The military junta in Burma says it remains opposed to letting in foreign aid workers to help victims of the cyclone.
Burmese officials selling emergency supplies in local markets
telegraph.co.ukFound 68 days, 1 hour, 14 minutes, and 42 seconds agoBurmese volunteers who are operating their own private aid missions to the area have said that they are having to hide from local apparatchiks in order to prevent them commandeering their aid and selling it on at markets. The volunteers had covered the back of their pick up truck with a tarpaulin ...
American Admiral Takes Plea To Burma
washingtonpost.comFound 68 days, 25 minutes, and 25 seconds agoBANGKOK, May 12 -- The head of the U.S. Pacific Command flew into Burma on Monday aboard the first U.S. military aid flight, to press for a full-scale international relief operation for victims of Cyclone Nargis. Facing mounting international pressure to open their country's borders, Burmese offi...
Myanmar junta lacking in cyclone response
edition.cnn.comFound 68 days, 33 minutes, and 49 seconds agoMyanmar's government seems unaware of the scope of the death and destruction Cyclone Nargis wrought on the country more than a week ago, a U.S. military commander said Tuesday.
UN frustrated at Burma response
news.bbc.co.ukFound 67 days, 22 hours, 16 minutes, and 1 second agoUN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expresses his
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The UN urges the setting up of an air or sea corridor to channel aid to the victims of the cyclone in Burma.
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The military junta in Burma says it remains opposed to letting in foreign aid workers to help victims of the cyclone.
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Police barred foreign aid workers from reaching cyclone survivors in hard-hit areas Tuesday, while emergency food shipments backed up at the main airport for Myanmar's biggest city. Some storm survivors were reportedly being given spoiled or poor-quality food rather than nutrition-rich ...
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This story in the Daily Telegraph today about Burmese officials allegedly pilfering foreign aid and selling it just reinforces any prejudice one might have about the efficacy of sending aid to a country governed by thugs. It is not obvious to me what, if anything, the major powers could or should do about this. Outright military intervention seems unlikely and given the stretched resources of western powers, unwise. However, given its rapid economic ascent, one might hope that India could exert some influence for good, which is preferable to that of China.
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If he can't do it, it can't be done:
The head of the U.S. Pacific Command flew into Burma on Monday aboard the first U.S. military aid flight, to press for a full-scale international relief operation for victims of Cyclone Nargis. Facing mounting international pressure to open their country's borders, Burmese officials promised to consider the request.
In New York, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed "immense frustration" with the pace of the relief effort, slowed by Burma's secretive military government.
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rudepundit.blogspot.com
Right now, in addition to the complete fucking abomination that is the junta's refusal to allow the wave of aid workers needed for the devastated nation, there are credible allegations that the regime is hoarding high quality food from relief shipments for itself and the military while giving the citizens poor quality or spoiled food. 'Cause, you see, if you run a country with the military, then you better fuckin' feed the military first, or revolution is gonna happen. That's 400,000 members of the military and roughly a couple of million family members.
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UN calls for Burma aid corridor
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economistsview.typepad.com
Here's what I wish we would have done. Loaded up the bombers until they couldn't carry any more, have a second wave ready, a third, and a put a continuous rotation in place ready to keep it up until the job is done. Then, get them in the air along with escorts that say "just try and stop us" and just bombed the hell out of
Burma with food, clothes, and medicine until the job is done. Blast our way in if necessary, and drop crate after crate full of supplies, one drop after another, and keep it up until the mission is complete.
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Via the BBC: Burma continues to reject help
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closetgrandmaster.blogspot.com
But all this chess aside, we should perhaps spare a thought for the Burmese contingent in RP. As you know, Burma (or officially, Myanmar) was recently struck by Cyclone Nargis which resulted in the deaths (according to some estimates) of up to 100,000 people.
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U-TAPAO, Thailand ( CNN ) - The United States has sent more aid to cyclone-devastated Myanmar amid allegations that the ruling military junta is keeping the best foreign supplies for itself and doling out rotting food.
Two U.S. military cargo planes flew from Thailand to Myanmar on Tuesday to deliver water, blankets, plastic sheets, mosquito nets and other relief supplies, the military said.
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Meanwhile, in Burma : Still refusing US aid after cyclone kills 100,000.
And in China: Earthquake toll continues to grow .
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Police barred foreign aid workers from reaching cyclone survivors in hard-hit areas Tuesday, while emergency food shipments backed up at the main airport for Myanmar's biggest city.
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zozo2k3.blogspot.com
Burma : The Burmese government still rejecting aid while the death toll still rises from initial reports of 100,000. [I'm sure someone will come to their defense, I mean, I'm sure they are a victim of a biased western media, just because of their righteous anti-western policies, No?]
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planetatheism.com
P.S. Lest I forget: the latest edition of the Skeptics' Circle is up - in limericks .
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syplanet.com
China : 12,000 dead and counting in a 7.8 earth quake.
Burma : The Burmese government still rejecting aid while the death toll still rises from initial reports of 100,000. [I'm sure someone will come to their defense, I mean, I'm sure they are a victim of a biased western media, just because of their righteous anti-western policies, No?]
Meanwhile in Lebanon , Bush offers to extend help to the army so it can disarm Hizbulla [Reads: If you guys still need any help dragging yourself to full blown civil war, we'd be more than glad to help].
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Burmese officials selling aid in local markets
An estimated 100,000 people have died after Cyclone Nargis struck more than a week ago.
But Oxfam has warned that the death toll could multiply 15-fold with severe rain storms predicted to strike today, hampering humanitarian assistance.
It comes as Buckingham Palace confirmed today that the Queen has made a "significant personal donation" to the relief effort.
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The European Union is sending a top envoy to Burma to urge its military rulers to be more flexible on foreign aid.
Read the full article (BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition)
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