Weekly news roundup of Myanmar Cyclone
Myanmar Red Cross volunteers load water storage containers onto a truck Friday. Families can use these along with water purification tablets to have clean drinking water.
More aid is on the way to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar, but so is rain. A week after Cyclone Nargis killed whole families, the military finally agreed Friday to allow a U.S. cargo plane to bring in food. Full story
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MSNBC News Services
updated 10:41 p.m. ET May 9, 2008
YANGON, Myanmar – More aid is on the way to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar — but so is the heavy rain.
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Asia-Pacific video
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 Problems in Myanmar could threaten more lives
May 9: A desperate situation in cyclone-ravaged Myanmar was made worse Friday when incoming food was allegedly seized by the military junta, infuriating U.N. officials, who then suspended aid flights there. NBC’s Ian Williams reports. |
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U.N. to Myanmar: Let aid in
May 9: The U.N. pressures the government of Myanmar to widen its doors to aid. NBC’s Ian Williams reports. |
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Fact file: Myanmar’s Junta
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Click here to learn more about the insular military leadership behind the crackdown in Myanmar. |
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Interactive: How tragedy happened
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Click here to see the cyclone’s path, satellite images, eyewitness reports and more. |
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