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UN Suspends Aid Shipment to Burma

By WAI MOE

The UN suspended all aid shipments to Burma on Friday following the junta’s seizure of all food and equipment of the World Food Program.

Cyclone Survivors Now Racked by Disease

By SAW YAN NAING

One in five children who survived in the areas hit by Cyclone Nargis is suffering from diarrhea, according to a UNICEF official in Rangoon.

Pro-government Thugs Attack Relief Vehicles

By MIN LWIN

Club-wielding members of a pro-regime citizens’ group have tried to hijack relief supplies in Rangoon, according to local charity groups and non-government organizations.

Canadian PM Meets Burma’s Exiled Leader

By SAW YAN NAING

Canadian premier Stephen Harper has met NCGUB leader Sein Win in Ottawa to discuss the aid effort to victims of the cyclone and refugees along the Thai/ Burmese border.

NEWS ANALYSIS

Why Is Burma Junta Afraid of Letting Foreign Aid Workers?

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Among the junta's fears are internal uprisings, a US invasion, globalization and its capacity to dilute traditional Burmese culture.


	Dead (official)	22,997
	Missing (official)	42,119
	Dead (US estimate)	100,000- plus
	Homeless (UN estimate)	1 million- plus

	UNITED KINGDOM	$10 million
	EUROPEAN COMMISSION	$3 million
	UNITED STATES	$3 million
	AUSTRALIA	$2.8 million
	NORWAY	$2 million
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NEWS BRIEFS

QUOTE OF THE DAY
	They [humanitarian workers] are ready to go in to help. They are not going in to overthrow the government. They are not going in to spy. They have specific skills for immediately responding to disaster. —US Ambassador to Thailand Eric John

OPINION

Wanted: Immediate US Aid Air Drop

By KYAW ZWA MOE

The United States should immediately make air drops of aid into the most devastated areas of the Irrawaddy delta. It’s time for humanitarian intervention.