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May 20th, 2008 at 12:02 pm

U.N. officials began to tour the cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta in Myanmar on Monday, though some U.N. staffers still reported problems gaining access to the tightly controlled country. At least 78,000 …

May 15th, 2008 at 3:17 pm

R&E correspondent Anne-Marie Slaughter analyzes the quandary that the U.N. is in in regards to the Myanmar cyclone, and how the situation may force the R2P doctrine into effect in …

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May 12th, 2008 at 12:15 pm

Dozens of Burmese expatriates rallied in the rain outside the United Nations on Friday, May 9, 2008, calling on the junta to allow aid into cyclone-ravaged Myanmar. Thirteen spoke to three of the protesters, some of whom have family trapped in the disaster zone. Watch the video:

May 12th, 2008 at 12:14 pm

Food and water began reaching more of Myanmar’s cyclone victims Sunday, but the government made no indication that it would allow foreign aid workers into the country to distribute the …

May 9th, 2008 at 5:39 pm

For Buddhists, karma regulates morality: for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. As Myanmar digs out from the devastating Cyclone Nargis–the immediate explanation from some of Myanmar’s …

May 9th, 2008 at 12:35 pm

The first relief shipments arrived in Myanmar Thursday after resistance from the country’s reclusive military government to foreign aid.

“Not only does the United States want to reach out, but …

May 8th, 2008 at 12:40 pm

A senior U.S diplomat in Myanmar said Wednesday that the death toll from Tropical Cyclone Nargis could reach 100,000, as disease outbreaks remain a threat and some aid groups face …

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