Relief agencies are pouring aid into Burma after a devastating cyclone ripped through the Irrawaddy delta, with at least 10,000 dead and 3,000 missing.Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon announced emergency aid from the...
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UPDATE: 9:28 p.m. May 8 First big aid flight finally lands in MyanmarMyanmar government has allowed aid supplies, but not aid personnel from the west to trickle into its devastated regions.""Currently Myanmar...
The LA Time's coverage of the Cyclone discusses NowPublic's role:"Previous disasters have proved to be opportunities for "open-source" reporting, in which citizens post photographs, videos and written accounts that...
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The military government of Burma continues to micromanage aid efforts, co-opting relief ahead of a referendum."The UN's World Food Programme says two more plane-loads have been impounded by the authorities, who say...
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