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Myanmar’s military rulers have thrown a tightening ring of security around Yangon, blocking aid workers, foreign diplomats and journalists from reaching cyclone-battered regions where millions need food and medicine.

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France criticized Myanmar’s military junta on Friday for refusing to allow a French Navy ship with 1,500 tons of aid for victims of Cyclone Nargis to deliver food and medicine with small boats and helicopters.

 
 
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Supplies from U.S. relief flights were given directly to nongovernmental organizations Friday to help with the aftermath of Myanmar’s disastrous cyclone, the State Department said.

 
 
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John McCain’s campaign is asking staff members to disclose all previous lobbying ties following the resignation of two officials linked to a firm that worked for Myanmar’s military junta.

 
 
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The cyclone’s official death toll has nearly doubled to almost 78,000 and another 56,000 people remain missing two weeks after the devastating storm, state television reported Friday.

 
 
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The United Nations said Friday that severe restrictions by Myanmar’s military junta have left aid agencies largely in the dark about the extent of survivors’ suffering, two weeks after a killer cyclone left up to 2.5 million people destitute.

 
 
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The international Red Cross says a lack of clean water will be the biggest killer in Myanmar in the coming days.

 
 
May 15 2008 by AP0 Comments

Myanmar’s junta warned Thursday it will punish anyone found hoarding or trading foreign aid meant for cyclone survivors, but relief groups said they had seen no evidence of people selling or stockpiling donated goods.

 
 
May 15 2008 by AP0 Comments

The United Nations wants to send its top emergency relief coordinator to Myanmar _ if he can get a visa from the ruling military junta.

 
 
May 15 2008 by AP0 Comments

The U.N. secretary-general has decided to dispatch his top emergency relief coordinator to Myanmar _ if he can get a visa from the nation’s military rulers.

 
 
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Feb 11 2008 by Arpita Mukherjee0 Comments

Is Myanmar heading towards democracy? On last Saturday, the country’s military regime has announced that it would ask voters to approve a new constitution in May that will allow the country to go for democratic elections in 2010. Last October the...

 
 
Jan 31 2008 by Arpita Mukherjee0 Comments

People opposed to freedom of expression have of late targeted bloggers and have demanded censorship of blogs. The military rulers of Myanmar have suppressed all voices advocating democracy in the country by either incarcerating or murdering the...

 
 
Dec 5 2007 by Vinod0 Comments

Myanmar, formerly Burma, is popularly known as “The land of Golden Pagodas”, a credit for the beautiful Buddhist temples in the country. Situated strategically between South and Southeast Asia, it serves as a vital trade link between two such...

 
 
Nov 2 2007 by Subhankar0 Comments

Myanmar might be a small country in South Asia and might lack nuclear and monetary power but the military junta there is all out to defy all such shortcomings and international pressure. The expel of the U.N. resident coordinator Charles Petri...

 
 
Nov 1 2007 by Subhankar0 Comments

The last time that Buddhist monks in Myanmar staged street protests calling for democracy was in 1988 when the noble uprising was severely crushed by the dictatorial military regime. But this time, it’s hugely different. The monks have been staging...

 
 
Oct 31 2007 by Srinidhi0 Comments

The military junta ruled neighboring country of India, currently under crisis due to pro-democracy demonstrations is reportedly using all methods to recruit soldiers into its army. In a scathing report human rights watch a global NGO has alleged...

 
 
Oct 31 2007 by Rhapsodysinger1 Comments

When humans turn animals they abuse their own children. The Myanmar military junta were earlier known as human oppressors; a kind of conglomeration of various devils in human forms. They had recently beaten, tortured and dehumanized many innocent...

 
 
Oct 25 2007 by Subhankar0 Comments

Canada’s international impact might not be as overt as that of the United States or Britain but it is one of the major players in international politics. It has several thousands troops deployed in Afghanistan alone and more are in sensitive and...

 
 
Oct 20 2007 by Subhankar0 Comments

There’s no doubt that Myanmar is in a political and economic mess and that international pressure needs to be stepped up to alter the miserable situation in the country. It comes as a little surprise then that the United States of America is leading...

 
 
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Louis Michel, the EU development commissioner, answers a question during a news conference at Suvarnabhumi international airport after his two-day trip to Yangon, Myanmar Friday, May 16, 2007. Michel said he was cautiously optimistic that Myanmar’s...