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Aid is on the way to devastated Myanmar, but so is heavy rain
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Rutland Herald
- 4 Hours ago
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YANGON, Myanmar - More aid is on the way to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar - 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 agreed Friday to allow a U.S. cargo plane to bring in food and other supplies to the
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WFP Aid Flights to Proceed to Myanmar Tomorrow
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DiGiTAL50
- 4 Hours ago
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ROME, May 9 PRNewswire-USNewswire â?? The following is a statement by Nancy E. Roman, Director of Public Policy and Communications of the World Food Program: 'The World Food Program has decided to send in two relief flights as planned tomorrow, while discussions continue with the Government of Myanm
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UN blasts Myanmar for visa policy on aid workers
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ABC 7
- 6 Hours ago
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Myanmar's refusal to give visas to relief experts is 'unprecedented' in the history of humanitarian work, the United Nations charged Friday.A spokesman of the World Food Program says the organization has submitted 10 visa applications around the world, including six in Bangkok, Thailand, and none of
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Myanmar Seizes UN Aid Material
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WQOW
- 9 Hours ago
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YANGON, Myanmar - U.N. officials say Myanmar's military government has confiscated all cyclone relief supplies, including food, that the U.N. has sent to the country. A U.N. spokesman says the seizure includes 38 tons of high-energy biscuits. The U.N. has suspended the delivery of aid to Myanmar unt
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Aid is on the way to devastated Myanmar but so is heavy rain
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Estherville Daily News
- 12 Hours ago
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Email: ' ' <--TO Email REQUIRED! <--FROM Email REQUIRED! YANGON, Myanmar (AP) ââ?¬â? More aid is on the way to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar ââ?¬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 a
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Burma warned over cyclone delays
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PrisonPlanet
- 14 Hours ago
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned of dire consequences if Burma continues to ban most foreign aid workers from its cyclone relief work. Speaking before the UN launched its $187m (£96m) appeal to help those hit by the cyclone, he said early action was needed to prevent catastrophe. Burma,
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Burma holds referendum despite cyclone
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The West Online
- 16 Hours ago
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The military rulers of Burma went ahead with a constitutional referendum despite calls from the outside world to postpone it after the devastation of Cyclone Nargis. The plebiscite was postponed by two weeks in the hardest-hit Irrawaddy delta and the city of Rangoon, but voting went ahead in other p
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Aid On The Way To Devastated Myanmar, But So Is Heavy Rain
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KMSP-TV
- 17 Hours ago
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The U.N. agreed to resume flights but relief workers, including Americans, were still being barred entry. With phone lines down, roads blocked and electricity networks destroyed, it was nearly impossible to reach isolated areas in the swamped Irrawaddy delta, where the stench of unburied and decayin
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Myanmar Seizes UN Aid Supplies, 'Not Ready' to Let In US
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KMSP-TV
- 17 Hours ago
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Fears That Cyclone-Ravaged Country Could Have Medical Crisis Created: Friday, 09 May 2008, 6:34 AM CDT In this image provided by the German Relief organizations association 'Aktion Deutschland Hilft', ADH, Friday, May 9, 2008, a girl leans against the wall of her damaged home in Yangon, Myanmar, Thu
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UN Suspends Aid to Burma
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VOA News
- 17 Hours ago
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U.N. officials say they have suspended aid shipments to Burma after the military government seized all of the food and equipment that had been flown in by the World Food Program. The latest development in the unfolding crisis, came as the military government continued is turning away relief workers
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