Boat carrying aid for Myanmar cyclone victims sinks :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World
Summary from the United Kingdom, from articles in English
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Burma's government has been guilty of "inhuman" treatment of Cyclone Nargis survivors by refusing to allow aid to get through, Gordon Brown says. (article 2)
There is growing condemnation of Burma's response to the 2 May cyclone, said to have killed at least 78,000. (article 2)
France's ambassador to the UN has accused Burma's government of being on the verge of committing a crime against humanity by not accepting foreign aid. (article 1)
Aid agencies were appalled today as the Burmese junta declared the relief effort in the country over, just as foreign observers said the number of dead and missing in the wake of Cyclone Nargis could be higher than 200,000. (article 3)
The international community was ramping up pressure on the government to allow foreign aid staff into the Irrawaddy Delta, the worst-afflicted area where up to 2.5 million people are thought to be in need of aid. (article 3)
Deepening concern about the fate of tens of thousands of people who have yet to get help, along with my promise of anonymity, has persuaded one senior aid agency worker to speak out. (article 4)
The Department for International Development (Dfid) said $7m of the new money will go to the UN Flash Appeal, the rest to aid agencies. (article 5)
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Source articles
- France angered by Burmese delays (BBC News, 05/17/2008, 956 words)
- Burma 'guilty of inhuman action' (BBC News, 05/17/2008, 567 words)
- Burmese junta says relief effort 'finished' as death toll rises (timesonline.co.uk, 05/16/2008, 658 words)
- Negotiating aid politics in Burma (BBC News, 05/16/2008, 607 words)
- UK gives £12m more aid to Burma (BBC News, 05/15/2008, 387 words)
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