Why was it so difficult to get aid to the people impacted by the cyclone?

Getting aid to the people impacted by the cyclone in Burma is so difficult because the military government denies the basic freedoms and has placed undue restrictions on agencies giving the aid. 

The military government wanted to retain its control among its people to the detriment of the peoples' welfare. The government wanted to accept the aid packets but does not want to welcome the aid workers who are tasked to assist and distribute the aid packets.

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1. why do astronomers think that there may be other advanced civilizations?
because  it was discovered that there are other planets like earth out there, able to  accommodate life forms.
2. what technologies are astronomers using to look for life on other planets? why?  
they  have used radio telescopes, but now they use laser telescopes   to track laser communications.