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BURMESE VERSION

An Abandoned Capital and an Abandoned People

By NEIL LAWRENCE
Burma’s largest city, Rangoon, is left largely to its own devices as it struggles to recover from the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis.

Regime Cronies Win Contracts for Cyclone Reconstruction Work

By MIN LWIN
The Burmese military regime is reportedly giving companies run by its cronies lucrative contracts to reconstruct areas flattened by cyclone Nargis.

If Humanitarian Intervention Happens, Then What?

By WAI MOE
Calls are increasing for a humanitarian intervention in Burma. What would the Tatmadaw do—fight or take off their uniforms?

Rights Group Warns Donors to Monitor Aid

By SAW YAN NAING
MSF and WFP say they are getting supplies through, however other sources claim much of the aid is being pilfered by military authorities.
 
Dead (official) 22,997
Missing (official) 42,119
Dead (US estimate) 100,000- plus
Homeless (UN estimate) 1 million- plus
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UNITED KINGDOM $10 million
EUROPEAN COMMISSION $3 million
UNITED STATES $3 million
AUSTRALIA $2.8 million
NORWAY $2 million

MORE NEWS
Local Heroes Emerge to Help Cyclone Victims
UN Says Nobody Knows Full Extent of Cyclone Disaster
Burmese Relief Workers Bring Aid to Desperate Villagers
Noble Laureates Call for Aid Action
Weekly Business Roundup (May 16, 2008)
A Trickle of Aid Reaches Survivors
Behind the Story in Laputta
Cyclone Survivors Told to Return to Shattered Homes
Time to Invoke ‘Responsibility to Protect’: Burmese Activists
Asean Assessment Team Expected in Burma Today
Junta Says Constitution Approved

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
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OPINION

Politics of Rescue

By MIN ZIN
There are precedents for the kind of unilateral intervention now being urged by legislators and opinion-makers who want to see humanitarian intervention in the cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta region of Burma.
The Perfect Storm
By AUNG ZAW
EDITORIAL: Humanitarian Intervention—It’s Now or Never
 LETTERS
CARTOON

EXCHANGE RATES
1 US = 1140 kyat
1 BT = 35.46 kyat

May 6, 2008

TODAY'S HEADLINES

Olympic Torch Carried to Everest Summit
Oil Prices Hit Another Record High
First UN Relief Flights Arrive in Burma
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SPECIAL FEATURE
BARBER'S CHAIR

Carnival of the Animals

The barber and his customers discuss the way Than Shwe celebrated thingyan.

BEYOND 1988—
REFLECTIONS

Encounters with the Media

The international press comes knocking at the jungle camps of Burma’s student rebels.
Interview
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