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Myanmar 'not ready' for foreign rescue teams: state media
Yangon (AFP) May 9, 2008 Myanmar is "not ready" for foreign search and rescue teams after the deadly cyclone, the foreign ministry said Friday in a state newspaper, announcing that some aid workers had been deported. A search and rescue team and media who arrived Wednesday on a flight from Qatar were deported the same day, the statement said. "Currently Myanmar has prioritised receiving emergency relief provisions and is making strenuous efforts to transport those provisions without delay by its own labours to the affected areas," it said. "As such, Myanmar is not ready to receive search and rescue teams as well as media teams from foreign countries." Related Links Bringing Order To A World Of Disasters A world of storm and tempest When the Earth Quakes
Tsunami offers lessons for Myanmar aid effort
Jakarta (AFP) May 8, 2008A region closed to the press, a regime reticent to open its borders to aid workers, an overwhelming catastrophe -- there are worrying similarities between Myanmar's cyclone and the 2004 tsunami. |
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