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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9661

16 May 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/burma
Louis Michel urges junta to take tangible action

Brussels, 15/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - In Burma, where he is planning to stay for 48 hours, EU Development and Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Louis Michel urged the Burmese social affairs ministry to take tangible action to ensure humanitarian and social workers can enter the country and get aid to the victims of Cyclone Nargis. He said that every hour was important because thousands of lives were at stake. Describing Michel's first meeting at 'positive,' his spokesman conceded, however, that...

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