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May 14, 2008
Tens of thousands of cyclone survivors are on the move in the Irrawaddy Delta, posing a challenge for international relief workers trying to reach...
May 14, 2008
New Delhi – Burma's military rulers imposed new restrictions on foreign and Burmese aid workers trying to enter the country's cyclone-hit Irrawaddy...
May 14, 2008
New Delhi – The massive earthquake in China will not divert relief efforts from Burma, which still needs massive international support, aid...
May 13, 2008
On the day of referendum to approve the constitution, while urban people in Tachilek, eastern Shan State, were free to vote as they wished, people in...
May 13, 2008
The Burmese military junta has been forcing six wheel and 10 wheel trucks to transport goods from Taunggyi, the capital of Shan State, to Rangoon and...
May 13, 2008
Maungdaw, Arakan State : A Bangladeshi relief team left for Maungdaw Town , Arakan State , Burma on May 8, with relief material for Cyclone Nargis...
May 13, 2008
A train rammed into an oil truck yesterday afternoon in Myitkyina the capital of Kachin State in Northern Burma killing one and injuring over 10...
May 13, 2008
About 60 vehicles carrying timber from Three Pagodas Pass (TPP) Township, on the Thai-Burma border town, entered Thailand crossing the check-point at...
May 13, 2008
Dhaka: The holding of the referendum to approve the military junta's draft constitution in at least two villages on the Indo-Burma border was...
May 13, 2008
A local official in Rangoon Township received serious head injuries when three desperate cyclone victims attacked him for failing to distribute aid...
May 13, 2008
In the aftermath of the Cyclone Nargis in Burma, there is apprehension of the health situation of people deteriorating severely. There are at least...
May 13, 2008
New Delhi - Though more aid, including an aircraft from the United States , made its way into Burma on Monday, UN agencies and NGOs doubted whether...
May 13, 2008
New Delhi – Haing Gyi island, the first place in Burma struck by Cyclone Nargis, was described as a ghost town by those who visited immediately...
May 13, 2008
Maungdaw, Arakan State : Burma held its referendum to approve the draft constitution on May 10, regardless of warnings that more people would die...
May 13, 2008
Even as the number of victims of cyclone Nargis mounts in Wakema Township , southwest of Irrawaddy Division private donors are facing problems...

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