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| New Delhi - Several Burmese voters said they are not happy with the government's plan to conduct a nationwide referendum on Saturday amidst the devastation and loss of the monster... |
| One week after the deadly cyclone, survivors in the Irrawaddy Delta still urgently need health care and food, while many are suffering from trauma, residents and aid workers said.... |
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| Long before the catastrophic cyclone smashed into Burma and brought down the already feeble nation to its knees, the core of the military organization suffered a serious blow last September.... |
The devastating tropical cyclone 'Nargis' and subsequent tidal waves struck the villages in Labutta Township on May 2. Two lucky survivors retold Mizzima their tragic stories, how their family members... |
| Chiang Mai – The obduracy of the Burmese military junta is inexplicable. On Thursday it sent back an aircraft from Qatar carrying relief material for cyclone hit victims. The aircraft... |
Despite more than 100,000 deaths and over 1.5 million being rendered homeless in Burma's Irrawaddy delta after the killer Cyclone Nargis struck last weekend, United Nations said aid for the... |
| New Delhi - Nearly a week after Cyclone Nargis, aid has started to trickle into Burma but has yet to reach the most devastated areas of the Irrawaddy Delta.... |
New Delhi – The first UN relief shipments from overseas landed in Rangoon today, but aid agencies are desperately waiting for more supplies to help Burma's cyclone survivors.
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| New Delhi - Several aid workers, who went down to Burma's cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy Delta to conduct a needs assessment survey, were forced to flee after they were surrounded by villagers... |
The villagers from Rangoon Division, Hlegu Township have lodged a collective complaint to the local referendum commission today for forcing villagers to cast the 'Yes' vote.
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| New Delhi: Relief material has been pouring into Burma from several countries in the aftermath of the killer cyclone Nargis which claimed thousands of lives and left over a million... |
New Delhi – Hundreds of cyclone victims have been turned away from a shelter east of Rangoon after local authorities decided it was too crowded, local residents said.
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| 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... |
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NARGIS' IMPACT
The devastating tropical cyclone 'Nargis' and subsequent tidal waves struck the villages in Labutta Township on May 2. Two lucky s... |
One week after the deadly cyclone, survivors in the Irrawaddy Delta still urgently need health care and food, while many are suffe... |
Chiang Mai – The obduracy of the Burmese military junta is inexplicable. On Thursday it sent back an aircraft from Qatar carryin... |
Despite more than 100,000 deaths and over 1.5 million being rendered homeless in Burma's Irrawaddy delta after the killer Cyclone ... |
New Delhi - Nearly a week after Cyclone Nargis, aid has started to trickle into Burma but has yet to reach the most devastated are... |
New Delhi – The first UN relief shipments from overseas landed in Rangoon today, but aid agencies are desperately waiting for mo... |
New Delhi: Relief material has been pouring into Burma from several countries in the aftermath of the killer cyclone Nargis ... |
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INSIDE BURMA
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... |
New Delhi – Factories in Rangoon industrial zones have been ordered to arrange special polling stations for their workers by the Burmese military junta authorities. |
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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 seeing at the United Nations if we can't implement the responsibility to protect, given that food, boats and relief teams are there, and obtain a United Nations resolution which authorizes the delivery and imposes this on the Burmese government."
Dr Bernard Kouchner
French Foreign MInister and co-founder of Doctors without Borders
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