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Burma cyclone: The aid challenge
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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Governments, including western countries that usually spurn the generals as pariahs, have responded to the rare appeal for help with big offers of assistance, potentially paving the way for the largest foreign engagement in Burma's troubled post-independence history. (article 9)
More than 10,000 people were killed in a devastating cyclone that hit western Burma on Saturday, Foreign Minister Nyan Win has said on state TV. (article 14)
Burma's military rulers yesterday said that more than 10,000 people had died in the cyclone at the weekend, and made a rare appeal for international help to bring relief to survivors. (article 8)
Aid agencies from around the world are trying to launch a huge operation to help people in the south-east Asian country of Burma. (article 5)
Highly suspicious of foreign aid agencies, the regime said that it could provide for the thousands left homeless without any external aid. (article 16)
The storm has affected sources of drinking water, communications and electricity in the country, and U.N. officials estimate that hundreds of thousands of people have been left homeless. (article 19)
A powerful cyclone in Burma has killed at least 350 people and caused catastrophic destruction, flattening infrastructure and tens of thousands of homes, just a week before a national referendum on a new constitution for the military-ruled country. (article 17)
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Source articles
- Laura Bush condemns junta's response to storm (boston.com, 05/06/2008, 407 words)
- Myanmar storm's death toll over 22,000 (L.A. Times, 05/06/2008, 606 words)
- Was Burma's cyclone predicted? (BBC News, 05/06/2008, 282 words)
- First Lady Remarks on Cyclone in Burma, Says U.S. Will Increase Aid (Washington Post, 05/05/2008, 192 words)
- Help on way to cyclone victims (BBC News, 05/06/2008, 201 words)
- US navy stands by with Burma aid (ft.com, 05/06/2008, 311 words)
- Another calamity for Burma (boston.com, 05/07/2008, 406 words)
- Burmese cyclone claims 10,000 (ft.com, 05/06/2008, 374 words)
- Burma aid effort poses dilemma for generals (ft.com, 05/07/2008, 581 words)
- More than 15,000 feared dead in Burma cyclone (boston.com, 05/06/2008, 1071 words)
- Disaster tests Burma's junta (BBC News, 05/05/2008, 817 words)
- Burma victims 'need aid quickly' (BBC News, 05/07/2008, 618 words)
- Burma's cyclone death toll soars (BBC News, 05/07/2008, 1102 words)
- Burmese storm toll 'tops 10,000' (BBC News, 05/06/2008, 784 words)
- Burma cyclone: The aid challenge (BBC News, 05/06/2008, 575 words)
- Will Burma's leaders let aid in? (BBC News, 05/06/2008, 191 words)
- Cyclone leaves thousands homeless in Burma (ft.com, 05/04/2008, 363 words)
- UK pledges £5m in aid for Burma (BBC News, 05/06/2008, 655 words)
- How to Help (Washington Post, 05/05/2008, 325 words)
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