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Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Burma Update: June 4, 2008



News from Regional/International Media

Bangkok Post: UN may get choppers to Burma, US Navy pulls out
Monster & Critics: MSF says counselling cyclone victims a growing priority (Extra)
Monster & Critics: Danish art group ridicules Myanmar military rulers
PR News Wire: Verizon Wireless Customers Can Join in Earthquake and Cyclone Relief Efforts by Sending Text Messages to '4SAVE'
AFP: US: 'No more time to waste' to help Myanmar victims
Thanhnien News: Vietnamese health workers join relief aid efforts in Myanmar
International Herald Tribune: Human rights group accuses Myanmar military of killing, torturing ethnic Karen civilians
Tavistock - Today: Market sale boost for ShelterBox
UNIC - Yangon: More than 1 Million Survivors have gotten aid from International Community
Travel Mole: Myanmar’s cyclones to hit tourism hard

Opinion/Other

The Irrawaddy: One Month after Cyclone Nargis [Special Report] - Aung Thet Wine
BBC: New challenges for delta aid workers [Features and Analysis] - Samanthi Dissanayake
International Herald Tribune: The Boom in private giving [Opinion] - Carol C. Adelman

Statement/Press Release

Relief Web (Action by Churches Together International - ACT): Cyclone Nargis - Young volunteers dedicated to help survivors

European Union: Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the extension of the house arrest of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi- Press Release

Relief Web (International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies - IFRC): Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis Emergency Appeal No. MDRMM002 Operations Update No. 14- Appeal

Relief Web (Malteser International): Myanmar: International staff of Malteser International reaches Labutta- Press Release

Multimedia



The Irrawaddy: One Month after Cyclone Nargis - Harn Lay




Cartoon



The Irrawaddy: “Let me relieve you of $11 billion first…” - Harn Lay






Report/Briefer

ShelterBox USA: MEDIA AVAILABLE: Burmese-American Citizen returns from Homeland Merch Mission, reports ShelterboxUSA
Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N)
: Shan Diary, Issue No.17, May 2008
UNIC Yangon: : Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 27
Relief Web (ADB): Myanmar: An update on country developments
Relief Web (United Kingdom Department for International Development - DFID)
: Burma - What is the current situation? 4 Jun 2008

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