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SF Gate
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Myanmar shunned a U.S. proposal for naval ships to deliver aid to cyclone victims on Wednesday, according to state-run media, dimming hopes that the vessels could provide a major boost to relief efforts.
The New Light of Myanmar, a mouthpiece for Myanm..
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SF Gate
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The United Nations said Friday that severe restrictions by Myanmar's military junta have left aid agencies largely in the dark about the extent of survivors' suffering, two weeks after a killer cyclone left up to 2.5 million people destitute.
John Holm..
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SF Gate
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The United States delivered its first relief supplies to Myanmar on Monday, as the U.N. urged the reclusive nation to open its doors to foreign experts who can help up to 2 million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation.
The military C-130 cargo..
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SF Gate
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A U.N. official says the World Food Program is suspending cyclone aid to Myanmar because its government seized supplies flown into the country.
He says the WFP has no choice but to suspend the shipments until the matter is resolved.
WFP spokesman Pa..
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MSNBC
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At a morning market in the Yangon suburb of Kyimyindaing, a fish monger shouted to shoppers: "Come, come the fish is very fresh."
But an angry woman snapped back: "Even if the fish is fresh, I have no water to cook it!"
Prices double
Vendors sold..
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New York Times
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Hundreds of Buddhist monks marched through rain-washed streets for the third day in Myanmar’s main city yesterday, taking the lead in monthlong protests that the military junta has so far been powerless to contain.
They prayed at the gold-spired Shwe..
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CNN
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Women in Myanmar not only have to watch out for pickpockets when they're commuting, shopping or walking down the street, but also hair thieves, a weekly journal reported Sunday.
Long-haired women in crowded areas have fallen victim to surreptitious hai..
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MSNBC
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With Foreign Minister Nyan Win present, Ban said that he wanted to see the delivery of foreign aid and the deployment of aid workers carried out in a "more systematic way."
U.N. official Dan Baker said that junta leader, Senior Gen. Than Shwe, would Fr..
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SF Gate
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Myanmar began three days of mourning for some 78,000 cyclone victims Tuesday, but some residents frustrated with the junta's response to the disaster called it a symbolic gesture that lacked sincerity.
Despite the government's apparent acquiescence to..
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MSNBC
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Junta restricts aid
More than 66,000 people are dead or missing, according to government figures, with fears the death toll will surpass 100,000, according to U.N. and Red Cross estimates. The U.N. says up to 2 million survivors are still in need of em..
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MSNBC
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Myanmar's generals, traditionally paranoid about foreign influence, issued an appeal for international assistance after the storm struck Saturday. They have since dragged their feet on issuing visas to relief workers even as survivors faced hunger, diseas..
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MSNBC
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The death toll from a devastating cyclone has risen to almost 4,000, a Myanmar state radio station said Monday.
The radio station broadcasting from the country's capital Naypyitaw said that almost 3,000 more people are unaccounted for in a single town..
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CNN
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Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi -- who has been under house arrest for 12 of the last 18 years -- left her home Thursday in Yangon. A U.S. diplomat in Yangon, citing local sources, told CNN Suu Kyi was possibly headed for a meeting with th..
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Yahoo News
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Myanmar's incumbent Prime Minister Soe Win, a hardliner best known for allegedly orchestrating an attack on democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has died at age 59, state media said Friday.
General Soe Win rose in the ranks after the deadly attack on the..
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CNN
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At least five protesters have been killed by Myanmar security forces Wednesday, according to opposition reports, as the anticipated crackdown began.
Speaking to CNN, Aye Chan Naing of Oslo-based opposition group Democratic Voice of Burma, said it had h..
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Al Jazeera
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The Red Cross usually prefers to follow a more discreet approach in raising humanitarian concerns with governments.
'Exceptional step'Kellenberger said the ICRC had "repeatedly drawn attention to these abuses but the authorities have failed to put a s..
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CNN
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Myanmar opposition leader and democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi spent another birthday under house arrest on Tuesday, as her supporters released doves and balloons to accompany prayers for her release.
To mark her 62nd birthday, around 300 supporte..
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CNN
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Pro-junta thugs in Myanmar clashed Sunday with hundreds of supporters of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, hurling abuse and preventing them from marching to a prayer vigil for the detained Nobel laureate, witnesses said.
Holding photos of the 61-..
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CNN
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Myanmar's military government hit out at critics who have accused it of rights abuses and said it is making progress toward democracy.
"By taking advantage of the worries of the international community, anti-government groups within and without the cou..
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CBC
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Canada will accept 2,000 Karen refugees from Myanmar over the next two years, federal Immigration Minister Diane Finley announced Friday. "We look forward to helping them rebuild their lives in a safe, welcoming environment. It is part of our long-stan..
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