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Burma comic charged over aid
One of Burma's most popular comedians has been charged with several offences, after he defied the military by giving aid to the victims of Cyclone Nargis. ...
Canadian aid worker says efforts to help cyclone Nargis victims ...
TORONTO — This weekend marks three months since cyclone Nargis swept into Myanmar leaving a path of destruction, and a Canadian aid worker says initial ...


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  • Burma comic charged over aid
    One of Burma's most popular comedians has been charged with several offences, after he defied the military by giving aid to the victims of Cyclone Nargis. Zarganar faces charges including creating ...
    - 08/07/08 at 05:42PM


  • Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 44
    Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
    - 08/07/08 at 05:29PM


  • Myanmar's condition starker than portrayed
    According to a recent assessment by U.N. and government officials, more than 450,000 houses were destroyed by Cyclone Nargis with total damage in the delta and part of Yangon estimated at $4 billion. Only a fraction of those left homeless by the storm have received newly built houses made of light materials, like these outside Yangon. Conditions are far starker in Myanmar following Cyclone Nar
    - 08/07/08 at 04:13PM


  • Cyclone Nargis Underscores Challenges in Delivering Aid to Burma
    In May, Cyclone Nargis devastated much of Burma, it also demonstrated weakness of international community in trying to deal with the country
    - 08/07/08 at 03:55PM


  • Conditions in Myanmar starker than portrayed
    A rare bird's-eye look at Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta shows the devastation still left from Cyclone Nargis - broken levies, flooded farm roads, the shattered remains of bamboo huts and trees strewn like matchsticks along the coast.
    - 08/07/08 at 03:37PM


  • Secret court may jail Burma comic Maung Thura for helping Cyclone Nargis victims
    One of Burma’s most famous comedians went on trial yesterday for the crime of providing aid to the victims of Cyclone Nargis.
    - 08/07/08 at 03:11PM


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    Bush and Bush meet Burmese activists
    BANGKOK — US President George W Bush traded ideas about US economic sanctions on Burma, humanitarian aid after Cyclone Nargis and Chinese foreign policy during a private lunch with nine Burmese activists in Bangkok on Thursday. ...
    - Thu, Aug 07


    Conditions in Myanmar starker than portrayed
    YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A rare bird’s-eye look at Myanmar’s Irrawaddy delta shows the devastation still left from Cyclone Nargis - broken levies, flooded farm roads, the shattered remains of bamboo huts and trees strewn like matchsticks ...
    - Thu, Aug 07


    7 de agosto ONU / UN / UNE / ООН / الأمم المتحد / 联合国
    Le cyclone Nargis au Myanmar montre que la coopération est vitale, selon John Holmes. Darfour : l'ONU évacue des civils blessés dans une embuscade. 'Les ravages des préjugés et de la honte' : Ban Ki-moon condamne la stigmatisation liée ...
    - Thu, Aug 07


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    S military rulers do not divert humanitarian aid intended for victims of Cyclone Nargis. BRUSSELS, July Reuters The European Commission added the west African state of Gabon to its airline safety blacklist on Thursday and maintained a ...
    - Thu, Aug 07


    Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 44
    Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
    - Thu, Aug 07


    Top UN relief official draws lessons from Myanmar cyclone aid effort
    All nations need outside help when faced by a major natural disaster, according to the United Nations’ top humanitarian official, commenting today on the relief operations following Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. “No nation, rich or poor, ...
    - Thu, Aug 07


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