Private Citizens help Myanmar Cyclone Victims
AP News is reporting via Yahoo:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_on_re_as/myanmar;_ylt=Asnycsyr3XoDB_h6tvgSo7dI2ocA
"BANGKOK, Thailand - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon heads to Myanmar on Thursday for the diplomatic challenge of a lifetime — persuading the ruling generals to let in a torrent of foreign assistance for cyclone victims."
"What can he do? He can't do anything," said Khyaw Htun Htun, a businessman handing out beef curry and rice to storm victims at the Shwe Daw monastery near Yangon, one of the many private citizens who have mobilized to help the needy." (fair usage quote)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_on_re_as/myanmar;_ylt=Asnycsyr3XoDB_h6tvgSo7dI2ocA
"BANGKOK, Thailand - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon heads to Myanmar on Thursday for the diplomatic challenge of a lifetime — persuading the ruling generals to let in a torrent of foreign assistance for cyclone victims."
"What can he do? He can't do anything," said Khyaw Htun Htun, a businessman handing out beef curry and rice to storm victims at the Shwe Daw monastery near Yangon, one of the many private citizens who have mobilized to help the needy." (fair usage quote)
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