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U.S. Urged to Divorce Politics from Aid to Myanmar

07.05.2008 UNITED NATIONS, May 7 (OneWorld) - A major U.S.-based humanitarian aid group is urging the Bush administration to revise its aid policy toward Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) and provide immediate assistance to the cyclone victims in that country.

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Related topics/regions: [Myanmar] [United States] [Aid] [Geopolitics]

Cyclone kills hundreds in Myanmar

05.05.2008 The devastating Cyclone Nargis that struck Myanmar early Saturday has claimed 350 lives, as death tolls mount. While aid operations were restricted by the military junta in the outskirts of capital Yangon, the state media announced the country will go ahead with the constitutional referendum on May 10.

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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Aid] [Food]

Image: Ravaged city / Photo credit: Reuters