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UN Chief Says Speeding up Relief to Burma is Critical 
Voa News
Voa News
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says it is critical that Burma's military government speed up the process of receiving and delivering aid to those affected by last week's cyclone. In comments Monday at a special briefing on Burma, Mr....
UN Secretary-General to Send Humanitarian Chief to Burma
Voa News
Voa News
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is sending his humanitarian chief to Burma to address the growing crisis created by Cyclone Nargis. Mr. Ban told reporters in New York Wednesday the U.N.'s John Holmes would travel to Burma in the...
US Lawmakers Urge Burma Military to End Aid Restrictions
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Voa News
Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives have criticized Burma's military government for restricting broad international humanitarian support for cyclone victims. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, discussion of the situation in...
Burma remains defiant on relief workers
Mail Guardian South Africa
Mail Guardian South Africa
Burma's military regime on Tuesday thanked the United States for a plane-load of aid but said it still was opposed to letting in foreign aid workers to cope with the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis. Burma Vice-Admiral Soe Thein, quoted in...
Burma Cyclone Death Toll Climbs Beyond 34,000
Voa News
Voa News
As the death toll in Burma from Cyclone Nargis climbs, the United Nations says tens of thousands of survivors from last week's storm could die because they are not getting emergency aid. Burma announced Tuesday that the death toll has passed 34,000....
U.N. chief trying to speed aid to Burma
USA Today
USA Today
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A frustrated U.N. chief said Wednesday he was convening key donors and Burma's neighbors to weigh options for speeding aid to cyclone victims, including a possible...
Fears Burma aid may not reach victims
The Australian
The Australian
THE United Nations is worried that some of the aid intended for victims of a deadly cyclone in Burma might have been diverted but has no hard proof of this, a UN spokeswoman said. Spokeswoman Michel Montas was asked if the UN was concerned that some...
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