| The European Union's top aid official will try to see first hand the extent of damage from Cyclone Nargis while discussing the matter of access to the region for international... |
| Cyclone survivors in a Rangoon suburb have been ordered out of a temporary shelter so that it can be used as a polling station on May 24.
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| New Delhi – Burma's military rulers imposed new restrictions on foreign and Burmese aid workers trying to enter the country's cyclone-hit Irrawaddy Delta. They have also banned journalists and the... |
New Delhi – The massive earthquake in China will not divert relief efforts from Burma, which still needs massive international support, aid agencies said Tuesday.
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| State-owned media has continuously aired propaganda for the upcoming constitutional referendum in cyclone-hit regions of Burma.
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Tens of thousands of cyclone survivors are on the move in the Irrawaddy Delta, posing a challenge for international relief workers trying to reach them with aid.
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| One has to wake up from the nightmare of allowing Burma's brutal regime's final episode of ignoring its own people dying in post cyclone Nargis. Having an ineffective UN good... |
In the aftermath of the Cyclone Nargis in Burma, there is apprehension of the health situation of people deteriorating severely. There are at least 10 cholera patients in each relief... |
| A local official in Rangoon Township received serious head injuries when three desperate cyclone victims attacked him for failing to distribute aid supplies on Friday, a local resident said.... |
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 it will reach needy... |
| Burmese authorities have placed restrictions on journalists covering the deadly cyclone, but Burmese reporters have more freedom to move inside the country than foreigners.
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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 after the storm.... |
| Rangoon - Despite the government's restriction on journalists and foreign aid workers traveling to places in the Irrawaddy delta and parts of Rangoon division, which were the worst hit by... |
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REFERENDUM WATCH
State-owned media has continuously aired propaganda for the upcoming constitutional referendum in cyclone-hit regions of Burma.
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Voters in some parts of central and northern Burma approved the draft constitution by a margin of two-to-one, while voters in port... |
The NLD has alleged that the national constitutional referendum held yesterday by the SPDC was unfair. An official from NLD Inform... |
New Delhi - Burma on Saturday concluded what its military rulers called "successful referendum polling" with "massive turnout" of ... |
New Delhi - With polling stations open from 6 a.m, to 4 p.m, Burmese people on Saturday tasted a sense of democracy for the first ... |
New Delhi – When the clock struck four this afternoon, polling stations closed and military-ruled Burma's one-day democracy came... |
New Delhi - Several Burmese voters said they are not happy with the government's plan to conduct a nationwide referendum on Saturd... |
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INSIDE BURMA
New Delhi - A prominent ethnic political leader of Burma, Pu Cin Sian Thang, was rushed to Rangoon general hospital on Saturday morning, when a military truck hit his taxi... |
Chiang Mai – The Burmese military junta deported a BBC reporter from the Rangoon airport yesterday. The British national Mr. Andrew William Fardae arrived in the Thai Airways International at... |
Chiang Mai – A major fire broke out in Burma's infamous Insein prison in Rangoon last Saturday, leaving at least 36 dead and 70 injured, according to reports emerging from... |
A member of Burma's junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Association in northern Shan state was shot death while two other officials were severely injured when anonymous gunmen fired them on... |
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REGIONAL
United States President George Bush on Thursday piled on further sanctions directed at the interests of Burma's military leaders, seeking to close a previous loophole in U.S. sanctions policy.... |
Chiang Mai – Burmese workers joined May Day celebrations today. They joined marches and staged protests against human rights violations in Bangkok this morning along with hundreds of Thai workers.... |
Chiang Mai – Over 60 lucky survivors from among the illegal Burmese migrant workers from the road mishap in Thailand will be deported back to Burma soon.
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Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej will tonight host Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein at his residence, taking the opportunity to prepare a personal meal for his Burmese counterpart.
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WORLD
New Delhi - Burma's pro-democracy icon and Noble Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who is under house arrest, will be conferred an honorary citizenship by the government of Canada.... |
New Delhi - The US based Chevron Corp. should shoulder the responsibility of the ongoing human rights abuse by Burmese soldiers, guarding Chevron's gas pipeline, a report released on Tuesday... |
BRUSSELS, Apr 23 (IPS) - Sanctions imposed by the European Union on Burma look set to be extended for an extra year because of the lack of progress on human... |
Without providing a civil environment respectful of basic human rights the junta's proposed referendum is a "sham", according to Human Rights Watch. |
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INTERVIEW
Ko Ohn Kyaw, an Organizing Committee member of the National League for Democracy of Rangoon Division, Dawbon Township was bludgeoned to death in the Insein prison after the prison precincts... |
Nam Davies, Mizzima reporter, interviewed a Chin woman victim of the cyclone taking shelter at the 'Full Gospel' church in Insein, Rangoon. She lost her home in the tropical cyclone... |
Mizzima interviewed Laputta constituency MP and Township NLD Vice-Chairman Dr. Aye Kyu on the death toll in Laputta in Irrawaddy Division where the tropical cyclone Nargis was believed to have... |
Here are some views of Rangoon citizens expressed in personal and phone interviews conducted by Mizzima. This feature will be periodically updated over the following days.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
 "We are at a critical point. Unless more aid gets into the country very quickly, we face an outbreak of infectious diseases that could dwarf today's current crisis,"
Ban Ki-moon
UN Secretary General
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