Myanmar mourns cyclone dead as aid pressure grows
May 20, 2008
Myanmar opens door to help from Asian neighbors
The Associated Press - May 20, 2008
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's junta, facing global outrage for spurning international assistance, appeared to relent Monday, saying it would allow its
Myanmar agrees to accept ASEAN cyclone aid
CNN International - May 19, 2008
BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- Myanmar has agreed to let its South Asian neighbors send medical personnel and an assessment team to the cyclone-ravaged country.
UN chief hopes visit will speed relief
The Gazette (Montreal) - May 19, 2008
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will travel to Myanmar this week to try to speed up troubled cyclone relief, his spokeswoman said yesterday,
UN's top disaster official arrives in Myanmar, country seeks aid
AFP - May 18, 2008
YANGON (AFP) — Myanmar wants to host an aid-pledging conference in Yangon to pool foreign assistance to survivors of this month's devastating cyclone,
Children 'face hunger deaths'
Gulf Daily News - May 18, 2008
LONDON: Thousands of children in Myanmar could die of starvation within two or three weeks, a charity said yesterday. Save the Children UK said its research
Diplomats tour cyclone zone, but Myanmar still refuses aid
Euronews.net - May 18, 2008
Faced with the mounting criticism from world leaders, Myanmar's military junta has flown some diplomats and aid workers into the southern Irrawaddy Delta
As Cyclone Refugees Wait, Myanmar Refuses Aid
ABC News - May 17, 2008
AP Myanmar's junta kept a French navy ship laden with aid waiting outside its maritime border on Saturday, and showed off neatly laid out state relief camps
International Pressure on Myanmar Junta Is Building
New York Times - May 17, 2008
AP Cyclone survivors receive free clothing at a monastery on the outskirts of Yangon. The government said that almost 78000 people had died; the Red Cross
French navy ship near Myanmar with aid
The Associated Press - May 17, 2008
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A French navy ship carrying 1000 tons of food idled near Myanmar's coast Saturday, awaiting permission from the uncooperative ruling
Rain deepens Myanmar misery; death toll spikes
National Post - May 16, 2008
YANGON (Reuters) - Torrential rain lashed victims of Cyclone Nargis on Friday as Myanmar's junta admitted more than 130000 people were dead or missing,
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