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Myanmar holds poll despite cyclone chaos
tiscali.co.uk May 10, 2008
Myanmar held a rare election to approve a new army-drafted constitution on Saturday while many of the 1.5 million survivors of a devastating cyclone waited in vain for a concerted aid effort to bring them food and medicine. ... Though nervous voters were under orders to...
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