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Search for: Offline summarization (match summaries) Hybrid summarization Online summarization Offline summarization (match articles) U.S. World Finance Sci/Tech Entertainment Sports View Today's Images Back to Archive Index About Newsblaster About today's run Newsblaster in Press Academic Papers Article Sources: seattletimes. nwsource.com (197 articles) washingtonpost.com (161 articles) boston.com (152 articles) baltimoresun.com (113 articles) latimes.com (112 articles) news.bbc.co.uk (108 articles) sfgate.com (108 articles) cbc.ca (108 articles) dallasnews.com (88 articles) ft.com (60 articles) suntimes.com (59 articles) nypost.com (55 articles) abcnews.go.com (55 articles) timesonline.co.uk (46 articles) cnn.com (21 articles) foxnews.com (15 articles) business. timesonline.co.uk (14 articles) wired.com (12 articles) cbsnews.com (12 articles) sportsillustrated. cnn.com (4 articles) nature.com (3 articles) money.cnn.com (2 articles) haaretz.com (2 articles) opinion. latimes.com (2 articles) travel. timesonline.co.uk (2 articles) blogs.ft.com (2 articles) weblogs. baltimoresun.com (1 article)	Burma ‘needs food aid for a year’ Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English Having been denied permission by Burma's ruling military government to drop off aid for cyclone victims, U.S. warships are being pulled out of the area. (article 1) YANGON, Myanmar Myanmar's most popular comedian, known for his jibes against the military regime and recently for helping cyclone victims, has been taken from his home by police, family members said Thursday. (article 8) The USS Essex group, which includes four ships, 22 helicopters and 5,000 U.S. military personnel, had been positioned off the Myanmar coast for more than three weeks hoping for a green light to deliver aid to the survivors. (article 2) The prediction was made as the US military aborted a mission to use the helicopters and small boats on board the USS Essex to deliver aid after the military junta ignored repeated offers to help with the relief effort. (article 7) 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 6) 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 6) Other summaries about this story: Summary from the United Kingdom, from articles in English (3 articles) [compare] Summary from Canada, from articles in English (1 articles) [compare] Summary from United States, from articles in English (6 articles) [compare] Event tracking: Track this story's development in time Story keywords MYANMAR, aid, cyclone, junta, Burma Source articles U.S. navy ships to leave Burmese coast (cbc.ca, 06/04/2008, 494 words) US Navy vessels leave Myanmar coast (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/04/2008, 706 words) Seattle Times Newspaper (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/02/2008, 299 words) 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) Burma ‘needs food aid for a year’ (ft.com, 06/04/2008, 322 words) Top Myanmar comedian, social activist detained (L.A. Times, 06/04/2008, 551 words) Chicago Sun-Times :: World :: (suntimes.com, 06/04/2008, 2322 words) Burmese monk waiting to hear from family in Myanma... (suntimes.com, 06/04/2008, 351 words) blaster@cs.columbia.edu