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Burma ‘needs food aid for a year’
Summary from the United Kingdom, from articles in English
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US Navy ships are due to leave Burma's coastline because of the continued refusal of the government to allow them to help victims of Cyclone Nargis. (article 1)
More than a month after the disaster, the UN estimates that 2.4 million people are in need of food, shelter or medical care, and more than a million have yet to receive foreign aid. (article 1)
Saddened and frustrated Admiral Timothy Keating said the Burmese government had refused the navy's offer of help "each and every time". (article 1)
A month after Burma was devastated by a cyclone, foreign aid agencies say a quarter of a million people have still not received any help. (article 3)
Despite claims by the Burmese generals that the relief operation is now over, aid workers say there remains an urgent need to provide food, shelter, clean water and other basic aid. (article 3)
Matt Prodger, a BBC correspondent who has spent the past week in Burma, found there was growing anger against the military government. (article 3)
One young man from within the stricken Irrawaddy Delta region told him that the cyclone had killed 1,000 people in his village, yet there had been no assistance from either the military or aid organisations. (article 3)
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Story keywords
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MYANMAR, aid, cyclone, junta, Burma |
Source articles
- US aid ships to leave Burma (BBC News, 06/04/2008, 356 words)
- Storm victims' misery turns to fury (BBC News, 06/02/2008, 704 words)
- Burmese still lack aid a month on (BBC News, 06/02/2008, 331 words)
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