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 World  Ben - 14 days ago - abc.net.au It has now been a year since Burma's military junta brutally put down the so-called Saffron Revolution led by thousands of Buddhist monks, demanding democratic and economic reform.
According to the United Nations, 30 monks and other protesters died..
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 World  - 149 days ago - newstatesman.com Millions are destitute, the death toll has already reached six figures. The inexcusable incompetence of the vicious regime is partly to blame. But so are the politics of aid.
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 World  Cal - 149 days ago - reuters.com Western powers kept up the pressure on Myanmar's generals on Thursday to allow a massive aid effort as relief workers struggled to help an estimated 2.5 million people left destitute by Cyclone Nargis.
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 World  Jill - 149 days ago - independent.co.uk Burmese military authorities keeping best-quality supplies donated for cyclone victims, an estimated 2 million in desperate need, handing out rotten & low-grade food; allegation adds new dimension to indifference & incompetence of regime's response to cyc
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 World  In a Mirr - 149 days ago - foxnews.com On Wednesday, the U.N. raised its estimates on the number of people impacted by the cyclone. John Holmes, the head of humanitarian affairs at the U.N., said that between 1.6 million and 2.5 million were "severely affected" and in desperate need of relief,
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 World Cal - 150 days ago - time.com Another powerful storm headed toward Burma's cyclone-devastated delta, where so little aid has reached that the U.N. warned on Wednesday of a "second wave of deaths" among an estimated 2 million survivors.
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 World In a Mirr - 152 days ago - news.yahoo.com UTAPAO, Thailand - The United States has launched its first relief airlift to Myanmar for last week's cyclone victims. A military C-130 cargo plane packed with supplies left a Thai air force base Monday for Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon. Two more air shi
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 World In a Mirr - 153 days ago - smh.com.au For Burma's generals it was a weekend to celebrate as they counted the votes in a constitutional referendum no one but they will take seriously. For the 1.5 million Burmese seeking shelter in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, without clean water or sanitat
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World In a Mirr - 153 days ago - youtube.com It is race against time. The death toll following the Burmese cyclone disaster could rise to 1.5 million, an aid organisation has warned.
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 World In a Mirr - 153 days ago - smh.com.au Thousands of desperate people line the road, and more keep coming out by the hour. They are just standing there, outside their ruined houses, waiting for help. AND IT IS NOT COMING. They are hungry and thirsty, their faces strained and scared, and you can
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 World In a Mirr - 153 days ago - smh.com.au "WE HAVEN'T eaten rice for the past few days," Dowla Shwe says, sitting forlornly by the roadside in southern Burma, begging for food from every passer-by.
"We have nothing," she says, nodding towards her starving children. "They are getting weak, and
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Myanmar (Burma) Shocking Pictures
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World In a Mirr - 153 days ago - youtube.com This is how it looks in Myanmar.
I can only hope the Junta will open the borders and let the relief in.
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Burmese People Didn't Know the Storm Was Coming When the Rest of the World Did.
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World In a Mirr - 154 days ago - youtube.com Burma's brutal and corrupt military junta failed to warn the people, failed to evacuate any areas, and suppressed the freedom of communication.
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CBC Newsworld Burma Interview Now Online!
World  Josee - 154 days ago - youtube.com For those who missed the CBC Canadian National TV interview with
Alan Clements this morning speaking about the crisis in Burma, please
find the link to the four minute clip below.
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