Saturday, May 10, 2008

Raising Money for Burma's People



Leslie Brinkley Reporting
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (KGO) -- A deadly stalemate continues Friday in Southeast Asia. The military rulers of Myanmar continue to refuse most foreign aid in the wake of last weekend's cyclone. With hundreds of thousands of people desperate for relief supplies, the critical issue is whether the government will allow many of them to die. Friday night people gathered in San Francisco to bypass the Myanmar Government, and send help straight to the survivors.

"Where do we want the aid? In Burma. When do we want it? Now," chants the crowd.

Outraged that Myanmar's military regime has refused to accept disaster relief, local Burma supporters rallied outside San Francisco's Federal Building Friday night. READ MORE»

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