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Burma stories: 165 news summaries

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 Thailand, UN Seek Aid Route
as New Burma Storm Builds

Latest tropical storm likely to become a cylcone

May 14, 08 5:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thailand and the United Nations are working to open a land route from northern Thailand into Burma to get desperately needed help to cyclone survivors, reports the Wall Street Journal. The frantic efforts to deliver aid quickly have been stepped up as the UN's weather center is warning that another... More »

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United Nations • Thailand • cyclone • aid • relief • Myanmar • Burma • Cyclone Nargis

 Junta Hinders 
 Cyclone Coverage 

Foreign journalists must hide to do their jobs

May 13, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Journalists trying to cover the cyclone’s devastation in Burma find themselves obstructed and under surveillance by the military junta, the AP reports. The majority of foreign journalists, like aid workers, have simply been denied entry. Those inside must disguise themselves as tourists, watch out for government phone taps, and... More »

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cyclone • journalist • rescue • Myanmar • Burma • junta • military junta • Cyclone Nargis

 Rain Lashes Cyclone
 Survivors, UN Lashes Junta 

UN chief 'immensely frustrated' by Burmese junta's lack of swift action

May 13, 08 6:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two more American relief planes were scheduled to take off for Burma today, but the nation's military junta came in for another UN pounding for refusing to allow more desperately needed supplies to cyclone-stricken regions. "We are at a critical point. Unless more aid gets into the country very... More »

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United Nations • cyclone • aid • relief • Myanmar • Burma • junta • Cyclone Nargis • Ban Ki-Moon

UPDATED

As US, Burma Talk, Volunteers Say Junta Is Selling Aid

American troops stand ready to help relief

May 12, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A US admiral met with Burma's military command today in continued attempts to persuade the government to allow US servicemen into the country to assist in relief efforts, the Washington Post reports. Meanwhile, a Burmese volunteer operating his own supply effort tells the Daily Telegraph that government officials are commandeering... More »

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cyclone • US military • aid • relief • Myanmar • Burma • junta • military junta • Cyclone Nargis

Updated

 US Aid Plane Lands in Burma 

Official death toll at 32K; observers say it could be triple that

May 12, 08 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - After days of negotiating, a US aid flight landed today in Rangoon, the BBC reports. It’s the latest sign Burma’s military junta might be relaxing its restrictions on foreign aid—a French charity’s plane also touched down—but relief workers still aren’t allowed in to distribute... More »

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aid • relief • aid workers • Myanmar • Burma • junta • aid agencies • Cyclone Nargis

 US Aid Finally Winging to Cyclone Survivors

But relief effort remains minimal with a million at risk

May 12, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The first US aircraft laden with relief supplies for Burmese cyclone survivors was finally allowed to take off from Vietman today, Reuters reports. Desperately needed international aid has largely been blocked by Burma's military junta. American officials hope the flight, carrying water, blankets, and mosquito nets, will be the first... More »

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Red Cross
Aid Boat Sinks
in Burma

Crew survives, but precious supplies are lost as clock ticks

May 11, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Red Cross aid boat delivering desperately needed supplies to the survivors of Cyclone Nargis hit a submerged tree and sank in Burma's Irrawaddy Delta today, reports CNN. All those on board survived, but the 500 bags of rice, 5,000 liters of drinking water, and other critical cargo were... More »

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aid • Oxfam • Red Cross • Burma • disaster recovery • boat accident • Cyclone Nargis • Irrawaddy Delta

Bodies Fill
Burmese Delta

Villagers desperate in areas receiving little aid

May 11, 08 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The horrifying sight of bodies flowing by in streams or caught on vegetation has become commonplace in a remote area of Burma hit hard by the cyclone that has seen almost no government aid, reports the New York Times. “When we first saw the bodies floating past, we were... More »

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 Analysts Urge
 Washington to
 Invade Burma 

Others advise against forcing aid on devastated country

May 10, 08 4:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Analysts and aid workers appalled by Burma’s attitude to foreign aid are urging Washington to invade, Time reports. One observer has called for the US to airlift food regardless of the junta’s restrictions; a retired general wants China to pacify Burma about US aid, or Thailand to paint... More »

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China • United Nations • Thailand • Myanmar • Burma • Yangon • US Navy • US military aid • humanitarian aid • Cyclone Nargis • airlift

 Burma Votes
 Amid Cyclone Chaos 

Junta ignores calls to delay vote and focus on helping cyclone victims

May 10, 08 6:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Burma plowed ahead with a referendum on its constitution today despite cyclone devastation that has left much of the country in ruins, AFP reports. The junta has postponed the vote for two weeks in the worst-hit areas, including the capital and the Irrawaddy delta, where hundreds of thousands have been... More »

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cyclone • constitution • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • junta • Rangoon • referendum • Cyclone Nargis

 World 'Knew' About 
 Cyclone, Expert Says 

Burma says it warned citizens 5 days before landfall

May 9, 08 9:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Burma says it warned its people of Cyclone Nargis 5 days before landfall, when it learned of the storm over news wires—but one expert believes Burma's media outlets were too primitive to spread the message. With Burma's death toll as high as 100,000, Newsweek talked to a global... More »

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weather • cyclone • natural disaster • Myanmar • Burma • Pacific Tsunami Warning Center • disaster preparedness • Cyclone Nargis • World Meteorological Organization

UPDATED

 UN Resumes Food Aid to Burma 

Agency bristles at junta's intervention

May 9, 08 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The UN World Food Program reversed its decision to cut off food shipments to cyclone-stricken Burma, Reuters reports. The WFP had stopped the flow of aid this morning after the junta confiscated a two-plane food shipment. Nonetheless, "discussions continue with the government of Myanmar on the distribution of the... More »

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 Irate UN Cuts Burma Off
 After Junta Seizes Aid 

No reason given after goods confiscated

May 9, 08 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - An enraged UN has shut off all further cyclone aid to Burma after its military junta seized two planes carrying a massive food shipment, CNN reports. “This is another example of them actively getting in the way of relief getting to the victims,” said the UN's Asia World... More »

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 Burmese Junta
 Still Blocking
 Cyclone Aid 

'Second disaster' looms if aid is not allowed in

May 9, 08 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Emergency supplies for some 1.5 million Burmese desperately in need of help are ready to be flown into the cyclone-stricken regions—but the military junta is still blocking delivery. Only two UN planes have been allowed to land in Burma. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon tried unsuccessfully to telephone Burma's... More »

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United Nations • hunger • disease • Myanmar • Burma • junta • Save the Children • World Food Program • Cyclone Nargis • Irrawaddy Delta • emergency aid • Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance • Ban Ki-Moon

UN, US Again Blast Burma's Reluctance With Help

Insular state disappoints would-be donors; 1.5M could be affected

May 8, 08 4:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Officials the world over are expressing dismay at Burma's apparent disinterest in swift international aid to victims of the devastating cyclone that has 1 million homeless and perhaps more than 100,000 dead, Reuters reports. The US ambassador to the UN said today he was “outraged by the slowness... More »

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United Nations • cyclone • relief • Myanmar • Burma • displaced persons • humanitarian aid • Cyclone Nargis

 Cyclone Could
 Weaken Junta's Grip 

Upcoming vote could challenge government

May 8, 08 9:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The devastation of cyclone Nargis could spur stronger opposition to Burma’s ruling junta, the Christian Science Monitor reports. “It could be quite catalytic, like the [2004] tsunami in Aceh,” says a regional aid director. The government, reluctant to allow outside aid, has struggled to cope with the... More »

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cyclone • Myanmar • Burma • junta • referendum • disaster recovery • Cyclone Nargis

 100,000 Burmese
 Now Feared Dead

Tally doesn't include prisoners Burmese junta might have shot after storm hit

May 7, 08 1:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - The death toll from Burma's catastrophic cyclone could reach 100,000, a US diplomat said today. That's almost five times what the nation's government had estimated, CNN reports—and aid workers are still waiting in Thailand, to be allowed into the country to help the estimated million hungry and homeless... More »

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 Disease, Hunger
 Now Threaten
 Cyclone Survivors 

Tainted water, corpses pose grave danger

May 7, 08 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Burmese lucky enough to survive a catastrophic cyclone now face the threat of death by disease and hunger. Dirty water and rotting corpses pose a grave danger of cholera and diarrhea, and the devastated infrastructure is making it nearly impossible to deliver food to people who were hungry even... More »

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UNICEF • cyclone • Myanmar • Burma • Cholera • Cyclone Nargis

 Bush to Junta: Let the US Help 

President signs act awarding Congressional Gold Medal to Suu Kyi

May 6, 08 2:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush today expressed “heartfelt sympathy” to the victims of the Myanmar cyclone and called on the ruling junta to allow the US to offer more help, the Voice of America reports. The government has accepted $250,000 of US aid but balked at letting US Navy rescue teams... More »

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democracy • cyclone • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • junta • military junta • George W. Bush • Cyclone Nargis

updated

 Cyclone Death Toll
  22,000 and Climbing 

Burmese junta allows international aid, delays vote in some parts

May 6, 08 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The cyclone that ripped through Burma has claimed at least 22,000 lives, the military junta said today, and more than 40,000 remain missing. The scope of the disaster forced military leaders to postpone a constitutional referendum—designed to cement their grip on power—in the worst-hit regions, the ... More »

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cyclone • natural disaster • Myanmar • Burma • Cyclone Nargis

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