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Nearly three months after the killer Cyclone Nargis played havoc in Burma's southwestern coastal region, hundreds of thousands are still not getting enough food, the United Nations World Food Programme said on Friday .
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Over two months on after relief efforts, the United Nations has perforce admitted that there is a 'serious issue' involved in the conversion mechanism of the aid money provided to Burma's cyclone victims.
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The New York based Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged donors helping Burma's cyclone victims to form an independent monitoring body to ensure that their relief material is not manipulated by the repressive Burmese regime.
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Despite of the absence of a key prosecutor's witness, a township court in Burma's former capital on Thursday conducted the hearing of the case of a Burmese female reporter, who was arrested while covering on victims of Cyclone Nargis...
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The United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday convened a meeting of the 'Group of Friends' to review the situation in Burma and to discuss the ensuing visit of his special envoy Ibrahim Gambari...
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Incessant rain on Wednesday inundated the basement of Mandalay international airport and caused disturbances in telephone lines.
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Discrimination is evident in distribution of aid, with many victims of Cyclone Nargis still not getting adequate relief material being disbursed by international aid groups including the United Nations agencies, a new report said.
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Authorities have arrested another high profile person on suspicion of being linked to drug trafficking among Burmese celebrities.
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Burma's military authorities on Tuesday banned several cartoons at a fund raising exhibition for victims of Cyclone-Nargis, for allegedly violating censor policy.
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A number of Burmese cartoons were censored by the authorities this morning for allegedly violating policy. The cartoons were exhibited for a fund raising drive in an exhibition entitled 'Wakeup from Storm' for Cyclone Nargis victims...
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The Malaysian police arrested a Burmese national following a failed attempt at committing suicide outside the Burmese embassy in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, a Burmese activist, quoting police sources said.
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Burmese Foreign Minister, Nyan Win has reportedly hinted at Burma's opposition to empowering a Southeast Asian human rights body with investigative powers. This is a move seen by critics as a sign of stopping the regional bloc from progressing.
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John Holmes, United Nations Humanitarian relief chief, on Tuesday arrived in Rangoon and immediately left for Bogale town in cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta to survey post-cyclone humanitarian assistance, a UN spokesperson in Rangoon said.
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A prominent Burmese political activist Naw Ohn Hla was severely injured in a car accident on Monday afternoon and is admitted to the Rangoon General Hospital (RGH) Emergency Ward, a fellow activist said.
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Cyclone Nargis that lashed Burma's southwestern coastal divisions on May 2 and 3 has resulted in damage to the tune of an estimated US $ 4 billion, according to a new report by the UN and Southeast Asian Nations.
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The Burmese military junta on Monday signed a new charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) but observers and critics were skeptical about the regime living up to the document's ideals of democracy and human rights.
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The Burmese military junta has hinted that detained opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi could be released within six months, Singapore Foreign minister, George Yeo said on Sunday...
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Made to buy seeds that do not sprout, farmers in Burma's cyclone hit zone of Bogale township in Irrawaddy division are in trouble planting rice...
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Foreigners wanting to visit cyclone-hit areas in Irrwaddy Division would have to acquire prior permission from the Ministry of Defence. A directive to this effect has been issued by the Ministry of Hotel and Tourism to tour companies...
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Amidst tight security and stepped up vigilance by the Burmese ruling junta, the country's main opposition political party – the National League for Democracy – on Saturday held a commemorative programme on Burma's Martyr's Day ...
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