Gordon Brown:Burma is guilty of inhuman action

Gordon Brown:Burma is guilty of inhuman action

By Thomas Bell, South East Asia Correspondent, and Robin Gedye
Gordon Brown has accused Burma’s military regime of “inhuman” treatment of Cyclone Nargis survivors by blocking international aid.
The official death toll of the cyclone disaster in Burma has risen to 78,000, as the country’s military regime continues block aid from [...]

In photos: ‘Burma Cyclone Aftermath – May 16th’

In photos: ‘Burma Cyclone Aftermath – May 16th’
By M&C News May 16, 2008, 16:24 GMT
 
U.S. military amphibious ship, the USS Essex (LHD2) is seen stationed about 85 nautical miles or 113 km south of Yangon, Myanmar in the International waters of the Andaman Sea on 16 May 2008. The U.S. navy ship is awaiting permission [...]

Myanmar cyclone: Forced labour camp fears

 Myanmar cyclone: Forced labour camp fears

By Graeme Jenkins in Rangoon
Survivors of the Burma cyclone are being forced into government camps amid fears they will be used as forced labour.
The ruling military junta has forcibly relocated tens of thousands of survivors from the Irrawaddy delta following the devastation of Cyclone Nargis on May 2.
 Many who [...]

YouTube videos of cyclone Nargis

YouTube videos of cyclone Nargis

 

Cyclone aftermath in Myanmar – 05 May 2008 (ALJAZEERA.NET)

78,000 killed’ in Burma cyclone
 
 

Situation in Yangon, Burma after Nargis Cyclone hit

 Witness to maynmar cyclone speaks out(CNN)
 

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UN humanitarian chief to arrive in Myanmar on Sunday

UN humanitarian chief to arrive in Myanmar on Sunday

 16 May 2008 – The top United Nations relief official plans to talk directly with the authorities in Myanmar in an effort to accelerate the relief effort for victims of Cyclone Nargis which may have left more than 100,000 people dead and severely affected [...]

Myanmar’s military rulers blocking aid workers, foreign diplomats and journalists from reaching cyclone-battered regions

May 16, 12:31 PM EDT
 

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — 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.
New roadblocks manned by armed police have sprung up around Myanmar’s largest city. Authorities at the checkpoints take down [...]

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Saving Burma
TIME
 

               
Storm Clouds
Cyclone Nargis swept across Burma’s Irrawaddy Delta on May 2nd, flooding fields and shattering homes

               
Homeless
The storm destroyed hundreds of thousands of dwellings

Recovery
A rice mill in a village near Kawhmu. Nargis cut through Burma’s agricultural heartland, destroying the harvest

Last house standing
The storm swallowed this village near Kawhmu

Collapse
The cyclone has left at least one [...]

Pentagon planning for long-term Myanmar aid

 
 Pentagon planning for long-term Myanmar aid
By Lisa Burgess, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Friday, May 16, 2008
ARLINGTON, Va. — U.S. military officials continued Thursday to make plans for large-scale relief operation to aid cyclone-stricken Myanmar, but the refusal of the ruling military junta there to accept more than token assistance had one official concerned about [...]

U.N. can and should use force to step into Myanmar

U.N. can and should use force
to step into Myanmar
Trudy Rubin in Dallas News
Friday, May 16, 2008
Trudy Rubin is an editorial columnist at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Her e-mail address is trubin@phillynews.com.  
 

What do you do when the world is lined up to help over a million desperate people hit by a cyclone, and Myanmar’s hard-line junta [...]