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Myanmar Travel Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Myanmar Travel.

Results 1 - 20 of 297 in Myanmar Travel

  1. Myanmar cyclone "air bridge" to end next month

    21 hrs ago | AlertNet

    Aid agencies in cyclone-hit Myanmar will have to charter their own planes after the United Nations ends free flights between Yangon and Bangkok on Aug.

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  2. Great Falls resident helps effort to get life-saving drugs into MyanmarRead the original story

    Wednesday | Great Falls Tribune

    Suitcases, duffel bags and carry-ons are an undeniable part of traveling, but rarely are they the reason for taking a trip.

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  3. In Myanmar, UN relief chief sees progress but calls for aid to reach most vulnerable

    Tuesday | United Nations

    Beginning a three-day visit to assess the situation of cyclone survivors in Myanmar, the top United Nations relief official said today that relief and early recovery operations are progressing, but more aid is ...

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  4. Burma: Progress, But Aid Needed By Vulnerable - UNRead the original story

    Tuesday Jul 22 | Scoop

    Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 8:08 am Press Release: United Nations In Myanmar, UN relief chief sees progress but calls for aid to reach most vulnerable 22 July 2008 - Beginning a three-day visit to assess the ...

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  5. Hopes for Suu Kyi release fade at Asean meetRead the original story

    Monday Jul 21 | The Daily Star

    Hopes for the release of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi were raised and then quickly faded at a meeting of Southeast Asian ministers, as officials said Monday that comments indicating she could be ...

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  6. Myanmar visitor tells of relief efforts

    Sunday Jul 20 | Billings Gazette

    Cyclone Nargis made international headlines when it swept through Myanmar on May 3. The devastation remained in the forefront as people around the world worried about how surviving residents would ever recover.

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  7. Families hang on to hope for Burma's cyclone missingRead the original story

    Friday Jul 18 | Mail & Guardian

    Khin Nyo San dashes from her tent to the nearby shack serving as a school, splashing down a muddy path in the desperate hope that a visitor from Rangoon might have news of her missing child.

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  8. Agence France Presse: Families hang onto hope for Myanmar's cyclone missingRead the original story

    Friday Jul 18 | Burmanet

    Khin Nyo San dashes from her tent to the nearby shack serving as a school, splashing down a muddy path in the desperate hope that a visitor from Yangon might have news of her missing child.

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  9. Deutsche Presse-Agentur: ASEAN finally gets something right on Myanmar - " Peter JanssenRead the original story

    Thursday Jul 17 | Burmanet

    The Association of South-East Asian Nations has had little to brag about with its handling of bad-boy member Myanmar over the past 11 years.

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  10. Myanmar Tourism Update

    Thursday Jul 10 | EHotelier Global Hospitality News

    ... support the country's recovery after Cyclone Nargis by resuming tour programmes as soon as possible. Union of Myanmar Travel Association Secretary/CEO, Hpone Thant (Harry), represented the Myanmar tourism industry at the recent TTM+ in Bangkok. ...

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  11. OVU professor teaches in Myanmar

    Tuesday Jul 8 | Parkersburg News & Parkersburg Sentinel

    Ohio Valley University professor Wes Harrison leaves the country each year to share his teaching skills with the citizens of Myanmar/Burma in southeast Asia.

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  12. Agence France Presse: Myanmar says 1,670 visas granted to cyclone aid workersRead the original story

    Tuesday Jul 8 | Burmanet

    Myanmar's military rulers have granted 1,670 visas to foreign aid experts to deliver humanitarian aid to victims of the cyclone that devastated the country two months ago, state media said Tuesday.

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  13. Speaking Out LoudRead the original story

    Sunday Jul 6 | A Glimpse of My Life

    Last night, it rained heavily... So I woke up and couldn't go back to sleep immediately.

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  14. Burma

    Sunday Jul 6 | Boston Globe

    WHO: Michael Romanow, 53, and Gary Kelly, 53, both of Westwood; Trond Skramstad, 47, of Newton; and Curt Allen, 51, of Marlow, N.H. WHERE: Burma .

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  15. Food rations sustain thousands in cyclone-hit southRead the original story

    Saturday Jul 5 | Irinnews.org

    "Our whole village was washed away. We have nothing," Than Tun, a former fisherman, told IRIN.

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  16. Canters find gentle people in Myanmar; Fredericksburg celebrates German heritage

    Saturday Jul 5 | Austin American-Statesman

    A life-altering journey to Myanmar From Gretchen Canter of Austin. Most people cannot locate Myanmar on a globe and might wonder why anyone would go there, particularly a family with four children.

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  17. Food rations sustain thousands in cyclone-hit southern Myanmar

    Wednesday Jul 2 | Irinnews.org

    A young mother and her child in Labutta, southern Myanmar. More than 700,000 cyclone survivors will require food assistance in the coming months LABUTTA, 2 July 2008 - "Our whole village was washed away.

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  18. Amnestry International StatementRead the original story

    Nov 18, 2005 | Su Su Nway's Blog

    AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Public Statement AI Index: ASA 16/025/2005 News Service No: 309 16 November 2005 Myanmar: Stop using forced labour and penalizing protesters As the International Labour Organization meets ...

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  19. Xinhua: Myanmar-Saudi Arabia diplomatic link facilitates Myanmar's fish export

    Monday Jun 30 | Burmanet

    The establishment of diplomatic link between Myanmar and Saudi Arabia in recent years has facilitated export of fishes by Myanmar people to that country, the local 7-Day News reported in this week's issue, ...

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  20. The famoushotels.org finds effecient way to support victims of tropical cyclone

    Thursday Jun 26 | EHotelier Global Hospitality News

    As a global non-profit and non-governmental organisation the famoushotels.org has identified a group of hotel employees in Myanmar who need help.

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