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Friday, 16th May 2008

Burma

Supplies for Burma still 'a trickle' as first US aid flight lands THE first US military aid flight to Burma landed yesterday but emergency supplies remained at a trickle for 1.5 million people facing hunger and disease in the cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy Delta.

Burma aid effort plods along as death toll exceeds 30,000 THE UN today pleaded with Burma's military government to open its doors to international experts who could help the up to two million victims of a devastating cyclone that has now left more than 30,000 dead and an equal number missing.

'Malign neglect' may make Burma disaster six times as bad as tsunami OXFAM, the international aid agency, last night warned that the death toll in Burma could reach 1.5 million, while the British government blamed the "malign neglect" of the Burmese regime for turning the disaster into a "humanitarian cata

Relief organisation worker off to aid Burma cyclone victims A TROUBLESHOOTER from a city-based international development organisation is off to Burma to help with cyclone relief.

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