May 11 More Aid Enters Myanmar; Referendum Vote Held By PBS News Hour Food and water began reaching more of Myanmar's cyclone victims Sunday, but the government made no indication that it would allow foreign aid workers into the country to distribute the goods. Continue reading
May 09 Watch Damage in Myanmar Is Revealed as Aid Trickles In As thousands of people in Myanmar continue to languish in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, humanitarian assistance is slowly trickling in despite disputes with the country's military rulers over the distribution of the aid. Two aid officials update the situation. Continue watching
May 09 U.N. Resumes Aid to Myanmar Despite Junta Actions By PBS News Hour The U.N. World Food Program said Friday it would continue to send aid to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar, despite the military government seizing the supplies at the airport in order to distribute the shipments on its own. Continue reading
May 08 Watch Aid Begins to Trickle Into Myanmar but Recovery Is Slow The first relief shipments arrived in Myanmar Thursday after resistance from the country's reclusive military government to foreign assistance. Shari Villarosa, the top U.S. diplomat in Rangoon, and UNICEF's Richard Bridle discuss the aid response for the tens of thousands… Continue watching
May 08 U.N. Aid Begins Arriving in Cyclone-damaged Myanmar By PBS News Hour Shipments of food, medicine and other relief items began arriving in Myanmar Thursday to help victims of a cyclone that battered the country on Saturday, but U.S. military planes loaded with supplies were still being denied access. Continue reading
May 07 Watch Death Toll Rises in Myanmar as Aid Groups Face Obstacles A senior U.S diplomat in Myanmar said Wednesday that the death toll from Tropical Cyclone Nargis could reach 100,000, as disease outbreaks remain a threat and some aid groups face difficulty gaining access to the country. A United Nations official… Continue watching
May 07 Myanmar Pressured to Let in Aid Workers By PBS News Hour U.N. officials on Wednesday urged the Myanmar government to allow aid workers to distribute relief goods throughout the country, following a cyclone that could result in the deaths of 100,000 people as conditions worsen, a U.S. diplomat said. Continue reading
May 06 Watch Cyclone Death Toll Soars as Myanmar Reels From Disaster The estimated death toll from Saturday's cyclone in Myanmar increased to 22,000 Tuesday with 41,000 still missing and possibly 1 million left homeless, according to relief agencies. The head of the U.S. embassy in Rangoon and a reporter recap the… Continue watching
May 06 Indonesia Mulls Quitting OPEC; Oil Prices Leap Past $122 a Barrel By PBS News Hour Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Tuesday that his country is considering dropping out of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries based on its declining oil output. Continue reading
May 06 Death Toll Surpasses 22,000 in Myanmar; Groups Poised to Rush in Aid By PBS News Hour Myanmar's government raised the death toll from the weekend's cyclone to more than 22,000 on Tuesday and said another 41,000 were missing, as aid groups awaited visas to bring supplies to the devastated Asian nation. Continue reading