OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 12, 2008) - A Red Cross relief pipeline into Myanmar has been established, with 11flights having reached Yangon since Wednesday. This includes six flights carrying 35 tonnes of supplies from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies logistics hub in Kuala Lumpur.
These flights only represent the very beginning of what will be a massive logistical operation says Canadian Igor Dmitryuk, Head of the International Federation's logistics unit in Kuala Lumpur.
nto the devastated country as Yangon's main port has been essentially closed since two cranes collapsed at its entrance. However, the International Federation

YANGON, Myanmar, May 12 (UPI) - Myanmar is facing a calamitous health crisis as an estimated 1.5 million cyclone survivors need safe water and food, a British relief group said.
The country formerly known as Burma is near a "massive public health catastrophe," the British non-profit Oxfam said as survivors face a potential outbreak of waterborne diseases, The Washington Post reported Monday.
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Oslo - Norway remained concerned Monday over slow efforts to assist the victims of the devastating cyclone that hit Myanmar in early May.
Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store said getting relief to Myanmar was a 'huge challenge', adding that putting pressure on the military rulers was probably not a successful approach saying he favoured drawing on support and help from neighbouring governments.
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in affected areas, but much more is required.

By Mike Nizza This morning would seem as good a time as any to size up the truly global reach of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red

YANGON, Myanmar (CBS) ― The first US relief airlift has arrived in Myanmar carrying emergency supplies for last week's cyclone victims.

YANGON, Myanmar (CNN) -- A US military airplane with relief supplies has taken off and was scheduled to land in Myanmar Monday afternoon on a mission that

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar is on the brink of a public health catastrophe that threatens the lives of as many as 1.5 million people suffering from disease and famine following last week's cyclone, a charity group said Sunday.
unk. All four aid workers on board were safe.
ish Foreign Secretary David Miliband warned that malign neglect by the isolated nation's military rulers was creating a "humanitarian catastrophe of genuinely epic proportions."

KYAIKTAW, Myanmar — U Maung Saw and his family are in a race against the rain. Cyclone Nargis pounded their house as flat as the mud where the broken pieces

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - The United States launched its first relief airlift to Myanmar on Monday, after prolonged negotiations with the isolated country's military rulers, who have been accused of restricting international efforts to help as many as 1.5 million cyclone survivors at risk of disease and starvation.
The flight took off from a base in Thailand a day after the monumental task of feeding and sheltering the survivors suffered yet another blow when a boat laden with relief supplies — one of the first international shipments — sank on its way to the disaster zone.
30 cargo plane packed with supplies to Yangon on Monday. Two more air shipments were scheduled to land Tuesday.

The first US relief supplies are set to be flown into cyclone-hit Myanmar on Monday after long negotiations with the country's military government.

By AP YANGON, Myanmar - A Red Cross boat carrying aid for 1000 cyclone survivors sank yesterday on its way to the disaster zone.

A young boy sits by the wreckage of a home near Kyauktan in Myanmar. More Photos > By THE NEW YORK TIMES This article is by a reporter for The New York

YANGON: Desperate survivors of Cyclone Nargis poured out of Myanmar’s Irrawaddy delta onto the roads to beg for food and water on Sunday.

YANGON, Myanmar: A trickle of aid shipments arrived in Myanmar on Sunday, more than a week after a massive cyclone smashed the country, but officials continued to bar major shipments to the storm's hard-hit survivors.
The junta is refusing to grant entry to foreign aid workers, who relief officials say are crucial to preventing more deaths from disease among an estimated 1.5 million victims of the May 3 storm.
one Nargis

By Anuchit Nguyen and Simeon Bennett May 11 (Bloomberg) - Relief flights by aid organizations including the International Federation of the Red Cross arrived in Myanmar as charity officials reported progress in getting help to the 1 million people left homeless by last weekend's cyclone and now facing disease and famine.
Four Red Cross planes carrying tents and other equipment landed in Myanmar yesterday while two others were scheduled to leave Europe, the U.K. Department for International Development said in an e-mailed press release. The World Food Program also reached agreement with Myanmar authorities to allow staff to collect and distribute aid that was held up on May