|  Give generals the boot, it's the only way
| THE United Nations this week said the refusal of Burma's Government to allow workers into the country's devastated agricultural region was unprecedented in the history of humanitarian relief. | The human cata...
Beautiful one day, diseased the next
| ABOUT 100,000 people who are predicted to move to far north Queensland over the next 17 years could be met with increased cyclones, raging bushfires, more regular floods and an increase in mosquito-borne dise...
News of USA's demise greatly exaggerated
| Will Hutton, in The Observer, on why it is a bit premature to concede the 21st century to China or India | THE fashionable view is that the US economy is a busted flush (but) of the world's top 100 universiti...
Chorus grows to ignore Burmese junta
| A GENERATION of children could be wiped out if help does not quickly get through to the cyclone-stricken villages of Burma, according to international officials frustrated by the military junta's obstruction ...
Aid Trickles Into Cyclone-Ravaged Burma
| A cargo plane chartered by the International Committee of the Red Cross has arrived Burma's major city of Rangoon, carrying aid for people harmed by the country's recent cyclone. | An ICRC statement says the ...
Myanmar warned it could cause it's own disaster
| BANGKOK -- Myanmar may be on the brink of a second disaster, "potentially larger than the first," but this time self-inflicted. | More than a week after Cyclone Nargis hit, the Myanmar government's continued ...
Oxfam warns 1.5 million at risk in Myanmar even as some aid reaches survivors
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Destroyed boats are seen in Pyapon, a town in the Irrawaddy delta of Myanmar, a week after devastating cyclone Nagris slammed into the low-lying region and Yangon. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS...
60 mutations reported in beta-thalassemia patients
| DUBAI - More than 60 mutations in patients with beta-thalassemia have been reported in the Arab world, according to an expert. | On the occasion of World Thalassemia Day observed on Thursday, Dr Ghazi Tadmour...
Aid Group: 1.5 Million At Risk In Myanmar
The tragedy of devastation from last weekend's cyclone in Myanmar is made worse by the ruling junta's apparent disregard for its victims. | CBS News correspondent Allen Pizzey, reporting from neighboring Thaila...
As Burma's junta counts its fake votes, photos show the reality
| For Burma's generals it was a weekend to celebrate as they counted the votes in a constitutional referendum no one but they will take seriously. For the 1.5 million Burmese seeking shelter in the aftermath of...
Rookies make up for lost time
| KING COLE was there, so too Dick-a-Dick, Jimmy Mosquito and Twopenny. Names that would thrill Indian Premier League spectators appeared in the line-up of Australia's first touring cricket side, the 1868 Abori...
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|  | RELATED NEWS | | Sun 11 May 2008 | Tragedy of dead and survivors in Myanmar grows worse
Canada Dot Com | YANGON (Reuters) - Desperate survivors of Cyclone Nargis headed out of Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta i... | Referendum trumps disaster relief
Canada Dot Com | BANGKOK -- Myanmar's generals diverted manpower from the cyclone aid effort yesterday to oversee a... | Burmese cylone death toll could rise to 1.5 million, Oxfam warns
The Daily Mail | The death toll following the Burmese cyclone disaster could rise to 1.5 million, an aid organisati... | Myanmar state TV: Cyclone death toll more than 28,000
Examiner YANGON, Myanmar (Map, News) - Myanmar's state television says the death toll in last week's cyclone ... | Myanmar state TV: Cyclone death toll more than 28,000
AOL YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's state television says the death toll in last week's cyclone has jum... | More aid finally reaching Myanmar's cyclone victims
The Examiner YANGON, Myanmar (Map, News) - Food and water reached cyclone victims in greater amounts Sunday after... | Saving the world in study hall
International Herald Tribune | Teenagers are supposed to be sullen and self-absorbed, but Rachel S. Rosenfeld never got the memo.... | Science Notes
Buffalo News | Testing for bat-killing illness | Has a sinister, bat-killing disease made its way to Pennsylvania... | Aid trickles in to millions in Myanmar crisis
Canada Dot Com | BANGKOK -- Myanmar is on the brink of a second disaster, "potentially larger than the first," but ... | Diplomat predicts cyclone toll will rise
Canada Dot Com Published:Â Sunday, May 11, 2008 | BANGKOK -- Myanmar's generals diverted manpower from the cyclone ... | UNICEF official says aid desperately needed in cyclone-hit Myanmar+
AOL TOKYO, May 11 (Kyodo) - Aid is desperately needed in hard-to-reach parts of Myanmar devastated by la... | Oxfam warns 1.5 million at risk in Myanmar as some aid reaches survivors
International Herald Tribune | : More food reached Myanmar's hungry cyclone victims as roads were cleared of fallen trees, but a ... | More aid finally reaching Myanmar's cyclone victims
Orlando Sentinel YANGON, Myanmar - Food and water reached cyclone victims in greater amounts Sunday after many roads ... | Oxfam warns 1.5 million at risk in Myanmar as some aid reaches survivors
AOL YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - More food reached Myanmar's hungry cyclone victims as roads were cleared of f... | Oxfam warns 1.5 million at risk in Myanmar even as some aid reaches survivors
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