World Jun 04 U.S. Navy Ships to Leave Myanmar Without Delivering Aid Four U.S. Navy ships will leave the Myanmar coast Thursday, after failing to receive permission from the Burmese government to unload aid supplies for survivors of Cyclone Nargis, including much-needed helicopters to transport food and other aid. By PBS News Hour
World May 22 U.N. Head Visits Myanmar to Coax Aid Effort U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived Thursday in cyclone-damaged Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, to meet with Senior Gen. Than Shwe in hopes of convincing the stringent military junta to loosen restrictions on international aid. By PBS News Hour
World May 12 Watch Aid Official Discusses Challenges of Working in Myanmar The military regime governing Myanmar has been slow to relax its grip on things even in the wake of the current humanitarian crisis there, which has drawn criticism from many quarters. An official with a nonprofit working in Myanmar describes…