Myanmar death toll soars, devastation 'huge'
                   
sabcnews.com     May 17, 2008            

Diplomats witnessed "huge" devastation in the Irrawaddy delta today and the toll of dead and missing from the cyclone rose above 133 000 people, making it one of the most damaging to hit Asia. With about 2.5 million people clinging to survival in the delta, and the military government refusing to... [read full story]                

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