Burma ‘needs food aid for a year’
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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)
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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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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)
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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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Story keywords
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MYANMAR, aid, cyclone, junta, Burma |
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