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AFTER CYCLONE NARGIS : Survivors face "unimaginable tragedy" if Myanmar delays aid

                   
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11-May-2008
        
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The military government is accepting aid from the outside world but has made it very clear it will not let in the foreign logistics teams needed to transport the aid as fast as possible into the inundated delta. ... Desperate survivors of Cyclone Nargis poured out of... [read full story]                    

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First U.S. relief airlift arrives in Burma

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ctv.ca: A sick Burmese villager is carried for treatment by local aid volunteers at the Paw Taw Mu pagoda on the outskirts of hard-hit Bogalay town in southern Burma on Sunday, May 11, 2008. (AP Photo) ctv.ca

First U.S. relief airlift arrives in Burma

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12-May-2008
        

The first U.S. relief airlift has arrived in Burma carrying emergency supplies for last week's cyclone victims. ... A military C-130 cargo plane left a Thai air force base Monday and landed in Burma's biggest city Yangon. After the plane's arrival, the supplies were...

                   

First cyclone aid flight from the U.S. finally arrives - but Burma's generals say they alone will...

dailymail.co.uk
12-May-2008
        

The first US aid flight to Burma has finally been granted permission to land in the cyclone-ravaged country. American aid agencies have been fighting a bureaucratic battle to help the tens of thousands of survivors after Burmese military leaders refused to allow them access. But in a small sign...

U.S. flies cyclone aid to Myanmar

tiscali.co.uk
12-May-2008
        

The first U.S. military aid flight landed in Myanmar on Monday, but relief supplies continued to just dribble into the reclusive state nine days after a devastating cyclone. ... U.S. aid officials said they hope it will the first of many U.S. flights to the army-ruled...

                   

US flies cyclone aid to Burma

mg.co.za
12-May-2008
        

The first United States military aid flight landed in Burma on Monday, but relief supplies continued to just dribble into the reclusive state nine days after a cyclone. A C-130 military transport plane left Thailand's Vietnam war-era U-Tapao airbase carrying 12 700kg of water, mosquito nets and...

                   

Myanmar gives nod to US aid

news24.com
12-May-2008
        

The US has begun its first airlift of relief goods for Myanmar cyclone victims after prolonged negotiations with its military rulers. ... Yangon, Myanmar - In what was seen as a huge concession by the junta, the United States finally received the go-ahead to send a C-130...

                   

First US aid plane lands in Myanmar

radionz.co.nz
12-May-2008
        

The first United States military aid flight has landed in Myanmar, as relief supplies continued to dribble into the reclusive state after a devastating cyclone. ... Cyclone Nargis came ashore in the Irrawaddy Delta with 190kmh winds followed by a 3.7-metre wave on 3 May....

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AFTER CYCLONE NARGIS: US sends first relief airlift to Myanmar

eitb24.com
12-May-2008
        

A military C-130 cargo plane packed with supplies left a Thai air force base Monday and landed in Myanmar's biggest city Yangon. Two more air shipments are scheduled to land Tuesday. ... US sends first relief airlift to Myanmar A military C-130 cargo plane packed with...

                   
cbc.ca: Villagers work in a town devastated by a May 3 cyclone in Twantay township, in southern Burma, on Friday. cbc.ca

U.S. relief planes finally allowed into Burma

cbc.ca
12-May-2008
        

After being blocked by the Burmese government for days, the first U.S. relief plane was allowed into the devastated southeast Asian country on Monday to provide emergency supplies to the victims of a deadly cyclone. ... The unarmed military C-130 cargo plane, packed with...

                   

First US airlift of aid heads to Myanmar

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12-May-2008
        

YANGON, Myanmar - The U.S. launched its first relief airlift to Myanmar on Monday after prolonged negotiations with the country's isolationist junta, which considers Washington its enemy and has restr... ... By: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS YANGON, Myanmar - The U.S. launched its...

                   

First US aid flight arrives in Burma

news.com.au
12-May-2008
        

THE United States today dispatched its first aid flight to Burma, where some 1.5 million survivors of a massive cyclone are still waiting for help as the relief effort flounders. ... A military C-130 cargo plane packed with supplies left a Thai air force base and landed...

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