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Myanmar's military is limiting humanitarian aid in numerous earthquake areas, said the United Nations human rights office on Friday.
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Myanmar's ostracised leader Min Aung Hlaing will leave his disaster-stricken country on Thursday for a rare trip to a regional summit, state TV said, as aid groups called for restrictions to be eased...
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Two survivors have been pulled from under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Myanmar, more than five days after the country was struck by a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake.
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Myanmar military limiting humanitarian aid in earthquake areas, says UN rights office
Myanmar's military is limiting humanitarian aid in numerous earthquake areas, said the United Nations human rights office on Friday.
Myanmar military limiting aid in earthquake areas - UN
Myanmar's military is limiting humanitarian aid in numerous earthquake areas, the United Nations human rights office has said.
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Myanmar junta chief meets foreign leaders in Bangkok as earthquake toll tops 3,100
Myanmar's ostracised junta leader met the prime ministers of India and Thailand during a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday, a week after an earthquake devastated parts of his impoverished, war-torn nation,
Myanmar junta chief joins Bangkok regional summit as earthquake toll tops 3,100
Myanmar's junta leader attended a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday, a week after a massive earthquake devastated parts of the impoverished war-torn country, killing more than 3,100, and spurring an appeal for help by the United Nations chief.
Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 3,145 as more bodies found
BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,145 as search and rescue teams found more bodies, the military-led government said, and humanitarian aid groups scrambled to provide survivors medical care and shelter.
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United Nations urges ramp-up in aid to earthquake-hit Myanmar
BANGKOK (Reuters) -- United Nations officials who surveyed earthquake damage in Myanmar urged the global community on Tuesday to ramp up aid before the looming monsoon season worsens already catastrophic conditions, with the death toll at 2,719 and expected to surpass 3,000.
Deaths in Myanmar earthquake pass 3,000 as heat and rain fuel disease risk
Extreme heat and heavy rain in Myanmar could cause disease outbreaks among earthquake survivors camping in the open, global aid bodies warned on Thursday.
Earthquake compounds humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, where death toll has passed 1,700
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Myanmar military limiting aid in earthquake areas, UN says
Myanmar's military is limiting critically needed humanitarian aid for earthquake victims in areas where it sees opposition to its rule, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday. The U.N.
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