Burma cyclone death toll could reach 1.5million, experts fear
                   
dailyrecord.co.uk     May 12, 2008            

BURMESE people pleaded for help yesterday as relief workers warned 1.5million could die in the cyclone aftermath. ... Aid agencies and the UN painted a horrific picture of the ravaged country, where barely a trickle of aid has arrived. Foreign Secretary David Miliband... [read full story]                

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burmanet.org     3 hrs ago   9 related          

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Washington Post Editor's Dad Has Anti-Bush Blog [The Internet]

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