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Preventing disease outbreaks is 'race against time' for cyclone victims in Myanmar

iht.com
May 10, 2008
        

Getting supplies to survivors suffering from a brutal cyclone in Myanmar is now a "race against time" to prevent a disease disaster as some impoverished victims continue to wait for help a week after the storm, experts warned Saturday. ... The World Health Organization...

                   

'Race against time' to avoid disease disaster

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May 10, 2008
        

Getting supplies to survivors suffering from a brutal cyclone in Myanmar is now a "race against time" to prevent a disease disaster, experts warned Saturday. ... Experts warn that children are most at risk in wake of Myanmar cyclone BANGKOK, Thailand - We don't know how...

                   

Post-cyclone 'race' to avoid disease disaster

msn.com
May 10, 2008
        

Getting supplies to survivors suffering from a brutal cyclone in Myanmar is now a "race against time" to prevent a disease disaster, experts warned Saturday. ... Experts warn that children are most at risk in wake of Myanmar cyclone BANGKOK, Thailand - We don't know how...

                   

Amid disaster, Myanmar regime remains defiant

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May 10, 2008
        

THILAWA, Myanmar — While Myanmar's military regime yesterday restricted the rush of international aid offered to help hungry and homeless cyclone survivors, the government was exporting tons of rice through its main port. ... The junta has a monopoly on rice exports and...

                   

UN asks Indonesia to take lead in helping Myanmar cope with disaster

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May 10, 2008
        

JAKARTA, May 10 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations is asking ... ... JAKARTA, May 10 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations is asking Indonesia to take the lead in the region to help cyclone-ravaged Myanmar cope with the disaster since Indonesia could draw on its experience with the...

                   

Suffering and the smell of death linger

denverpost.com
May 10, 2008
        

Six days after Cyclone Nargis churned through the coastal plain of Myanmar, it is clear that the damage is great and that little aid has made it to the area. ... Afforded noodles and little else, survivors of the cyclone that hit Myanmar make do. A Myanmar woman displaced...

                   

10. In south Myanmar village, all is 'gone with the wind'

iht.com
May 10, 2008
        

In the northern reaches of the Irrawaddy Delta, families are rebuilding their homes and the dead have been buried. But farther south, villagers struggle to repair their shattered lives. ... The water has not receded fully, and few aid trucks have made it here. Only one...

                   

10. UN briefly suspends food aid to Myanmar after shipment is seized

iht.com
May 10, 2008
        

As misery grew for stranded survivors of a cyclone in Myanmar nearly a week ago, the United Nations said Friday that the government had seized relief supplies it delivered and was withholding visas from some of their relief workers. ... "All the food aid and equipment...

                   

NASA Earth Observatory Imagery: Flooding in Yangon, Burma (Myanmar)

astronomie.info
May 9, 2008
        

Quelle: Space Wire Top Stories ... STATUS REPORT Date Released: Friday, May 9, 2008 Source: Though Yangon (Rangoon) escaped the total destruction that Cyclone Nargis brought to much of the rest of the Irrawaddy Delta in Burma (Myanmar), its southern suburbs were...

                   
msn.com: Houses destroyed by cyclone Nargis in Burma's hardest-hit Irrawaddy Delta msn.com

Charities in plea to Burma generals

msn.com
May 9, 2008
        

The Burmese government is delaying efforts by aid agencies to help those affected by the cyclone, charities have warned.Members of the Disasters Emergency Committee said they "could do more" without opposition from the military junta. Tim Costello, chief executive of World Vision Australia, said...