http://www.tai-nation.org/en en-us N/A khwaantai@gmail.com Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:00:10 UTC 20 http://www.tai-nation.org/en/articles/586/1/SHAN-IDPs/Page1.html While the SPDC junta wants $11 billions for reconstruction works  in the Irrawady Delta, the Thai Burma Border Consortium’s deputy director Sally Thompson is asking for only $140,000  to make up for the deficit in its budget. And while Sally Thompson talks about reconsidering the system of assistance being provided by TBBC to the border Shan IDPs (internally displaced persons) are already feeling the pinch of the global food crisis and the cyclone Nargis. ]]> no@spam.com (Maw Htun) http://www.tai-nation.org/en/articles/586/1/SHAN-IDPs/Page1.html