Burma Update: May 7, 2008

News from Burmese Media

Democratic Voice of Burma: Salin NLD Members Arrested for Referendum Pamphlets
Narinjara News: Four Arrested for Anti-Referendum Campaign in Chin State
Narinjara News: 11 Arakanese Monks Apply for Refugee Status in Dhaka
Narinjara News: Bangladesh Relief Team Leaves for Burma
Independent Mon News Agency: Commodity Prices Rise after Cyclone Nargis
Kachin News Group: Advance Voters Forced to Cast 'Yes' Vote in Northern Burma
Kachin News Group: Voters to Vote at VPDC Office
Kachin News Group: Advance Votes in Kachin Village Reject New Constitution
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Monks Aid Survivors, Authorities Sell Rooftops
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Survivors in Delta Still Waiting for Aid
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Rangoon Struggling to Restore Utilities
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Burma’s Rice Region Decimated—Food Shortage Feared
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Visa Formalities Holding Up UN Team
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Bush Pushes for US Relief Teams in Burma
Irrawaddy News Magazine: US House Urges Bush, UN to Reject Draft Constitution
Irrawaddy News Magazine: UN Begins Food Distribution in Cyclone-ravaged Burma
Irrawaddy News Magazine: International Aid Contributions
Democratic Voice of Burma: Four Insein Prisoners Die during Interrogation
Democratic Voice of Burma: Government Sells Food to Disaster Victims
Independent Mon News Agency: Residents Restrict Travel due to Rising Bus Fares
Khonumthung News: CNF Criticizes Burmese Regime over Fraud Demarcation
Mizzima News: Aid Agencies Have Trouble Reaching Worst-Hit Areas
Mizzima News: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's Home Damaged by Cyclone
Mizzima News: Many Ready to Vote 'NO' in Rangoon
Mizzima News: USD 40 million Waits for Cyclone Victims, but Junta not Yet Ready

News from Regional/International Media

BBC News: Aid Arriving in Cyclone-Hit Burma
Asian Tribune: Defer Burma's National Referendum, Deal with Cyclone First
Bangkok Post: PTTEP Evacuates 40 Staff from Burma
Bangkok Post: Myanmar Junta Keeps Massive International Aid Effort on Hold, Denies Visas to Volunteers
Bangkok Post: Burma Tourist Traffic Likely to Give Way to Aid Workers
Al Jazeera: Millions Left Homeless in Myanmar
VOA News: Red Cross Issues Multi-Million Dollar Appeal for Burma
Channel News Asia: Myanmar Claims Warning Issued Ahead of Cyclone
Google News: Google Earth Helping the Victims of Cyclone Nargis
Stuff: Myanmar Lifts Fuel Import Ban after Storm

Opinion/Other

Irrawaddy News Magazine: Emergency Aid, Not Ballot Papers, Needed Now in Stricken Burma [Editorial]
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Deadly Cyclone Poses Political Threat to Ruling Generals [News Analysis] - The Associated Press
Democratic Voice of Burma: Cyclone Nargis: What Went Wrong in Burma? - Htet Aung Kyaw
Khonumthung News: Save Chin State Territory by "No" Vote - Pu Lian Uk
Far Eastern Economic Review: Tragedy and Renewal in Burma - Ian Holliday
UPI Asia Online: Burmese Need Aid, Not Political Pressure [Analysis] - Khin Ohmar
The New York Times: Aid for Myanmar Mobilizes, Mixed with Criticism - Seth Mydans and Hellene Cooper
The Nation: Hope may Yet Spring from Burma's Tragedy [Editorials]
The Nation: Winds of Change may Finally Blow through Burma Politics - Jeerawat Na Thalang
Bangkok Post: Burma Storm Clouds [Analysis] - Peter Janssen
Inter Press Service: Cyclone Nargis Exposes Junta's Anti-People Attitude - Larry Jagan
Mizzima News: In a Drowning Paradise, Saving People from the Sins of Their Leaders [Commentary] - May Ng

Statement/Press Release

The Burma Campaign UK: 2,000 Villages, 1.7 Million People Flooded by Cyclone Nargis
The Burma Campaign UK: Burma Regime Spending Just £2.5m On Disaster Relief
Asian Legal Resource Centre: INDIA: India's Assistance to Myanmar must Reflect Its Regional Role
Burma News International: Release of Nationwide Voters Survey on the Burmese Referendum
NHEC, BMA, MTC, BPHWT: Appeal from Burmese Group for Cyclone Victims

Report/Briefer

UNIC Yangon: Cyclone Nargis Myanmar OCHA Situation Report No. 3
ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus: Myanmar/Burma News Update (Edition 87)