From The Telegraph:Burma’s military government is expected to ask for $11bn (£5.5bn) in aid from the international community to help with the recovery from Cyclone Nargis.
However, several countries are unwilling to provide help to the country in the absence of firmer assurances that aid will actually reach those in need.
Delegates from as many as forty-four countries are meeting in Rangoon to pledge money in the wake of the cyclone, which has killed 78,000 people in the stricken country.
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News From Other Sources:
Donors pledge cyclone aid at Myanmar conference -- Yahoo News
U.N., Myanmar put positive spin on cyclone aid -- Save Burma
Millions pledged for Burma -- The Guardian
My Comment: After doing nothing for three weeks .... it finally dawned on Burma's rulers that this could be a bonanza of money coming into their pockets. $11 bn. in aid ..... there will be no need to grow opium, extort from their citizens, or do what communist dictatorships normally do to stay in power. UN chief's, Ban Ki-moon, is being taken for a fool .... and so are we if we are to believe that this aid will be going to those who need it. Oh yeah .... and no surprise .... Nobel Laureate and main opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is still under house arrest.
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