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  • May 2008

    • World Toes Junta's Line as Burmese Die

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 21, 08 2:47 PM CDT

      World Toes Junta's Line as Burmese Die

      (Newser) - 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

    • Burma Relents on Foreign Docs, Aid Workers

      BBC  |  May 19, 08 7:21 AM CDT

      Burma Relents on Foreign Docs, Aid Workers

      (Newser) - 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 »

  • October 2007

    • How the World Dropped the Ball on Burma

      Council on Foreign Relations  |  Oct 7, 07 11:33 AM CDT

      How the World Dropped the Ball on Burma

      (Newser) - International policy on Myanmar is at an impasse because the world went two different ways on the military junta—the US chose isolation while its neighbors chose constructive engagement—and both strategies failed. The country has gone from “antidemocratic embarrassment and humanitarian disaster” to “serious threat” to security, Foreign Affairs ’ Michael Green and Derek Mitchell argue. More »

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      China  • Japan  • India  • drugs  • Burma  • Myanmar  • human trafficking  • ASEAN

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