid
- World Toes Junta's Line as Burmese Die
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | May 21, 08 2:47 PM CDT
  
  The leaders of the Burmese junta don’t want you to think about the victims of Cyclone Nargis, writes Tom Jenkins for the Guardian , and the world and the media are only too happy to oblige. The Chinese government’s heroics in Asia's other natural disaster focuses attention on victims receiving help, while the Burmese who desperately need outside intervention die off-camera. More »
  
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  China • Burma • Myanmar • Cyclone Nargis • China earthquake • junta • dictatorship • negligence • ASEAN
- World Bank Nixes Loan to Burmese Junta
  
  newser | Daily Telegraph (UK) | May 20, 08 10:54 AM CDT
  
  As Burma looks for loans to cover an estimated for $10 billion worth of damage from Cyclone Nargis, the World Bank won't be among the lenders, the Telegraph reports. The junta has been in debt to the bank for more than a decade, and the bank is legally barred from making another loan, says its managing director. More »
  
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  Burma • Myanmar • World Bank • Cyclone Nargis • military junta • emergency aid
- Burmese Buy Up Black-Market Cyclone Videos
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 19, 08 8:45 AM CDT
  
  Black-market videos of floating bodies, famished survivors, and cyclone-ravaged villages have become best-sellers in Burma, AP reports. The tapes are illegal because the nation's military junta wants to hide the extent of the devastation. "People buy them because they are interested in seeing what happened out there," said a street vendor who set up his video stall 2 days after the storm. More »
  
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  Burma • Myanmar • Cyclone Nargis • cyclone • junta • military junta • black market
- Burma Relents on Foreign Docs, Aid Workers
  
  newser | BBC | May 19, 08 7:21 AM CDT
  
  Two and a half weeks after cyclone Nargis hit, Burma finally agreed today to allow foreign medics and disaster experts into the battered country, reports the BBC—but only from ASEAN member nations. UN chief Ban Ki-Moon also plans to jet to Burma on Wednesday to bring additional pressure to bear to speed relief to save thousands of children from starving to death. More »
  
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  United Nations • Myanmar • Cyclone Nargis • Ban Ki-Moon • military junta • World Food Program • Irrawaddy Delta • Yangon • aid workers • Than Shwe • Save the Children • ASEAN

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