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Aid reaches Myanmar
Associated Press
Issue date: 5/7/08 Section: News
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In the former capital of Yangon, soldiers from the repressive military regime were out on the streets in large numbers for the first time since Cyclone Nargis hit over the weekend, helping to clear away rubble.
Buddhist monks and Catholic nuns wielded axes and long knives to remove ancient, fallen trees that were once the city's pride.
However, coastal areas of the delta worst hit by the high winds and tidal surges were out of reach for aid workers, isolated by flooding and road damage.
Electricity remained cut for nearly all 6.5 million residents of Yangon, while water supply was restored in only a few areas.
Some residents waited in lines for nine hours or more to buy gasoline to fuel generators and their cars.
At one gas station in the Yangon suburb of Sanchaung, fistfights broke out, with weary residents hitting each other with sticks after someone tried to cut in line.
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Bdygard
Craig Hawley
posted 5/07/08 @ 2:06 AM MST
It's a shame that the UN and all those global bodies that tout he fact they can do something have not done a damn thing to the military Hunta running the country and killing the people while they take all the wealth of the nation ad use it for their personal gain. (Continued…)
John
posted 5/07/08 @ 6:06 PM MST
Never heard of a Hunta.
Maybe you mean junta? Maybe showing a little intelligence would make you seem smart.
Bdygard
Craig Hawley
posted 5/07/08 @ 6:54 PM MST
I guess you are going to show me the study that says not using spell check is a sign of not having intelligence.
I misspelled a word get over it and grow up. (Continued…)
John
posted 5/07/08 @ 10:52 PM MST
Craig,
When you assume it makes an ass out of u and me.
Obama is not "my candidate."
I am not a liberal.
I would've argued with your post if I disagreed with a single word of it, but I don't. (Continued…)
John
posted 5/07/08 @ 11:30 PM MST
Oh and Craigy, since I am so intelligent I will enlighten you with my take on the article.
"It's a shame that the UN and all those global bodies that tout he fact they can do something have not done a damn thing to the military junta [sic] running the country and killing the people while they take all the wealth of the nation ad use it for their personal gain. (Continued…)
Bdygard
Craig Hawley
posted 5/07/08 @ 11:59 PM MST
Already written for Fox News once and have been published over 150 times so your warning about spelling and the like being important , ( actually it is ) has not hurt me one bit. (Continued…)
Bdygard
Craig Hawley
posted 5/08/08 @ 12:02 AM MST
No insults in my last post to you John. But come on Craigy. You can do better than that. LOL!
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