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Burmese Supreme Court to be asked to order halt to Myitsone Dam ...
Area where the Myitsone Dam will be constructed on the Irrawaddy River. Photo: KDNG. New Delhi (Mizzima) – A group of politicians will ask the Burmese Supreme Court to issue an injunction to stop work on the Myitsone ...
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Should we engage the military junta of Myanmar (Burma) to help the people suffering from the earthquake?
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmars ruling junta said Friday it will let foreign aid workers and commercial ships help survivors in the cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy Delta, but refused to relent on accepting aid from U.S., French and British military ships.
The ships, almost within sight of the coast for more than a week, offer a huge potential boost to the aid effort because they can send helicopters to the hardest-to-reach spots.
An estimated 2.5 million people remain in severe need, threatened by disease, hunger and exposure because of the loss of their homes. The U.N. says only about 25 percent of survivors have received any kind of aid.
The U.S., Britain and France all have warships off Myanmars coast ready to help. But Myanmars junta is nervous about any landings because it fears invasion or political interference. It moved its capital from Yangon, the largest city, to this town in the north in 2005 in part because of such fears.
The junta is also wary of the political and psychological consequences of its people witnessing an efficient military-run aid operation by Western nations, which they have long accused of trying to undermine the country and turn it into a neo-colony.
Patience with the junta has been wearing thin.
At the United Nations in New York, France said Thursday it would push for a U.N. resolution authorizing the delivery of aid to survivors "by all means necessary" if pressure from Ban and Myanmars neighbors does not open the aid pipeline quickly.
Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said Friday that 50 U.S. C-130 transport plane flights have been permitted into Yangon, carrying more than 480 tons of relief supplies. But they have not been allowed to fly directly to the delta.
Whitman said the ships — led by the USS Essex — will remain for days or weeks, but will not linger for months waiting for permission to bring in aid.
"If the position of the Burmese government doesnt change, we will have to make a decision to reallocate those Navy assets," he said.
As pointed out...it was a cyclone, not an earthquake. My mistake...
Answer: No, we shouldn't.
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The Irrawaddy:Burma's President Invites Exiles to Return Home ...
The Irrawaddy:Burma's President Invites Exiles to Return Home. Posted on August 18, 2011 by tunaung. Burma's President Thein Sein announced on ...
Click2Myanmar | Blog | Exiled Journalist Detained after Returning to ...
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Irrawaddy informs the world about Burma - Reporters Without Borders
Aug 8, 2011 ... Burmese democrats are today marking the anniversary of 8 August 1988 (8-8-88) , the highpoint of a large-scale uprising against a one-party ...
Irrawaddy informs the world about Burma - Reporters Without Borders
Burmese democrats are today marking the anniversary of 8 August 1988 (8-8-88), the highpoint of a large-scale uprising against a one-party state in which hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets and forced the ...
Irrawaddy River | Burma Rivers Network
The United Nations Environment Programme's World Conservation Monitoring Centre lists the Irrawaddy as one of the world's top thirty high priority river basins ...
Burmanet » Irrawaddy: China hands KNU leader over to Burma ...
Irrawaddy: China hands KNU leader over to Burma – Saw Yan Naing Wed 31 Aug 2011. Filed under: On The Border. Mahn Nyein Maung, a leading member of the Karen National Union (KNU) who once escaped from ...
Burmanet » Irrawaddy: Burma to lease state-run industries
Irrawaddy: Burma to lease state-run industries. Thu 1 Sep 2011. Filed under: Business / Trade. Naypyidaw—The Burmese government is to allow private companies to lease and run for profit a number of state-run industries ...
Burmanet » Irrawaddy: What is the EU waiting for in Burma ...
Irrawaddy: What is the EU waiting for in Burma? – Benjamin Zawacki Fri 2 Sep 2011. Filed under: Opinion,Other. It is time the EU work to establish a UN-led Commission of Inquiry into crimes against humanity and other ...
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The Irrawaddy – Human Rights Commission Met with Skepticism. The Irrawaddy – Burma's State Media Reports Shoot-out Between Kachin Leaders. Mizzima News – EU diplomats to be briefed on Burma ahead of human ...
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Burmanet » Irrawaddy: Deadly clashes continue in Northern Burma ...
Irrawaddy: Deadly clashes continue in Northern Burma – Ba Kaung Thu 25 Aug 2011. Filed under: Inside Burma. Despite Burmese President Thein Sein's recent call for peace talks, deadly clashes continue to flare between ...
Irrawaddy River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Irrawaddy River or Ayeyarwady River (Burmese: ဧရာဝတီမြစ်; MLCTS: erawa.ti mrac, pronounced [ʔèjàwədì mjɪʔ], also spelt Ayeyarwaddy) is a river ...