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		Military Junta: We Need the Aid, Not Expertise 05-09-2008 8:50 am - AP Myanmar's military junta announced on Friday it needs international aid to help cope with a growing humanitarian crisis, but it does not need foreign aid workers. Right now, no relief workers have been granted visas to enter the Asian country.

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Myanmar Military Junta Continues Blocking Aid
Thailand was able to send a medical team into Burma on the 14th day of a disaster that has had scant impact on the thinking of the ruling military junta. The Myanmar government insists the death total is about 43000 but UN estimates ...

Brown condemns 'inhuman' junta
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has accused Burma's government of "inhuman" treatment of Cyclone Nargis survivors for its refusal to allow aid to get through.

Burma: Junta's Negligence A Crime Against Humanity
Mr Brown said the military junta should be held to account for its "negligence" and warned the disaster, which is estimated to have claimed more than 100000 lives, was in danger of becoming a "man-made catastrophe". ...

Headzup - McCain's Junta Man
John McCain is asked about Doug Goodyear, the man he personally chose to run the Republican Convention, and his ties to the brutal junta in Myanmar. Directed by Matthew Filipowicz for Headzup Entertainment.

Aid agencies horrified as junta ‘moves on' to rebuild
Dismayed aid agencies warned yesterday many survivors of Cyclone Nargis are still without food, water and shelter despite the Burmese military government declaring the emergency relief effort over.

Myanmar: Junta Confines Foreigners To Largest City, Puts Up ...
Myanmar's military rulers have thrown a tightening ring of security around Yangon, blocking aid workers, foreign diplomats and journalists from reaching cyclone-battered regions where millions need food and medicine. read more.

Burma junta calls for rice planting help
Amy Kazmin, FT Syndication Service BANGKOK: Burma's military rulers have appealed for international help to get its cyclone-hit Irrawaddy Delta ric.

Burmese junta says relief effort ‘finished' as death toll rises to ...
Aid agencies were appalled today as the Burmese junta declared the relief effort in the country over, just as foreign observers said the number of dead and missing in the wake of Cyclone Nargis could be higher than 200000. ...

Myanmar junta confines foreigners to Yangon
YANGON: Myanmar's military rulers have thrown a tightening ring of security around Yangon, blocking aid workers, foreign diplomats and journalists from reaching cyclone-battered regions where milli...

US Frustrated by Myanmar Junta's Aid Limits — New York Times
They'd have hundreds of thousands of people die why, exactly? The military junta still insists that it can handle relief operations on its own, and it is rebuffing any offers to transport aid directly to the affected areas. ...

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