Myanmar regime denies hoarding food aid

euronews.net     13-May-2008            

Myanmar's military government has denied unconfirmed reports that it is hoarding high quality aid meant for cyclone victims and replacing it with rotten food. The regime says the claim is outrageous and insists that the military continues to control relief distribution. Meanwhile EU ministers in... [read full story]                    

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BURMA GENERALS LET IN U.S. AID PLANE

mirror.co.uk     13-May-2008          

BURMA's generals allowed the first US aid flight into their devastated country yesterday carrying supplies for just 30,000 people. ... As torrential rains heaped further misery on millions of starving cyclone survivors, it was revealed only 20 per cent of the food they...                    

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CYCLONE NARGIS: Two more U.S. aid flights to fly to Myanmar

eitb24.com     13-May-2008          

Local staff for international relief agencies are stretched to breaking point and facing tighter restrictions on their ability to deliver foreign aid flowing in to 1.5 million survivors facing hunger and disease. ... Two more American aid flights were due to leave for...                    

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Burma generals let in U.S aid plane

mirror.co.uk     13-May-2008          

Burma's generals allowed the first US aid flight into their devastated country yesterday carrying supplies for just 30,000 people. ... As torrential rains heaped further misery on millions of starving cyclone survivors, it was revealed only 20 per cent of the food they...                    

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Ignore the junta

guardian.co.uk     13-May-2008          

Benedict Rogers: The international community must overrule the objections of the Burmese government and send in aid and assistance now ... The international community must overrule the objections of the Burmese government and send in aid and assistance now As the...                    

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Only a quarter of Burma's cyclone victims are receiving aid, UN warns

dailymail.co.uk     13-May-2008          

The UN today warned that less than a quarter of Burma's cyclone victims' are receiving aid as the military regime continued to drag its heels over foreign help. Logistical bottlenecks, poor infrastructure and restrictions imposed by the isolationist junta were delaying the desperately needed help...                    

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Burma Lets In First Aid From Us

dailyrecord.co.uk     13-May-2008          

Death Toll Mounts As Second Disaster Hits Asia BURMA's corrupt generals yesterday allowed the first US aid flight in - carrying supplies for just 30,000 people. As torrential rain poured further misery on millions of starving cyclone survivors, it was revealed only 20 per cent of the food needed...                    

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Burma allows in aid from America

dailyrecord.co.uk     13-May-2008          

BURMA's corrupt generals yesterday allowed the first US aid flight in - carrying supplies for just 30,000 people. As torrential rain poured further misery on millions of starving cyclone survivors, it was revealed only 20 per cent of the food needed to keep them alive is getting through. The...                    

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Rain lashes Myanmar cyclone survivors

tiscali.co.uk     13-May-2008          

By Aung Hla Tun YANGON (Reuters) - Heavy rains pelted homeless cyclone survivors in Myanmar’s Irrawaddy delta on Tuesday, complicating already slow delivery of aid to more than 1.5 million people facing hunger and disease. As more foreign aid trickled into the former Burma, critics ratcheted up...                    

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Rain lashes Myanmar cyclone survivors

mirror.co.uk     13-May-2008          

By Aung Hla Tun, YANGON (Reuters) Heavy rains pelted homeless cyclone survivors in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on Tuesday, complicating already slow delivery of aid to more than 1.5 million people facing hunger and disease. As more foreign aid trickled into the former Burma, critics ratcheted up...                    

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Aid trickles in, misery mounts

economist.com     12-May-2008          

The world?especially Myanmar?s neighbours?does too littleNINE days after the terrible cyclone that struck Myanmar?s Irrawaddy delta, the country?s ruling junta was easing, slightly, its obstruction of desperately needed foreign aid. An American military plane arrived on Monday May 12th and...                    

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