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  A risk for the aid economy

  http://blogs.iht.com/tribtalk/business/globalization/?p=714
  2 days ago in Managing Globalization » Business Blog » International Herald Tribune · Authority: 117

  A risk for the aid economy Posted by Daniel Altman in Growing pains Leave a Comment Going somewhere, finally? (Polfoto, Jens Dresling/AP) The Asian tsunami. The Pakistani earthquake. And now, the cyclone in Myanmar. In each case, the aid economy swung
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  Mountains of Burma

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  3 days ago in Little Miss Attila · Authority: 103

  Megan McArdle: Invading Burma to disburse humanitarian aid seems (note my ironic understatement) like sort of a bad idea. But if they continue refusing to let aid workers in, what's wrong with violating their airspace to carpet bomb the place with
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  Executive power vs. Executing power

  http://0z.se/2008/05/09/executive-power-vs-execute-power/
  2 days ago in 0z.se - An unreasonable blog devoted to reason · Authority: 4

  Power-sharing is in most situations a very compelling property of western democracies. It can however be a huge problem in a crises situation as in 2004, during the tsunami. When the victims price is huge, the cost for the community small and the time frame for action minimal power-sharing doesn’t deliver. At this point all executive power in one hand would be the optimal. Not quite true! In Myanmar all executive power is in one hand, but the people could not possibly be worse off. The executive power is instead of helping its people practically executing it—on a large scale. [SvD] [IHT] [DN] [Ab]
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  Burma: Cyclone updated news (6)

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  2 days ago in Home « Save Burma · Authority: 22

  FinalCall.com UN Suspends Aid Supplies to Myanmar New York Times - By SETH MYDANS BANGKOK - The United Nations suspended relief supplies to Myanmar on Friday after the military government seized the food and equipment it had already sent into the country. As food aid is halted, pressure grows on Myanmar military Monsters and Critics.com AFP - Wall Street Journal - Reuters UK - CNN all 3,118 news articles » . $3 million Burma aid pathetic: Downer ABC Online - Australia’s response to the humanitarian crisis in Burma has drawn the indignation of the former foreign minister, Alexander Downer. Burma aid blockages could be ‘catastrophic’ Telegraph.co.uk Burmese Government Slows Relief Efforts Washington Post Christian Science Monitor - BBC News - Blackpool Gazette - Voice of America all 144 news articles » FinalCall.com Myanmar turns back Qatari cyclone rescue team Reuters - YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar’s junta turned back a disaster rescue team that arrived in Yangon from Qatar because the flight only had permission to deliver aid supplies, an official paper said on Friday. all 2,719 news articles » Citizen UN blasts Myanmar for visa policy on aid workers The Associated Press - YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - The United Nations says Myanmar’s refusal to give visas to relief experts is “unprecedented” in the history of humanitarian work. International Herald Tribune - Monsters and Critics.com - Reuters UK - AFP all 2,544 news articles » . Alalam News Network Myanmar pressed to let aid in Aljazeera.net - Myanmar ’s military government has allowed in the first major international aid shipment but turned away American aid. The UN said it was “disappointed” with Myanmar over its failure to allow foreign relief workers and supplies into the country quickly … Myanmar says ‘not ready’ for foreign aid workers AFP Myanmar Rulers’ Cyclone Response May Be Shaped by Superstition Bloomberg Reuters AlertNet - New York Times - Hilton Head Island Packet - Reuters.fr all 798 news articles » . FinalCall.com UN demands Myanmar drop barriers to aid International Herald Tribune - By Andy Newman and Seth Mydans UNITED NATIONS: With 1.5 million people in Myanmar now believed to be facing the threat of starvation and disease and with relief efforts still largely stymied by the country’s isolationist military rulers, … Video: Questions About Aid Plague Myanmar Cyclone AssociatedPress Reuters UK - Reuters - Xinhua - AFP all 2,511 news articles »
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  Burma: Cyclone updated top news (5)

  http://antidictatorship.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/burma-cyclo...
  3 days ago in Home « Save Burma · Authority: 22

  FinalCall.com UN demands Myanmar drop barriers to aid International Herald Tribune - By Andy Newman and Seth Mydans UNITED NATIONS: With 1.5 million people in Myanmar now believed to be facing the threat of starvation and disease and with relief efforts still largely stymied by the country’s isolationist military rulers, … Video: Questions About Aid Plague Myanmar Cyclone AssociatedPress Reuters UK - Reuters - Xinhua - AFP all 2,511 news articles »

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