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Help, if you can!

Myanmar, the former Birma, is one of the most difficult places for journalists to work in. The country is totally closed up from the rest of the world and strictly controlled by a military regime. After the desastrous cyclon, which seems to have killed nearly 100, 000 people, many countries and  NGO´s offered their help. But they are not allowed to bring in food and medicine, are hindered by burocracy. Some charges have even be repacked to declare them as coming from the own goverment. Read more about the situation:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,552244,00.html

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