Junta agreement opens door to more Myanmar aid
Myanmar's junta agreed on Friday to admit cyclone aid workers "regardless of nationalities" to the hardest-hit Irrawaddy Delta, a breakthrough for delivering help to survivors, U.N. officials said.
Nations:Myanmar People:Ban Ki-moon Activities:Myanmar Cyclone Disaster
2008-05-23
UN in dark about Myanmar cyclone disaster needs
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.
Nations:Myanmar Activities:Myanmar Cyclone Disaster
2008-05-16
U.S. flight lands in Myanmar as aid trickles in
The first U.S. military aid flight to Myanmar landed in Yangon on Monday but emergency supplies remained at a trickle for 1.5 million people facing hunger and disease in the cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy delta.
Nations:Myanmar People:Ban Ki-moon Gordon Brown George W. Bush Activities:Myanmar Cyclone Disaster
2008-05-12
1st big foreign aid flights finally let in by Myanmar junta
After snubbing a U.S. aid offer, Myanmar's isolationist regime indicated Friday that it wants foreign relief supplies but not foreign workers to help recover from a devastating cyclone.
Nations:Myanmar People:Robert Gates Ban Ki-moon Activities:Myanmar Cyclone Disaster Vietnam War
2008-05-08
Official: UN plane lands in Myanmar with aid after cyclone
Myanmar's isolationist regime allowed the first plane of a major international airlift to land Thursday with aid for cyclone survivors, a U.N. official said, amid fears that lack of safe food and drinking water could push the death toll above 100,000.
Nations:Myanmar Laos Singapore Activities:Myanmar Cyclone Disaster
2008-05-08
UN officials: Myanmar cyclone a 'major, major disaster'
Hungry crowds of survivors stormed the few shops that opened in Myanmar's stricken Irrawaddy delta, where food and international aid has been scarce since a devastating cyclone killed more than 22,000 people, the U.N. said Wednesday.
Nations:Myanmar Sweden People:Ban Ki-moon Activities:Myanmar Cyclone Disaster
2008-05-07
Myanmar declares disaster after cyclone leaves 241 dead
More than 240 people were killed and thousands of homes were destroyed by a powerful cyclone that swept through Myanmar, state-run media said Sunday.
Nations:Myanmar
2008-05-04
Bush vows to press China on rights at Olympics
US President George W. Bush said Thursday he would attend the Beijing Olympics in August as a sports fan, but vowed not to be "shy" about pushing China on human rights as well as Darfur and Myanmar.
People:George W. Bush Hu Jintao Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics China-U.S. Darfur Genocide Crisis 2007 Myanmar Protests
2008-02-28
Myanmar frees 70 democracy protesters
At least 70 people detained by the military government following protests in Myanmar, including 50 members of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party, have been released, a party spokesman said Friday.
Activities:2007 Myanmar Protests
2007-10-26
Myanmar arrests 4 prominent activists
Myanmar's junta arrested four prominent political activists Saturday, Amnesty International said, including one who went into hiding after leading some of the first major marches against the government several weeks ago.
Nations:Indonesia Malaysia People:Ban Ki-moon Activities:2007 Myanmar Protests
2007-10-13
Myanmar rejects UN call for negotiations
Myanmar's military junta rejected a U.N. statement calling for negotiations with the opposition, insisting Friday that it would follow its own plan to bring democracy to the country.
Nations:Norway People:Ban Ki-moon Activities:2007 Myanmar Protests
2007-10-12
Resistance to Myanmar soldiers continues
Residents of Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon, are keeping up a low-key resistance against the country's military regime, harassing soldiers by tossing rocks at them at night, student activists said Monday.
Nations:Myanmar Activities:2007 Myanmar Protests
2007-10-08
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