New York Times (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
The United States is facing the limits of its clout in dealing with Myanmar’s military junta, which human rights advocates say is putting its own survival before that of a storm-ravaged population.
News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
The military junta ruling Myanmar claims that more than 90 percent of voters supported a new constitution.Only part of the country, formerly known as Burma, voted in Saturday's referendum. The vote was postponed to May 24 in Yangon and the Irawaddy Delta because of the chaos caused by Cyclone Nargis.Government newspapers and broadcasters reported that the commission that ran the referendum...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Shipments distributed by non-governmental organizations, U.S. official said Myanmar's ruling military junta is reluctant to allow outsiders in to distribute aid The United States continues to push for...
Mizzima TV (Free subscription) | yesterday
Flash | Windows Media share by: vPIP Embed (copy & paste): close vPIP_setVisible("divEmbedCode559", false); ABSL urge military junta to accept more interntaional help so that the Cyclone survivors could get more relief from them. The Demonstration took place lead by ABSL, in New Delhi on 12 May 2008. Producer: The Mizzima News | [...]
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough on international aid for millions of Burmese left homeless by Cyclone Nargis receded today when the ruling military junta announced that it had won overwhelming approval in a referendum. The junta, which has been condemned by aid agencies for stalling the relief effort, last night tightened roadblocks to prevent relief workers reaching the worst-hit...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Mr Brown said the military junta should be held to account for its "negligence" and warned the disaster, which is estimated to have claimed more than 100,000 lives, was in danger of becoming a "man-made catastrophe".In an interview for the BBC World Service, the Prime Minister said Burma's ruling generals would be judged by the world and their own people for thwarting the assistance offered...
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Brown condemns 'inhuman' junta Prime Minister Gordon Brown has accused Burma's government of "inhuman" treatment of Cyclone Nargis survivors for its refusal to allow aid to get through.Mr Brown said the military junta should be held to account for its "negligence" and warned the disaster, which is estimated to have claimed more than 100,000 lives, was in danger of becoming a "man-made...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Brown condemns 'inhuman' junta Prime Minister Gordon Brown has accused Burma's government of "inhuman" treatment of Cyclone Nargis survivors for its refusal to allow aid to get through.Mr Brown said the military junta should be held to account for its "negligence" and warned the disaster, which is estimated to have claimed more than 100,000 lives, was in danger of becoming a "man-made...
icWales (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Brown condemns 'inhuman' junta Prime Minister Gordon Brown has accused Burma's government of "inhuman" treatment of Cyclone Nargis survivors for its refusal to allow aid to get through.Mr Brown said the military junta should be held to account for its "negligence" and warned the disaster, which is estimated to have claimed more than 100,000 lives, was in danger of becoming a "man-made...
Left Turn with Cecily Friday (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Alternet: Two top aides to the Republican presidential nominee John McCain have been forced to resign over their ties to the Burmese military junta, providing yet another embarrassment for Mr McCain who is trying to present himself as the scourge of special interests in Washington. Douglas Goodyear, who had been chosen to run the 2008 Republican convention, said he was resigning "so as...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Burma's ruling military junta now says that 78,000 people have died as a result of a cyclone that struck part of the country two weeks ago. State television said 56,000 others were listed as missing. The junta is now allowing a some foreign aid into the country, but it has again rejected international calls to let outside experts direct relief efforts for more than two million...
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday
Burma's military junta today claimed the main work of helping cyclone victims was over, keeping the door closed to all but a few foreign relief workers and leaving millions in the disaster zone at risk of starvation and disease. 'We have already finished our first phase of emergency relief. We are going onto the second phase, the rebuilding stage,' state television quoted Prime Minister...
The First Post (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
In what critics dismiss as a farcical attempt to legitimise its tyrannical rule, Burma's military junta today claimed its draft constitution won the approval of more than 90 per cent…
AftenPosten (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Veteran Norwegian diplomat Jan Egeland, who's been a peace broker and top UN official, is urging a rather undiplomatic means of cracking down on Burma's ruling military junta, after it's repeatedly frustrated international efforts to aid Burma's cyclone victims.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Military authorities announce new constitution giving overarching powers in wake of cyclone
