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WFP to Stop Relief Flights to Burma Next Month
By SAW YAN NAING
The UN’s World Food Programme will stop its relief flights to Burma next month, leaving aid organizations to find their own means of ferrying supplies into the country.


No Political Prisoner in Burma: Junta’s Mouthpieces
By WAI MOE
Burma’s state-run media has denied the existence of “political prisoners” in the country—because the term doesn’t exist in Burmese law.


Burma’s Disposable Soldiers
By MIN LWIN
For rank-and-file members of Burma’s 400,000-strong armed forces, injury often means a freefall into poverty.


Burmese Humor Survived the Storm
By THE IRRAWADDY
About 400 works by 70 cartoonists are on show at the Lawkanat gallery in an exhibition titled “Wake from the Storm.”


Unknown Gunman Kills Burmese Woman Refugee
By VIOLET CHO
A Burmese woman refugee has been shot dead by an unknown gunman while working outside the Mae Lah camp on the Thai-Burmese border.


US Calls Burma's Promise of Democracy a 'Mockery'
By JIM GOMEZ / AP WRITER
The United States blasted the Burmese junta's oft-repeated promise to democratize as a "kind of mockery", while Asia-Pacific countries urged the generals to take bolder steps to meet international demands.


Cyclone Victims Harness Rainwater to Survive
By IRIN
Viewed as a curse by those who lost their homes and loved ones to Cyclone Nargis, heavy rain in recent weeks is proving a savior of sorts to thousands of cyclone survivors in need of safe drinking water. “When it rains, I feel it is a blessing,” a woman said.


UN Wants ‘Tangible Progress’ in Burma
By LALIT K JHA / UNITED NATIONS
The UN special envoy to Burma and the international community will seek concrete progress during discussions with the military government next month.


Relief Must Focus on Remote Areas: Holmes
By SAW YAN NAING
The United Nations’ top humanitarian relief official has called for more assistance to go to people in remote areas of Burma’s cyclone-stricken Irrawaddy delta.


Speculation Surrounds Future UWSA Leaders
By WAI MOE
The ailing leader of the UWSA, the largest armed group in Burma, is surrounded by speculation over future replacements.


Rice Urges Asean to Push Burma Reform
By SUE PLEMMING / REUTERS WRITER
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Asean to put more pressure on Burma's junta to improve human rights and adopt democratic reforms.


Previous:
bullet Burma Cyclone Damage Estimated at $4 Billion
bullet Farmers Dispute Official ‘Back to Normal’ Claims
bullet Police Bars Some Press Photographers from Martyrs’ Day Ceremonies
bullet Political Prisoner Dies in Burma Prison
bullet Karen Refugees Forced to Return
bullet Burma a Challenge for Asean: Top US official
bullet Asean Issues Strong Rebuke against Burma
bullet Security Tight in Rangoon on Martyr’s Day
bullet Three Laputta Refugee Camps to Close
bullet Japan Monitoring Aid Distribution to Burma
bullet Charges of Forced Labor Emerge in Cyclone-hit Areas
bullet The Irrawaddy Delta Redux
bullet UN Humanitarian Chief to Visit Burma Next Week
bullet Chin Face Food Shortages
bullet Nargis Refugees Offered Low-cost Housing
bullet Corruption Scandal Prevents Timber Trade in Muse
bullet Regime’s Right to Represent Burma Challenged
bullet Gambari to Visit Burma in August
bullet Refugee Accommodation Booming in Rangoon
bullet Htein Lin: A Moving Monument

UN Security Council to Discuss Burma
By LALIT K JHA / UNITED NATIONS
The US plans to push for a more “focused” approach on Burma’s political track in a UN Security Council meeting on Thursday.


US Senate Bans Import of Burmese Gems
By LALIT K JHA
A bill which blocks the import of Burmese gems through third-party countries has been unanimously passed by the US Senate.


UN Official Observes Burmese Relief Efforts
By SAW YAN NAING
John Homes, the United Nations’ chief humanitarian relief official, is visiting the cyclone-stricken Irrawaddy delta during a three-day trip to Burma.


Burma Opposes Asean Investigative Powers
By JIM GOMEZ / AP WRITER
Burma's junta has indicated it will oppose any effort to give a Southeast Asian human rights body the power to monitor or investigate rights violations in the region.


Nobel Laureate Doubts Suu Kyi Will Be Released
By VIOLET CHO
Jody Williams, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, vows to continue highlighting the plight of fellow laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and other victims of Burma’s dictatorship.


Burmese MPs Urge UN to Reject New Constitution
By LALIT K JHA
A group of elected parliamentarians from Burma are calling on the United Nations to reject the country’s new constitution as illegitimate.


UN Says Burma Faces 'Second Emergency'
By VIJAY JOSHI / AP WRITER
Survivors of Burma's Cyclone Nargis face a "second emergency" unless relief efforts receive an influx of US $1 billion in international aid over the next three years, according to the first full assessment of the disaster.


Burmese Junta Signs Asean Charter
By WAI MOE
The Burmese junta signs the new Asean Charter, which includes a regional human rights body.

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