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The Boston Globe US plane arrives to aid cyclone victims BANGKOK - The head of the US Pacific Command flew into Burma yesterday aboard the first US military aid flight, to press for a full-scale international relief operation for victims of Cyclone Nargis.... (photo: USMC / Sgt. Andres Alcaraz) Aid Asia Burma Photos US Disaster |
The News & Observer Myanmar regime wary of monks' help KYI BUI KHAW, MYANMAR - The saffron-robed monks who spearheaded a bloody uprising last fall against Myanmar's military rulers are back on the front lines, this time providing food, shelter and... (photo: AP Photo/David Longstreath) Disaster Military Myanmar Photos Society |
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AOL UN chief slams Myanmar junta for slow response UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon criticized Myanmar's military junta Monday for what he called its "unacceptably slow response" to helping cyclone... (photo: UN / Mark Garten) Aid Junta Myanmar Photos Slideshow UN |
International Herald Tribune In Myanmar, food aid only at the junta's behest : When one of Myanmar's best known movie stars, Kyaw Dhyu, traveled through the Irrawaddy Delta recently to deliver aid to the victims of the May 3 cyclone, the military... (photo: AP / Rob Carr) Food Junta Myanmar Photos Stars |
NZ Herald Editorial: A deeply despicable regime Until recently, all that was popularly known of the mute military regime that has ruled Myanmar for 56 years was its aversion to civil rights and outside scrutiny,... (photo: (AP Photo)) Aid Disaster Military Myanmar Photos |
AOL Fukuda seeks 'more active' U.N. engagement in Myanmar+ TOKYO, May 11 (Kyodo) - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has told a U.S. newspaper that he expects the United Nations to "more actively intervene" to help cyclone-hit Myanmar... (photo: Defense Dept. / Cherie A. Thurlby) Japan Photos Politics Tokyo UN |
International Herald Tribune Yangon moves on to life after the cyclone : A week after a cyclone smashed into Myanmar, killing more than 28,000 people and endangering more than a million, the horrifying stories and gruesome pictures from the... (photo: Creative Commons / Colegota) Disaster Myanmar Photos Weather Yangon |