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11. Myanmar cyclone shatters homes and dreams of families
As the cyclone raged around him, Ko Zaw Min clung to a tree with one arm while clutching his newborn son with the other.
12 May 2008
12. Myanmar junta hands out aid boxes with generals' names
Myanmar's military regime distributed international aid Saturday but plastered the boxes with the names of top generals in an apparent effort to turn the relief effort for last week's devastating cyclone...
10 May 2008
13. Aid on the way to devastated Myanmar; and heavy rain
Myanmar gave the green light after confiscating other shipments, prompting the U.N. to order a temporary freeze in shipments.
10 May 2008
14. Malaria, diarrhea reported after storm hits Myanmar
Health experts are scrambling to prevent widespread illness after reports of malaria outbreaks and diarrhea surfaced in areas of Myanmar hardest hit by a cyclone, U.N. health officials said Thursday.
09 May 2008
15. Cyclone has devastated Myanmar's rice region, experts say
The Rome-based U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that five states hit hardest by Saturday's cyclone produce 65 percent of the Southeast Asian country's rice. The region also is home to 80 percent of its aquaculture,
08 May 2008
16. By ship and plane, Myanmar aid picks up pace
Ships and cargo planes carried relief supplies to Myanmar on Wednesday as aid groups distributed food and other supplies to people left homeless by a deadly cyclone.
08 May 2008
17. US envoy says toll from Myanmar cyclone might reach 100,000
Hungry people swarmed the few open shops and fistfights broke out over food and water in Myanmar's swamped Irrawaddy delta Wednesday as a top U.S. diplomat warned that the death toll from a devastating cyclone could top 100,000.
08 May 2008
18. First international aid reaches Myanmar after cyclone
the nation's rice bowl where 22,000 people perished and twice as many are missing, remained cut off from the world.
07 May 2008
19. Transport, visa hurdles slowing aid to Myanmar storm victims
Assistance had started to reach people in and around Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, said Chris Kaye, the U.N. World Food Program's director for Myanmar.
07 May 2008
20. WHO fears Myanmar disease outbreaks in wake of cyclone
WHO was waiting Tuesday for permission from the country's ruling junta to send in medical teams but demolished infrastructure would likely hamper early efforts, said Vismita Gupta-Smith, spokeswoman for WHO's regional office in New Delhi.
07 May 2008
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