U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Myanmar's stonewalling of aid has led to the deaths of tens of thousands following a killer cyclone which hit the country earlier in the month. Twenty-two U.S. military helicopters stand by for use in Myanmar relief operations at U Taphao air base in Thailand. The Myanmese government have to date refused to allow their use. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Saturday (May 31) tens of thousands had died because Myanmar's government declined offers of foreign aid for cyclone victims from the U.S. military and others. Speaking at an annual gathering of Asian security and defence officials in Singapore, Gates also offered assurances that Washington would remain committed to the region no matter who wins this year's U.S. presidential election. Gates contrasted Myanmar's reluctance to accept aid from the U.S. military after Cyclone Nargis struck four weeks ago with the willingness of Indonesia and Bangladesh to accept such assistance after...
U.S. President George W. Bush made a rare personal appeal to Myanmar's junta on Tuesday (May 6) to accept U.S. disaster teams that have been blocked and said Washington was ready to help more after...
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While helicopters from the U.N. World Food Program help to deliver humanitarian assistance to the worst cyclone-affected areas in Myanmar, international organisations like the Red Cross warned on...
Survivors of the cyclone that hit Myanmar say the government are not supporting them and say soldiers have shot some victims in the worst hit areas. Meanwhile monks protest in a Thai border town,...
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Thailand prepares to send a team of 30 medical staff to Yangon to work in cyclone-stricken Myanmar. Two weeks have passed since a deadly cyclone hit Myanmar, killing more than 133,000 people and...
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