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Burma: Aid reaching only a fraction of those in need
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YubaNet
- 5/13/2008
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(IRIN) - The Burmese government has invited three organisations - World Vision, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) - to serve as 'partners' in the relief effort, according to a statement by World Vision. Further details were unavailable, but a World
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Myanmar Says to Accept Int'l Aid
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China.com
- 5/12/2008
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Villagers wait for aid in Kaw Hwu near Kundangon, Myanmar May 11, 2008. Even if they manage to find food and shelter, the 1.5 million destitute survivors of Myanmar's Cyclone Nargis still face a major risk from infected wounds, chronic diarrhoea and malaria or dengue. [Photo: Xinhua/Reuters] The Mya
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2ND LD: Myanmar widens door for foreign aid, Thai spokesman says+
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Breitbart.com
- 5/12/2008
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Thailand's government spokesman said Monday that Myanmar has widened the door to foreign humanitarian assistance to alleviate the massive catastrophe after the military-ruled nation was severely hit by a powerful cyclone earlier this month. Wichianchote Sukchotirat, the spokesman, said it was the la
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LEAD: Myanmar widens door for foreign aid, Thai spokesman says+
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Macro World Investor
- 5/12/2008
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BANGKOK, May 12-(Kyodo), (EDS: UPDATING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER CANCELING TRIP) Thailand's government spokesman said Monday that Myanmar has widened the door to foreign humanitarian assistance to alleviate the massive catastrophe after the military-ruled nation was severely hit by a powerful cyclone e
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Myanmar accepts int'l aid but rejects foreigners to enter disaster-hit areas
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SINA
- 5/12/2008
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Xinhua English A worker prepares to load relief supplies from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) for the cyclone-devastated regions of Myanmar at Ostend Airport May 11, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) YANGON, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar government has made it clear that it accepts international aid from
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Myanmar widens door for foreign aid, Thai spokesman says+
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Breitbart.com
- 5/12/2008
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BANGKOK, May 12 (AP) - (Kyodo)-Thailand's government spokesman said Monday that Myanmar has widened the door to foreign humanitarian assistance to alleviate the massive catastrophe after the military-ruled nation was severely hit by powerful cyclone earlier this month. Wichianchote Sukchotirat, the
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First international aid reaches Myanmar after devastating cyclone
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The Team 1260
- 5/12/2008
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YANGON, Myanmar - International aid began to trickle into Myanmar on Tuesday, but the stricken Irrawaddy Delta, the country's rice bowl where 22,000 people perished and twice as many are missing, remained cut off from the world. In the former capital of Yangon, government soldiers were out on the st
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Myanmar accepts international aid
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Xinhua News Agency
- 5/12/2008
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He made it clear that foreigners are prohibited to enter the disaster-hit areas. Myanmar has said the best way to help Myanmar is to send in material rather than personnel, clarifying that the country is notyet ready to receive search and rescue teams as well as media personnel. Relief work is under
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Myanmar says to accept int'l aid but no foreigners allowed to enter disaster-hit
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Calibre Macro World
- 5/12/2008
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(Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- The Myanmar government has made it clear that it accepts international aid from any country but rejects foreigners to enter disaster-hit areas, according to the state-run Myanmar Television Monday. Meeting with resident representatives of the United Nations agenci
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Aid, rain on the way to devastated Myanmar
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Decatur Daily
- 5/12/2008
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) â?? More aid is on the way to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar â?? but so is the heavy rain. A week after Cyclone Nargis flattened low-lying villages and killed whole families at a time, the military junta finally [..]
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