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Defense Secretary slams Myanmar for shunning aid offers
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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China says 200,000 evacuated because of flood risk Myanmar warned against premature resettlement Jet overshoots runway in Honduras; 4 dead, dozens hurt Troop convoy bombed in Afghanistan; 8 wounded Gates: Obstructed efforts in Myanmar cost lives. (article 2)
Criticism of the military junta's response to the storm continued, with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates saying the government had acted with "criminal neglect" in responding to the crisis. (article 4)
Despite the dire situation, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said at an international security conference that the U.S. will not force assistance on the country. (article 6)
The growing displeasure with the Myanmar government was clear at the conference, coming up in nearly all conversations among leaders. (article 6)
SINGAPORE Myanmar's obstruction of international efforts to help cyclone victims cost " tens of thousands of lives Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday in his strongest condemnation to date of the military government there. (article 7)
The Pentagon chief accused Myanmar's military rulers of being "deaf and dumb" to international pleas to allow in more foreign aid and relief workers. (article 3)
Gates contrasted Myanmar's reluctance to accept aid from the U.S. military after Cyclone Nargis struck four weeks ago with the willingness of Indonesia and Bangladesh to accept assistance after natural disasters in recent years. (article 3)
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Story keywords
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Myanmar, Gates, China, cyclone, aid |
Source articles
- Junta: Myanmar warned before cyclone (CNN, 06/01/2008, 31 words)
- Chicago Sun-Times :: World :: (suntimes.com, 06/01/2008, 2330 words)
- Myanmar aid stonewalling left thousands dead: U.S. (Washington Post, 05/30/2008, 370 words)
- Myanmar junta defends cyclone response as prompt (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/01/2008, 799 words)
- A Gates-Style Thaw (Washington Post, 06/01/2008, 676 words)
- Defense Secretary slams Myanmar for shunning aid offers (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/01/2008, 602 words)
- Obstructed efforts in Myanmar cost lives, Defense Secretary Gates says (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 05/30/2008, 818 words)
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