Alertnet (Free subscription) | yesterday
Source: Reuters By Thin Lei Win BANGKOK, July 24 (Reuters) - Aid agencies in cyclone-hit Myanmar will have to charter their own planes after the United Nations ends free flights between Yangon and Bangkok on Aug. ...
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Source: IRIN The risk of malaria remains high in Myanmar's cyclone-affected Ayeyarwady Delta, health officials warn, almost three months after Cyclone Nargis struck.
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DPA New York, July 25 (DPA) The US has said that it would seek to impose “stronger measures” if Myanmar’s military regime continues to refuse to implement democratic reforms and release political prisoners, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad Thursday said following a UN Security Council meeting that UN special envoy [...]
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Tin Tin Latt is among thousands of widows of fishermen in Myanmar’s cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta who have been forced to become breadwinners without land to farm or the means to earn money...
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The United States has warned Myanmar's military rulers that they must co-operate with UN mediator Ibrahim Gambari or face increased pressure from the Security Council. Following a UN Security Council meeting, US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said that Gambari, who is to visit the country next month, must bring back an "agreed road map" for political changes. He added that the US would seek to impose...
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council was split on Thursday over how to push Myanmar to improve human rights and adopt democratic reforms as a U.N. special envoy prepared for a key visit to the Asian nation.
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
When Cyclone Nargis struck Myamar in early May, it killed thousands of fishermen and destroyed the fishing grounds and ponds of those that survived, leaving families destitute.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Australia announced Wednesday an extra $29 million in aid for survivors of Myanmar's May cyclone, but pressed its recalcitrant military junta to democratize quickly and respect human rights.
Myanmar (Free subscription) | yesterday
Myanmar's Fisheries Department .But even if those tools eventually make their way to fishing families, many no longer have the hands to do the job."In fishing families, there is a tendency for the men...
Harold Doan & Associates Ltd. (Free subscription) | yesterday
BAN CONVENES MEETING 'GROUP OF FRIENDS' MEETING ON MYANMAR Press Release - UN News Center Jul 23 2008 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today convened a meeting of the so-called "Group of Friends" established to review developments in Myanmar. The participants were briefed by Mr. Ban's Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari on his trip planned for next month to the South-East Asian nation, where the Government...
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) View the PDF version of this map The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on ...
AbsolutelyThailand.blogspot.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Exactly one month ago Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta region, leaving more than 130,000 people dead or missing. Now aid workers are fighting to prevent a second disaster caused by disease and malnutrition. Selina Downes reports from Bangkok. ( AlJazeera English : June 03, 2008 )
AbsolutelyThailand.blogspot.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cyclone Nargis (JTWC designation: 01B, also known as Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis), was a strong tropical cyclone that caused the worst natural disaster in the recorded history of Burma (officially known as Myanmar). The cyclone made landfall in the country on May 2, 2008, causing catastrophic destruction and at least 130,000 fatalities with thousands more people still missing. However, the Labutta...
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One of Al Jazeera's correspondents in Myanmar has managed to reach the area worst-hit by Cyclone Nargis and hear for the first time eye-witness accounts of the true scale of the disaster. AlJazeera English : May 08, 2008
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Source: ReliefWeb View the PDF version of this map The boundaries and names shown and the ...
