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ASEAN Steps in Where Others May Not Tread
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Four weeks after Cyclone Nargis swept through the populous Irrawaddy Delta in Burma, a regional effort to help the victims is slowly grinding into shape.
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Rumours Rife of Another Coup
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - The rumour mill in Thailand is on overdrive with speculation of another coup in the offing.
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UN Gambles With Junta - Forgets History
Analysis by Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is optimistic that his four-day mission to military-ruled Burma has produced a breakthrough. But the troubled history of relations between the world body and the South-east Asian nation offers a warning against high expectations.
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Did Cyclone Nargis Kill 300,000 People?
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Three weeks after Cyclone Nargis crashed through Burma’s populous Irrawaddy Delta, the country’s military regime has been more forthcoming about the number of buffaloes and chickens that perished than on human casualties.
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'Mangrove Loss Exacerbated Cyclone Devastation'
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - When researchers surveyed the battered coastlines of Asian countries after the December 2004 tsunami, they stumbled upon an arresting fact - that mangroves can save lives.
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Public Health Ailing Even Before Cyclone Struck
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Even before Cyclone Nargis tore through Burma’s populous Irrawaddy Delta, the country’s public health system was ailing. It struggled to survive on a slow drip of funds from the state’s coffers.
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Foreigners, Cameras Banned in Cyclone-Hit Areas
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Images of the dead keep trickling out of Burma. The most moving are those of children who died when Cyclone Nargis tore through their world in the populous Irrawaddy delta.
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'Junta Aid Blocks Could Multiply Cyclone Toll'
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Burma’s military regime may soon face charges of allowing tens of thousands of its own people to die through incompetence and bureaucratic red-tape placed in the way of international relief efforts for over one million cyclone victims in the country.
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NGOs Pressure AsDB to Strengthen Safeguards
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
MADRID - Behind-the-scenes lobbying by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) paid off by the end of the annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (AsDB) concluding here Tuesday. Leading financial officials from a host of European countries came out in favour of the strong "safeguard policies" that activists are championing.
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AsDB Soliciting Private Investments
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
MADRID - When he was not attending seminars at a conference centre in the Spanish capital, the Asian Development Bank’s (AsDB) Seethapathy Chander was trying to broker deals to attract European investors to developing regions of Asia.
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Food Crisis Rises To Forefront At AsDB Sessions
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
MADRID - Three words - high food prices - emerged like a gatecrasher at an event hosted by the Asian Development Bank (AsDB) here that was originally billed as a celebration of the bank’s new vision for poverty eradication in Asia.
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NGOs Welcome At AsDB Meeting

By Marwaan Macan-Markar
MADRID - An Indonesian woman in her early fifties flew into this city to share a tale about "Three people and a goat". Her audience were heavyweights from the Asian Development Bank (AsDB), the Manila-based financial institution holding its 41st annual governors’ meeting in the Spanish capital from May 3 to 6.
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US Oil Major Complicit in Abuses - Rights Lobby
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - An environmental group is warning U.S. energy giant Chevron to clean up its act in Burma or face legal proceedings where the multinational’s links to gross human rights violations in the military-ruled country could be exposed.
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