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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9665

22 May 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/burma
Despite Louis Michel's efforts, Burmese junta is still reticent about aid deliveries

Brussels, 21/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - Nearly three weeks since cyclone Nargis hit Burma/Myanmar, killing nearly 130,000 and leaving 2.4 without shelter, 1.4 million people have still not received aid from the government, although the Burmese junta did finally allow John Holmes, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, entry to its territory, and although UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is to meet the head of the Burmese junta in Rangoon on...

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