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  • May 2008

    • US Aid Plane Lands in Burma

      BBC  |  May 12, 08 12:03 PM CDT

      US Aid Plane Lands in Burma

      (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 the goods. The US has offered the help of 11,000 servicemen; that, too, has been declined. More »

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

    • US Aid Finally Winging to Cyclone Survivors

      Reuters  |  May 12, 08 4:30 AM CDT

      US Aid Finally Winging to Cyclone Survivors

      (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 of several others now that today's help was approved. “This is Burma's hour of need and the need is urgent,” said an official. More »

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

    • Burma Cyclone Toll Leaps to 4,000

      CNN  |  May 5, 08 6:33 AM CDT

      Burma Cyclone Toll Leaps to 4,000

      (Newser) - The death toll in yesterday's Burmese hurricane has skyrocketed to 4,000, CNN reports, up from initial estimates of 350. State-run media issued a revised estimate this morning, along with the government's emergency plea for help. Another 3,000 are thought to be missing. Major relief work has already begun, with international groups coordinating a joint effort, but work was being hampered by the government's travel restrictions on foreigners. More »

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      United Nations  • Burma  • Myanmar  • Cyclone Nargis  • cyclone  • aid  • relief  • Bangkok  • Red Cross  • Yangon  • aid agencies

  • January 2008

    • Burma Horrors 'Continue in Secret'

      Associated Press  |  Jan 4, 08 5:56 AM CST

      Burma Horrors 'Continue in Secret'

      (Newser) - Tensions have eased in Burma's cities since the September crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, but aid groups and rebels say brutal atrocities continue in remote areas far from media scrutiny, AP reports. Government forces are murdering, raping and burning their way through ethnic minority areas, according to reports. Villages have been destroyed and many thousands of people displaced. More »

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      Burma  • aid agencies  • Karen rebels

  • December 2007

    • Tsunami Province Returns to Life

      Time  |  Dec 26, 07 8:50 AM CST

      Tsunami Province Returns to Life

      (Newser) - Three years after it was hit by a devastating tsumani, Aceh is slowly returning to normal, Time r eports. The disaster killed more than 160,000 people in the Sumatran province and wiped out much of its infrastructure. In the years since, aid from all over the world has helped Aceh's people rebuild their towns and their lives. More »

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      disaster  • Indonesia  • aid  • tsunami  • aid agencies  • Aceh  • Sumatra

  • November 2007

    • Bengalis Fight for Survival

      Associated Press  |  Nov 22, 07 6:11 AM CST

      Bengalis Fight for Survival

      (Newser) - Fights broke out among cyclone survivors desperate for meager supplies as aid agencies struggled to get food to the hungry, reports the AP . Cyclone Sidr killed thousands in Bangladesh last week, and food and drinking water shortages could bring a second wave of death—this time from hunger and disease. More »

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      disaster  • cyclone  • relief  • Bangladesh  • Save the Children  • aid agencies

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