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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - World - Jul 20, 2008
RANGOON -- They operate in the shadows, slipping by moonlight from safe house to safe house, changing their cellphones to hide their tracks and meeting under cover of monasteries or clinics to plot changes that have …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Asia/Pacific - Jul 5, 2008
BOGALAY, Burma -- Two months after a cyclone savaged the fertile Irrawaddy Delta, in Burma's southwest, the bones of drowning victims still clutter the muddy banks of waterways.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Asia/Pacific - Jun 20, 2008
RANGOON -- Seven weeks after huge swaths of Burma were savaged by a cyclone and tidal wave, a new and remarkable citizen movement is delivering emergency supplies to survivors neglected by the military government's …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - World - Jun 13, 2008
Just seven days after Cyclone Nargis devastated Burma last month, the ruling military junta parceled out key sections of the affected Irrawaddy Delta to favored tycoons and companies, including several facing sanctions …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Asia/Pacific - Jun 7, 2008
BANGKOK, June 6 -- In the weeks after Tropical Cyclone Nargis battered Burma's Irrawaddy Delta, Burma's most famous comedian -- a dentist known by his stage name, Zarganar, or "Tweezers" -- spearheaded efforts by about …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - World - Jun 5, 2008
BANGKOK, June 4 -- The U.S. Navy on Wednesday aborted its three-week effort to use helicopters aboard a warship off Burma to deliver much-needed aid directly to cyclone survivors, after the country's ruling military …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Military News - Jun 3, 2008
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - World - May 31, 2008
PYINMAGON, Burma, May 30 -- This rice-farming village in the Irrawaddy Delta, one of countless communities devastated by Tropical Cyclone Nargis, can be reached only by boat, a trip of up to two hours, depending on the …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Asia/Pacific - May 27, 2008
BANGKOK, May 26 -- Foreign relief workers began filtering into Burma's Irrawaddy Delta on Monday, as aid agencies tested whether the ruling military junta would keep its promise to permit a major international effort …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - World - May 26, 2008
BANGKOK, May 25 -- Donor nations on Sunday promised military-ruled Burma a significant increase in financial support for survivors of Tropical Cyclone Nargis if the junta keeps its pledge to allow aid workers …
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