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Friday, 29 August 2008
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Myanmar may free Suu Kyi in six months
Military-ruled Myanmar could release detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in about half a year, once a maximum detention period of six years has expired, Singapore's foreign minister said on Sunday.
21 Jul 2008 |
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Myanmar junta says Suu Kyi deserves to be flogged
Myanmar's military junta said on Wednesday that detained opposition leader and Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi deserved to be beaten like an errant child for threatening national security.
11 Jun 2008 |
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U.S. warships to leave Myanmar after aid refused
U.S. warships will soon leave waters near Myanmar after the ruling military junta refused permission for the delivery of aid supplies to the cyclone-stricken Irrawaddy delta, a top U.S. commander said on Wednesday.
04 Jun 2008 |
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Myanmar warned over forcing cyclone survivors home
Myanmar must stop forcing cyclone survivors to return to their shattered homes where they face more misery or even death, rights groups said on Saturday, as a U.S. official accused the junta of being "deaf and dumb" to foreign aid pleas.
31 May 2008 |
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Myanmar starts mass evictions from cyclone camps
Myanmar's junta started evicting destitute families from government-run cyclone relief centres on Friday, apparently out of concern the 'tented villages' might become permanent.
30 May 2008 |
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West dismayed over Suu Kyi detention
Western governments lashed out at the extension of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest, but the outrage at Myanmar's generals was tempered by concern over disrupting aid flows to desperate cyclone victims.
28 May 2008 |
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"No time to lose" after Myanmar deal for storm aid
Disaster relief officials said there was "no time to lose" to help Myanmar's cyclone survivors after the secretive military government promised the United Nations it would allow in more aid workers.
24 May 2008 |
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Myanmar agrees to "all" cyclone aid workers
Myanmar's junta agreed on Friday to admit cyclone aid workers "regardless of nationalities" to the hardest-hit Irrawaddy Delta, a breakthrough for delivering help to survivors, U.N. officials said.
23 May 2008 |
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U.N. chief offers hope to Myanmar
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon took "a message of hope" to Myanmar's cyclone victims on Thursday and pressed the military government to allow large-scale international aid for the 2.4 million people left destitute.
22 May 2008 |
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U.N. chief goes on Myanmar aid mission
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon headed to southeast Asia on Wednesday on a mission to secure more help for cyclone victims in Myanmar, whose military rulers have finally granted an aid agency the use of helicopters to deliver supplies.
21 May 2008 |
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