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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Burma Partnership is pleased to announce that we have launched our new website. We hope it will be a useful tool for governments, journalists, researchers, and especially activists from Burma and all over the world.

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In Solidarity,

Burma Partnership Secretariat

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Burma Update: May 18, 2008


News from Regional/International Media

BBC News: Burma Aid Situation 'Improving'
Al Jazeera: Myanmar Children 'May Starve'
Asian Tribune: United States Defies Burmese Military Junta
Asian Tribune: Burma Fears Politicization of Humanitarian Crisis
The Nation: Red Tape Continues to Tie Up Aid to Cyclone-Stricken Burma
Bangkok Post: Relief Trickles through as Burma Toll Hits 140,000
Bangkok Post: Burmese Death Truck Survivors to be Sent Home
International Herald Tribune: Myanmar Government Says No Disease Outbreaks in Cyclone-Hit Areas
The Jakarta Post: International Community Pounds on Myanmar's Doors as Cyclone Victims Suffer
Xinhua Online: Bangkok's Old Airport to be Center for WFP Aid to Myanmar
Gulf Times: Monks Fill Cyclone Aid Void
The Straits Times: Videos of Cyclone's Mayhem are Underground Hit in Myanmar
The Straits Times: Under-Fire ASEAN to Meet on Myanmar Disaster
VOA News: Asian Health Professionals Allowed Into Burma

Opinion/Other

New Zealand Herald: Time to Send Troops into Myanmar [Editorial]
Khaleeji Times: Guilty as Charged! [Editorial]
Bangkok Post: Political Storm Brewing [Perspective] - Achara Ashayagachat
Bangkok Post: Samak to the Rescue [Perspective] - Erika Fry
The Japan Times: Option for Dealing with Myanmar - Matthew Johnson
Mizzima News: Slow Deaths in Delta [Commentary] - May Ng


Report/Briefer

UNIC Yangon: OCHA Situation Report No. 13

Shan Herald Agency for News: Weekly Diary, No. 301 (10 – 16 May 2008)
  • World Impatient with Generals!
  • Hated Regime Supported by People?
  • Aid Becomes Selective!
  • Famine for Rice Bowl Area Feared!


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