How does the following relate to geography? It's an important issue that's only escalating. Several days ago, Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar (Burma) and utterly destroyed much of the country. So far the death toll is at 22,500 people, but it's feared that almost 100,000 people died. Burma is ruled by an oppressive military government that overthrew Burma's true government in a coup a few years ago. Many of the people in Burma are poor and live in small, rural villages. Burma's government is very reclusive, so for several days they completely denied aid from other countries, and left their people to starve. Now they are accepting limited aid, but they won't let international aid workers into the country. Instead they are letting inexperienced soldiers pass out the aid, which they have plastered in government labels to make it seem like they are not taking aid from other countries. They're trying to trick the Burmese into believing that none of this aid is international.
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It is a sad situation, however the U.N. has become involved, and the top General has agreed to allow aid workers into the country. I do not know if we will ever know why his mind was changed, however I would expect the law of the world was laid out to he and his cabal.
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