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National & World News Reports

Currently displaying: All articles in which date is between 4/14/2008 and 5/15/2008.

May 14, 2008: Aid Trickling In to Myanmar
from NPR Top Stories Feed
Twelve days after the cyclone, Myanmar is allowing more emergency aid to enter the country, but there seems to be a bottleneck in Yangon. International disaster assistance experts are still having trouble securing visas, despite ongoing negotiations. There is great concern about the possibility of disease among the many, now homeless, survivors, but no outbreaks have been reported yet.
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May 14, 2008: China Dispenses Aid; Myanmar Victims Await Help
from NPR Top Stories Feed
China's government is airlifting aid to areas devastated by Monday's earthquake. Meanwhile, in Myanmar, victims of a cyclone that hit more than a week ago have yet to receive help — and on Wednesday, there are reports that another cyclone is developing in the region.
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May 14, 2008: Heavy rains head toward cyclone-devastated Myanmar (AP)
from Yahoo Top News Stories
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080514/ap_on_re_as/myanmar"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080514/2008_05_14t060021_450x309_us_myanmar_cyclone.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=QcJ5ynr2P2bUGFV5Wau1.Q--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A child is carried by a boy in a village affected by Cyclone Nargis located near the Myanmar capital Yangon May 14, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Heavy rains and another potentially powerful storm headed toward Myanmar's cyclone-devastated delta on Wednesday. The U.N. warned that inadequate relief efforts could lead to a second wave of deaths among the estimated 2 million survivors. The International Red Cross said in a new estimate that the death toll already may be between 68,833 and 127,990.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 14, 2008: Myanmar Aid's Political Hurdle
from Wall Street Journal, US News
Another powerful storm threatens to add to the Myanmar death toll, which the Red Cross estimates at as high as 128,000. As Western countries press to get more aid to cyclone survivors, they must overcome years of antipathy exacerbated by U.S. efforts to help undermine the country's military regime.
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May 14, 2008: Myanmar Braces for New Storm
from Wall Street Journal, US News
Another powerful storm threatens to add to the Myanmar death toll, which the Red Cross estimates at as high as 128,000. As Western countries press to get more aid to cyclone survivors, they must overcome years of antipathy exacerbated by U.S. efforts to help undermine the country's military regime.
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May 14, 2008: Relief Agency Plans for Second Cyclone
from NPR Top Stories Feed
Amos Avgar, executive director of the International Development Program of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, just left Yangon, Myanmar. He discusses the devastation he saw in the town hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis.
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May 14, 2008: U.N. Obtains Visas for Myanmar, Reporter Says
from NPR Top Stories Feed
As nearly 2 million survivors of a cyclone that struck Myanmar remained at risk Wednesday, an unidentified NPR reporter there told co-host Steve Inskeep that there is a bit of good news: The United Nations was able to get a few visas for personnel who have been waiting in Bangkok.
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May 14, 2008: U.N. says up to 2.5 million affected in Myanmar cyclone (Reuters)
from Yahoo Top News Stories
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080514/ts_nm/myanmar_cyclone_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080514/capt.cps.neg59.140508180041.photo04.photo.default-512x320.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=EFj6yy9ZID0BKajSheS.lQ--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Survivors of the cyclone Nargis wait for a relief food distribution in Dedaye, some 130 kms southwest of Yangon. Myanmar tightened access to its cyclone disaster zone Wednesday, turning back foreigners and ignoring pleas to accept outside experts who could save countless lives before time runs out.(AFP/Khin Maung Win)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The United Nations estimated those
affected by the Myanmar cyclone at up to 2.5 million on
Wednesday and called an urgent meeting of big donors and Asian
states as the Myanmar junta continued to limit foreign aid.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 14, 2008: U.N. says up to 2.5 mln affected in Myanmar cyclone (Reuters)
from Yahoo Top News Stories
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080514/ts_nm/myanmar_cyclone_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080514/2008_05_14t130109_450x299_us_myanmar_cyclone.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=aEs62aGJug7.70013du7lQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Residents stand beside their partially damaged houses in a storm devastated village near Pyapon, Myanmar, May 14, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The United Nations estimated those
affected by the Myanmar cyclone at up to 2.5 million on
Wednesday and called an urgent meeting of big donors and Asian
states as the Myanmar junta continued to limit foreign aid.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 14, 2008: U.S. Admiral: Myanmar Allows Flights With Supplies
from NPR Top Stories Feed
Co-host Steve Inskeep talks to Adm. Timothy Keating, head of U.S. Pacific Command, about his attempts to get Myanmar's military government to allow more relief flights into the country. The survivors of Myanmar's devastating cyclone are growing increasingly desperate as foreign aid remained at a trickle, and overstretched aid workers struggled to reach hard-hit areas.
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May 14, 2008: UN raises Burma cyclone estimate
from BBC Front Page News
The UN sharply increases to 2.5m its estimate of those severely affected by Cyclone Nargis in Burma.
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May 13, 2008: After the Cyclone: Fear and Disease
from Time Magazine Top Stories
<p><img src="http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2008/0805/burma_laputta_0512.jpg" align="left" width="75" alt="photo" title="" border="0"/>At the heart of Burma's storm devastation, a gargantuan relief effort should be mounting. It isn't</p><br clear=all><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/topstories/~4/288955558" height="1" width="1"/>
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May 13, 2008: Cyclone Highlights Myanmar's Isolation from World
from NPR Top Stories Feed
Diplomats around the world continue talks with Myanmar's military government about bringing relief aid to the country's cyclone victims. The Southeast Asian country, once called Burma, has been under military rule in one form or another since 1962.
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May 13, 2008: Myanmar Aid: 'Trying to Make the Best of Things'
from NPR Top Stories Feed
The death toll continues to climb in Myanmar. The military government is still refusing to allow foreigners experienced in managing humanitarian crises to reach survivors of the cyclone. Frank Smithuis of Doctors Without Borders in Yangon says aid workers and survivors are "trying to make the best of things."
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May 13, 2008: Myanmar Recovery Limps Along
from Wall Street Journal, US News
Thailand's military and U.N. agencies are trying to open a land route to deliver assistance to cyclone victims in Myanmar, as the danger of disease threatens to worsen the suffering and increase the death toll.
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May 13, 2008: Rain lashes Myanmar cyclone survivors (Reuters)
from Yahoo Top News Stories
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080513/ts_nm/myanmar_cyclone_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080513/2008_05_13t103704_450x300_us_myanmar_cyclone.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=7w0WVb_uBRLnotgTtE5YdA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Children queue for food handouts near Kunyangon May 13, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Heavy rains pelted homeless cyclone
survivors in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on Tuesday, complicating
the already slow delivery of aid to more than 1.5 million
people facing hunger and disease.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 13, 2008: UN calls for Burma aid corridor
from BBC Front Page News
The UN urges the setting up of an air or sea corridor to channel large amounts of aid to the victims of the cyclone in Burma.
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May 13, 2008: UN warns of 'second catastrophe' in Myanmar (AFP)
from Yahoo Top News Stories
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080513/ts_afp/myanmarweathercyclone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080513/capt.cps.ndy60.130508175129.photo00.photo.default-340x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=3xseg2rQ51LXtwwjIklGgw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Children stay inside their hut waiting for relief aid in cyclone-hit Kyauktan, south-east of Yangon. The United Nations have warned that Myanmar faced a "second catastrophe" after its devastating cyclone, unless the junta immediately allows massive air and sea deliveries of aid.(AFP/Khin Maung Win)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United Nations warned Tuesday that Myanmar faced a "second catastrophe" after its devastating cyclone, unless the junta immediately allows massive air and sea deliveries of aid.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 12, 2008: Cameron urges aid drops for Burma
from BBC Front Page News
Aid should be dropped by air into Burma if access to the cyclone-hit country does not improve, David Cameron says.
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May 12, 2008: Cyclone Aid Creeps Frustratingly Slowly Into Burma
from Newsweek Top Stories
American aid is finally flowing into Burma, drop by frustrating drop.
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May 12, 2008: First U.S. aid flight lands in cyclone-hit Myanmar (Reuters)
from Yahoo Top News Stories
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080512/ts_nm/myanmar_cyclone_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080513/2008_05_12t091915_450x342_us_myanmar_cyclone.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=q9OeJbKvvGI03Nq1mW3v8A--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Myanmar civilian and military officials unload relief supplies for victims of Cyclone Nargis from an American C-130 plane at the Yangon airport, May 12, 2008. (U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt Andres Alcaraz/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The first U.S. military aid flight to
Myanmar landed in Yangon on Monday but emergency supplies
remained at a trickle for 1.5 million people facing hunger and
disease in the cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy delta.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 12, 2008: Health disaster feared in Burma
from The Boston Globe
BANGKOK - An estimated 1.5 million Burmese are on the brink of a "massive public health catastrophe," the British charity Oxfam warned yesterday, as desperate survivors of Cyclone Nargis poured out of the devastated Irrawaddy Delta into regional towns in search of water, food, and other help.
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May 12, 2008: Museum Kills Live Exhibit
from The New York Times Science Section
A ?living coat? made out of mice stem cells had to be killed before it grew out of control.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=0dc00cc08bb342eab9df15139a21258c&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/science/13coat.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=0dc00cc08bb342eab9df15139a21258c&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/science/13coat.html" border="0"/></a>
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May 12, 2008: Myanmar Death Toll Rises to 32,000
from Wall Street Journal, US News
Myanmar said cyclone death toll rose to nearly 32,000. The U.S. made its first airlift of aid and planned two further sorties. Aid workers said recovery efforts must accelerate in order to stave off disease and starvation for up to two million displaced people.
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May 12, 2008: U.S. Aid Reaches Myanmar After Cyclone
from NPR Top Stories Feed
The U.S. has delivered its first relief supplies to Myanmar since the Southeast Asian nation was hit by a cyclone earlier this month. Aid supplies have only gradually made it into the country and the storm's official death toll is approaching 30,000.
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May 12, 2008: U.S. Ships Stand By to Offer Myanmar Aid
from NPR Top Stories Feed
Navy ships are massing off the shore of Myanmar, preparing to assist in disaster relief efforts after last week's cyclone. But the military personnel haven't been called into action yet.
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May 12, 2008: UN frustrated at Burma response
from BBC Front Page News
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expresses his "immense frustration" at Burma's response to Cyclone Nargis.
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May 12, 2008: When Burmese Offer a Hand, Rulers Slap It
from New York Times International Feed
For political reasons, the junta is clearly not allowing some prominent local donors to aid cyclone victims.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=eb54a725f4ed49bda4c939b004c9c010&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/world/asia/12myanmar.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=eb54a725f4ed49bda4c939b004c9c010&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/world/asia/12myanmar.html" border="0"/></a>
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May 10, 2008: Doctor Dispels Myth that Corpses Spread Disease
from NPR Health and Science
It has been a week since a cyclone devastated the Myanmar coastline. Tens of thousands of bodies have yet to be identified or buried. United Nations consultant and expert on directing disaster relief Claude de Ville de Goyet talks with Andrea Seabrook about the difficult task ahead for Myanmar.
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May 10, 2008: Vote Held in Face of Disaster in Myanmar
from NPR Politics
The aftermath of the cyclone is still a morbid reality for millions in Myanmar, but the lax government-sponsored relief efforts haven't deterred the reigning junta. It went ahead with plans for a referendum on Saturday.
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May 9, 2008: Burma: Forecasting Cyclones and Weather Disasters
from Newsweek Top Stories
How much did meteorologists know about the cyclone?
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May 9, 2008: Cyclone Cuts Myanmar's Rice Production
from U.S. News & World Report
The storm's devastation may increase already-high food prices globally.
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May 9, 2008: Myanmar's Military Dictators Obstruct International Humanitarian Assistance
from U.S. News & World Report
Isolationist and paranoid, the repressive regime compounds the post-cyclone disaster.
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May 9, 2008: The Lede: Myanmar Disaster Relief: How to Contribute
from New York Times International Feed
An alphabetical list of contact information and links for some agencies that plan to provide relief to the victims of the cyclone in Myanmar.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=eb54a725f4ed49bda4c939b004c9c010&u=http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/myanmar-disaster-relief-how-to-contribute/index.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=eb54a725f4ed49bda4c939b004c9c010&u=http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/myanmar-disaster-relief-how-to-contribute/index.html" border="0"/></a>
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May 9, 2008: U.N. Suspends Aid to Myanmar
from Wall Street Journal, US News
The U.N. World Food Program has suspended aid shipments to Myanmar after the country's military government seized all the food and equipment that had been flown into the country for cyclone victims. Video
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May 8, 2008: 1st. big foreign aid flights finally let in by Myanmar junta (AP)
from Yahoo Top News Stories
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_cyclone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.0ca79daebc784f318c44e34c062e6889.myanmar_cyclone_myn111.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=DsCT_KNtTNkGlkytY9Iv9Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A Myanmar girl walks next to a house damaged by Cyclone Nargis on the outskirt of Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday May 8, 2008. Myanmar's isolationist government blocked United Nations efforts Thursday to airlift urgently needed food aid to survivors of the cyclone that may have killed more than 100,000 people, officials said. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Myanmar's military regime allowed in the first major international aid shipment Thursday, but it snubbed a U.S. offer to help cyclone victims struggling to recover from a tragedy of unimaginable scale.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 8, 2008: Burma Cyclone: Exile Describes Victims' Anger
from Newsweek Top Stories
A leading Burmese exile discusses the junta's slow response to cyclone relief and why many see the cyclone as divine intervention against their despotic leaders.
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May 8, 2008: Burmese Junta Stifling Aid for Cyclone Victims
from NPR Top Stories Feed
More than 100,000 people may be dead and millions homeless in Burma - also known as Myanmar - following the devastating cyclone that hit the Southeast Asian country this week. But the military government has made delivering aid difficult. Jeff Wright, a disaster relief specialist with Worldvision; and Tin Thaw, who works with the Burmese-American Buddhist community, give an update on international efforts to provide aid.
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May 8, 2008: Lack of Access Could Raise Death Toll in Myanmar
from NPR Top Stories Feed
Relief supplies from the United Nations are arriving in Myanmar, following last weekend's deadly cyclone. But U.S. military planes with aid for victims are still being denied. U.N. Under-Secretary General John Holmes talks with Melissa Block.
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May 8, 2008: Myanmar 'not ready' for foreign rescue teams: state media (AFP)
from Yahoo Top News Stories
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/ts_afp/myanmarweathercycloneaidreject"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ncw93.090508042407.photo00.photo.default-404x279.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=22egGteMcVBnpMlxZlXjlw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="(afp.com)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Myanmar is "not ready" for foreign search and rescue teams after the deadly cyclone, the foreign ministry said Friday in a state newspaper, announcing that some aid workers had been deported.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 8, 2008: Myanmar?s Biggest City Still Paralyzed After 5 Days
from New York Times International Feed
A Times reporter in Yangon found that basic utilities have yet to be restored and that streets were choked with fallen trees, showing how difficult recovery from the cyclone could be.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=eb54a725f4ed49bda4c939b004c9c010&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/09/world/asia/09yangon.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=eb54a725f4ed49bda4c939b004c9c010&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/09/world/asia/09yangon.html" border="0"/></a>
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May 8, 2008: U.N. Aid Arrives in Myanmar
from Wall Street Journal, US News
Myanmar allowed four planes with food and medicine to land in the cyclone-ravaged country but refused permission for U.S. military planes to fly in aid and withheld visas for some U.N. disaster-relief experts. Video
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May 8, 2008: U.N. says 1.5 million people affected by Myanmar storm (Reuters)
from Yahoo Top News Stories
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/ts_nm/myanmar_cyclone_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_08t112321_450x283_us_myanmar_cyclone.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=HOa1FXMIEh6Thh_hJGM24w--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Survivors are seen at their home, which was destroyed by Cyclone Nargis, near the town of Kyaiklat, southwest of Yangon, May 7, 2008. (Strringer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The United Nations estimated 1.5 million
people have been "severely affected" by the cyclone that swept
through Myanmar, as the United States expressed outrage with
the country's junta over delays in allowing in aid.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 8, 2008: UN 'disappointed' at Burma access
from BBC Front Page News
The UN says it is disappointed at Burma's slow progress in allowing access to victims of last weekend's cyclone.
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May 7, 2008: $271 Million for Research on Stem Cells in California
from New York Times Health Feed
The awards represent the largest chunk of money given at one time by California?s taxpayer-backed stem cell program, which plans to spend about $3 billion over a decade.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=07ef2180cee44d9abb689f9f7fe272d1&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/us/08stem.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=07ef2180cee44d9abb689f9f7fe272d1&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/us/08stem.html" border="0"/></a>
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May 7, 2008: Burma: Will the Cyclone Weaken the Junta?
from Newsweek Top Stories
As aid workers struggle to help the victims of Cyclone Nargis, analysts consider whether the disaster could weaken the junta.
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May 7, 2008: Cyclone Toll May Reach 100,000
from Wall Street Journal, US News
As many as 100,000 may have died in the cyclone that hit Myanmar, with most buildings in the affected area destroyed, a U.S. envoy said. The disaster is driving up the cost of basic commodities and could stir new protests against the nation's military rulers. Video
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May 7, 2008: Myanmar Disaster May Stir Unrest
from Wall Street Journal, US News
The devastating cyclone that killed at least 22,000 people in Myanmar is driving up the cost of basic commodities and could stir fresh protests against the country's military rulers, who violently put down a pro-democracy uprising last year. Video
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May 7, 2008: News Buzz: Myanmar Aid, Clinton Campaign Money, and More
from U.S. News & World Report
Each day, news of the extent of destruction in Myanmar from Saturday's Cyclone Nargis gets worse.
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May 7, 2008: Survivors in Myanmar Make Way to High Land
from New York Times International Feed
Myanmar?s rice trading town of Labutta has become a beacon of hope for tens of thousands who lived through the fury of last weekend?s cyclone.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=eb54a725f4ed49bda4c939b004c9c010&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/world/asia/08scene.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=eb54a725f4ed49bda4c939b004c9c010&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/world/asia/08scene.html" border="0"/></a>
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May 6, 2008: Aid Groups Struggle to Help Myanmar
from NPR Top Stories Feed
Aid groups and donor countries are mobilizing to get assistance to the survivors of a devastating cyclone in Myanmar. The United Nations says hundreds of thousand people are in need of help. Getting visas and travel permission from the government of Myanmar is still a problem. The U.S. is among those trying to get in.
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May 6, 2008: Aid workers race to reach Myanmar cyclone victims (AFP)
from Yahoo Top News Stories
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080506/ts_afp/myanmarweathercyclone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080506/capt.cps.ncj05.070508011609.photo00.photo.default-512x347.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=vMUbcaROsIozLxJVUT2ZxA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Residents collect water in Yangon. Aid workers battled Wednesday to get food and water to desperate cyclone survivors in Myanmar, whose government is under fire after more than 22,000 people died in one of Asia's worst natural disasters.(AFP/Khin Maung Win)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Aid workers battled Wednesday to get food and water to desperate cyclone survivors in Myanmar, whose government is under fire after more than 22,000 people died in one of Asia's worst natural disasters.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 6, 2008: Burma Reels as Storm Toll Rises
from Time Magazine Top Stories
A humanitarian crisis looms in the aftermath of a tropical cyclone that has killed at least 22,000 people<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/topstories/~4/284582000" height="1" width="1"/>
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May 6, 2008: Burma's cyclone death toll soars
from BBC Front Page News
Burma's death toll has risen to more than 22,000 after a cyclone hit the country on Saturday, state media say.
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May 6, 2008: Burma's death toll may top 15,000
from The Boston Globe
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Burma struggled yesterday to recover from a cyclone whose official toll soared past 10,000 dead, while its military leaders proceeded with a constitutional referendum on Saturday that would cement their grip on power.
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May 6, 2008: Cyclone Rips Through Burma
from Time Magazine Top Stories
The disaster has killed almost 4000 people in Southeast Asia<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/topstories/~4/284130661" height="1" width="1"/>
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May 6, 2008: Death Toll at 15,000 After Myanmar Cyclone
from NPR Politics
Official media in Yangon say 10,000 people were killed in one town alone after Cyclone Nargis. Another 30,000 people are said to be missing and aid has reportedly been delayed by government reluctance to grant visas.
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May 6, 2008: First international aid reaches Myanmar after cyclone (AP)
from Yahoo Top News Stories
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_cyclone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080507/2008_05_06t103504_450x357_us_myanmar_cyclone.jpg?x=130&y=103&q=85&sig=QuoC2gL10w_2SyV22vcDIQ--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="People wash up and collect water on a street in Yangon May 6, 2008, after Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar's main city on Saturday. (Strringer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - International aid began to trickle into Myanmar on Tuesday, but the stricken Irrawaddy delta, the nation's rice bowl where 22,000 people perished and twice as many are missing, remained cut off from the world.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 6, 2008: Mangrove loss 'left Burma exposed'
from BBC Front Page News
Mangrove deforestation in Burma left coastal areas exposed to the full fury of Cyclone Nagris, a top politician suggests.
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May 6, 2008: Mangrove loss 'put Burma at risk'
from BBC News | Science/Nature
Mangrove deforestation in Burma left coastal areas exposed to Cyclone Nagris, a top politician suggests.
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May 6, 2008: Myanmar Appeals for Global Aid as Death Toll Rises
from NPR Top Stories Feed
In a rare move, Myanmar authorities have appealed for help from international aid agencies as food and water run short after a deadly cyclone. A World Vision official for the Asia-Pacific region says there are reportedly piles of bodies in the hardest-hit areas.
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May 6, 2008: Myanmar cyclone death toll soars past 22,000: state radio (AP)
from Yahoo Top News Stories
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_cyclone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080506/capt.1902c4b7cefb41a3ba5de6ae229f6047.myanmar_cyclone_myn103.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=XmdA_V0lai9_Euplbsx43A--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Advertising board is seen fallen following last weekend's devastating cyclone, Sunday, May 4, 2008, in Yangon. Myanmar announced Tuesday it is delaying a crucial constitutional referendum in areas badly hit by a cyclone that killed more than 10,000 people and may have left as many as a million homeless. Officials feared the death toll could soar. (AP photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - The cyclone death toll soared above 22,000 on Tuesday and more than 41,000 others were missing as foreign countries mobilized to rush in aid after the country's deadliest storm on record, state radio reported.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 6, 2008: Myanmar cyclone toll climbs to nearly 22,500 (Reuters)
from Yahoo Top News Stories
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080506/ts_nm/myanmar_cyclone_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080507/2008_05_06t083636_450x272_us_myanmar_cyclone.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=iW9bqQFQTyy3vSyFGiXx7Q--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Central Yangon's Traders hotel is seen in the background as a vehicle with men drives past a damaged billboard in the former capital on May 4, 2008, a day after the former capital was hit by a cyclone. (Democratic Voice of Burma/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Myanmar's military government raised its
death toll from Cyclone Nargis on Tuesday to nearly 22,500 with
another 41,000 missing, almost all from a massive storm surge
that swept into the Irrawaddy delta.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 6, 2008: Myanmar Cyclone's Devastation Rivals Tsunami
from NPR Top Stories Feed
The death toll in Myanmar continues to climb after a cyclone struck Saturday. Authorities say at least 22,000 people have been killed, and hundreds of thousands are homeless.
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May 6, 2008: Myanmar Death Toll Hits 22,000
from Wall Street Journal, US News
The death toll from the cyclone that hit Myanmar climbed to more than 22,000 and international aid agencies fear such a calamity in a major rice-growing area could drive up the cost of bringing food to other crisis-afflicted parts of the world. Video
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May 6, 2008: Myanmar says cyclone death toll tops 22,000 (AFP)
from Yahoo Top News Stories
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080506/ts_afp/myanmarweathercyclone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080506/capt.cps.ncg55.060508173700.photo05.photo.default-337x512.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=1dRRSOkLNjlA8ugET9IL0w--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="Map showing areas worst-hit by Tropical Cyclone Nargis. More than 22,000 people were killed in Myanmar's devastating cyclone, with thousands more feared dead after the storm left rice fields littered with corpses.(AFP Graphic)" border="0" /></a>AFP - More than 22,000 people were killed in Myanmar's devastating cyclone and 41,000 are still missing four days after the storm slammed into the country's southern coast, the government said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 6, 2008: Reaching Family in Myanmar Proves Difficult
from NPR Top Stories Feed
Thousands of Burmese-Americans are having trouble contacting their loved ones after the cyclone that hit Myanmar this weekend. Zauya Lahpai, pastor of the Burmese Christian Community Church in Silicon Valley, discusses his failed efforts.
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May 6, 2008: Stem cells may lessen transplants
from BBC News | Science/Nature
Scientists examine how liver and bone disease could be treated using embryonic stem cells.
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May 6, 2008: The Lede: The Cyclone?s Wake, Seen in Taxi Headlights
from New York Times International Feed
Some firsthand impressions, including messages from Westerners who were in Myanmar when the devastating storm struck over the weekend.
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May 6, 2008: U.S. Eases Sanctions to Permit Disaster Aid to Myanmar
from U.S. News & World Report
The U.S. government is relaxing financial sanctions against cyclone-ravaged Myanmar.
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May 5, 2008: Burma's Storm Toll Nears 4,000
from Time Magazine Top Stories
Almost 4,000 people have died and another 3,000 remain missing in Burma as a result of this weekend's devastating cyclone, state media reported<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/topstories/~4/283473968" height="1" width="1"/>
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May 5, 2008: Burmese storm toll 'tops 10,000'
from BBC Front Page News
More than 10,000 people were killed by a devastating cyclone that hit Burma on Saturday, a minister says on state TV, and thousands more need shelter.
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May 5, 2008: Cyclone death toll nears 4,000 in Myanmar, state radio says (AP)
from Yahoo Top News Stories
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_cyclone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080505/capt.cps.nby31.050508134850.photo02.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=_YGuHcrIQgyZ0ZjXoqIluA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Destroyed fishing boats at the port of Yangon after cylone Nargis on May 4. The death toll from the cyclone that hit Myanmar over the weekend has reached 3,969, with state television warning that thousands more could be dead.(AFP/Khin Maung Win)" border="0" /></a>AP - Almost 4,000 people were killed and nearly 3,000 others are unaccounted for after a devastating cyclone in Myanmar, a state radio station said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 5, 2008: Cyclone Kills 4,000 in Myanmar
from Wall Street Journal, US News
The death toll from a weekend cyclone in Myanmar rose to 4,000, with thousands of people still unaccounted for in the town of Bogalay. The overall toll could reach as high as 10,000, an official said. Hundreds of thousands more were homeless and without clean drinking water.
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May 5, 2008: Cyclone Kills Thousands in Myanmar
from NPR Top Stories Feed
Myanmar's foreign minister says the death toll from a devastating cyclone that hit Saturday could reach more than 10,000. The storm knocked out electricity to the country's largest city and left hundreds of thousands of people homeless.
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May 5, 2008: Myanmar believes cyclone killed at least 10,000: diplomat (Reuters)
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080505/ts_nm/myanmar_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080505/2008_05_05t100206_450x338_us_myanmar.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=vWxH2SESGr3G2Av2_CRiJA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A boy is taken to hospital in Yangon after Cyclone Nargis swept through May 4, 2008 in this picture distributed by China's official news agency Xinhua. (Xinhua/Zhang Yunfei/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Myanmar's military government has a
provisional death toll of 10,000 from this weekend's
devastating cyclone, with another 3,000 missing, a diplomat
said on Monday after a briefing from Foreign Minister Nyan Win.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 5, 2008: Myanmar cyclone death toll tops 10,000: foreign minister (AFP)
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080505/ts_afp/myanmarweathercyclonetollfm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080505/capt.cps.nbz69.050508172601.photo00.photo.default-512x362.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=3X9vWrSuojQmn6TbDAnDag--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Photo released by the Democratic Voice of Burma shows people looking at a downed tree in Yangon. More than 10,000 people have been killed in a tropical cyclone that struck Myanmar at the weekend, Foreign Minister Nyan Win told state television, adding that his nation would welcome international aid.(AFP/HO/AFP)" border="0" /></a>AFP - More than 10,000 people have been killed in a tropical cyclone that struck Myanmar at the weekend, Foreign Minister Nyan Win told state television, adding that his nation would welcome international aid.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 5, 2008: Myanmar Cyclone Kills at Least 4,000
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The death toll from the weekend cyclone in Myanmar, earlier put at 350 people, rose to 4,000, and could climb to more than 10,000. The tragedy adds more woe to the troubled Southeast Asian nation and increases strains on its military government.
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May 5, 2008: News Buzz: Myanmar's Cyclone Death Toll, Tuesday's Primaries, and More
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Myanmar's foreign minister said the death toll from tropical cyclone Nargis could be as high as 10,000.
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May 5, 2008: Region Poses Challenge for Aid Delivery
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The area worst affected by the cyclone that struck Myanmar on Saturday is a vast and populous delta crisscrossed by canals and inlets.
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May 5, 2008: Supplies Dwindle After Deadly Cyclone Hits Myanmar
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Residents of Myanmar's largest city are lining up to buy the last of the city's safe water. Instead of electricity, they're using candles &mdash; which have doubled in price. Those are some of the conditions facing survivors of a tropical cyclone. Official broadcasts say the storm killed almost 4,000 people. Thousands more are missing.
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May 5, 2008: Thousands Killed in Myanmar Cyclone
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The storm killed thousands and left tens of thousands without shelter, drinking water or power.
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May 5, 2008: Thousands More Deaths Expected in Myanmar
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As the death toll from the devastating cyclone over the weekend escalated to nearly 4,000 people, the foreign minister said that it could rise to 10,000. Hundreds of thousands were reportedly homeless.
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May 4, 2008: At least 351 killed in Myanmar cyclone (AFP)
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080504/ts_afp/myanmarthailandweathercyclonetoll"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080504/capt.cps.nbu31.040508163108.photo00.photo.default-512x362.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=9xJbQPhnq5J.uQhm.l9S9Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="This photo released by the Democratic Voice of Burma shows people looking at a downed tree in Yangon after tropical cyclone Nargis. At least 351 people were killed when cyclone Nargis tore through military-run Myanmar this weekend.(AFP/HO/AFP)" border="0" /></a>AFP - At least 351 people were killed when cyclone Nargis tore through military-run Myanmar this weekend, state media reported Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 4, 2008: Burma 'must allow aid workers in'
from BBC Front Page News
Burma's military rulers are urged to allow aid agencies to operate freely in the country in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Nargis.
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May 4, 2008: Burma cyclone death toll 'at 351'
from BBC Front Page News
A tropical cyclone has killed at least 351 people in Burma and damaged thousands of buildings, state TV reports.
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May 4, 2008: Cyclone damage assessed in Myanmar (Reuters)
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080505/ts_nm/myanmar_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080505/2008_05_04t164821_450x338_us_myanmar.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=yGTHjSfOwmR2u9EZ1duIzg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="An electric pole is broken by strong wind on a street in Myanmar's biggest city Yangon May 3, 2008 in this picture distributed by China's official Xinhua News Agency. (Xinhua/Zhang Yunfei/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Authorities and foreign aid workers in
army-ruled Myanmar struggled on Monday to assess the damage
from a severe cyclone that killed more than 350 people and left
tens of thousands homeless.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 4, 2008: Cyclone Kills 350 in Myanmar
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Myanmar?s military government declared disaster areas in five states on Sunday after a Category 3 cyclone tore through the Irrawaddy delta region, killing at least four people in Yangon, state newspapers said.
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May 4, 2008: Cyclone kills at least 351 in Myanmar, state-run TV reports (AP)
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080504/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_cyclone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080504/capt.2899826a99ed44e6955ddb3ac6c9d176.aptopix_myanmar_cyclone_bk105.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=x9CeJjEcYVf0TakjGzfPwg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="In this photo released by Democratic Voice of Burma, a fallen tree is seen on a street after tropical cyclone Nargis hit Yangon on Sunday May 4,2008. More than 350 people have died in Myanmar from a powerful cyclone that knocked out power in the impoverished country's commercial capital and destroyed thousands of homes, state-run media said Sunday. (AP Photo/ Democratic voice of Burma, HO)" border="0" /></a>AP - A powerful cyclone killed more than 350 people and destroyed thousands of homes, state-run media said Sunday. Some dissident groups worried that the military junta running Myanmar would be reluctant to ask for international help.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 4, 2008: Cyclone Kills Hundreds in Myanmar
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A powerful cyclone in Myanmar killed more than 350 people, destroyed thousands of houses and knocked out electricity. Five regions of the country were declared disaster zones.
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May 4, 2008: Cyclone kills hundreds in Myanmar; junta response a concern (AP)
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_cyclone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080504/capt.000dead336a94aed97d7f0d41a3e8686.myanmar_cyclone_xin102.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=8NOLEoeNxiGiuShIvnNMDw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, people walk past fallen trees at a street in Myanmar's biggest city Yangon Saturday, May 3, 2008. Tropical Cyclone Nargis ripped through Yangon early Saturday, tearing off roofs, uprooting trees and knocking out electricity. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhang Yunfei)" border="0" /></a>AP - A powerful cyclone killed more than 350 people and destroyed thousands of homes, state-run media said Sunday. Some dissident groups worried that the military junta running Myanmar would be reluctant to ask for international help.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 4, 2008: Cyclone Kills More Than 350 in Myanmar
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A powerful cyclone killed more than 350 people, destroyed thousands of homes and knocked out power in the country?s largest city, state-run media said
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May 4, 2008: Hundreds killed by Burma cyclone
from BBC Front Page News
A tropical cyclone killed at least 351 people in Burma and damaged thousands of buildings, state TV reports.
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May 4, 2008: Hundreds Killed in Burmese Cyclone
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May 4, 2008: More Than 200 Dead as Cyclone Hits Myanmar
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Myanmar?s military government declared disaster areas in five states on Sunday after a Category 3 cyclone tore through the Irrawaddy delta region, killing at least four people in Yangon, state newspapers said.
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May 4, 2008: Myanmar cyclone kills at least 351 (AFP)
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080505/ts_afp/myanmarthailandweathercyclone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080505/capt.cps.nbw59.050508050951.photo00.photo.default-512x362.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=5Zc2U9rCTyd7dQyjureong--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="This photo released by the Democratic Voice of Burma shows people looking at a downed tree in Yangon after tropical cyclone Nargis. At least 351 people were killed and nearly 100,000 left homeless when tropical cyclone Nargis tore through Myanmar, razing thousands of buildings and knocking out power lines.(AFP/HO/AFP)" border="0" /></a>AFP - At least 351 people were killed and nearly 100,000 left homeless when tropical cyclone Nargis tore through Myanmar, razing thousands of buildings and knocking out power lines, state media said.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 4, 2008: Over 200 dead in Myanmar cyclone (Reuters)
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080504/ts_nm/myanmar_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080504/2008_05_04t094455_450x300_us_myanmar.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=qzGnNaCrZuJdUish2oVIuA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Damage from Cyclone Nargis is seen in central Yangon on May 2, 2008. A tropical cyclone slammed into Myanmar's main city on Saturday, ripping off roofs, felling trees and power lines and forcing the military authorities to close the airport. Picture taken on May 2, 2008. (Democratic Voice of Burma/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - More than 200 people have been killed in
military-ruled Myanmar by a Category 3 cyclone that ripped
through Yangon and the Irrawaddy delta, where it flattened two
towns, officials and state media said on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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May 4, 2008: Over 350 dead as cyclone pounds Myanmar (Reuters)
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