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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A rare bird's-eye look at Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta shows the devastation still left from Cyclone Nargis - broken levies, flooded farm roads, the shattered remains of bamboo huts and trees strewn like matchsticks along the coast....  

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) _ A rare bird's-eye look at Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta shows the devastation still left from Cyclone Nargis — broken levies, flooded farm roads, the shattered remains of bamboo huts and trees strewn like matchsticks along the ...  

First lady Laura Bush, meeting with refugees who fled a brutal campaign by Myanmar's military junta, urged China and other countries on Thursday to join the U.S. in imposing sanctions against the country.Mrs. Bush, who is traveling in Asia with President Bush, flew to the Thai border with Myanmar...  

First lady Laura Bush, meeting with refugees who fled a brutal campaign by Myanmar's military junta, urged China and other countries on Thursday to join the U.S. in imposing sanctions against the country.Mrs. Bush, who is traveling in Asia with President Bush, flew to the Thai border with Myanmar...  

Villagers in areas of Myanmar's Irrawaddy River Delta are living in "dire conditions'' three months after Tropical Cyclone Nargis devastated the southern region, the United Nations said.  

YANGON, Myanmar – A popular comedian who is a prominent critic of Myanmar's military government was formally charged Thursday with several political offenses. The sister-in-law of Zarganar said a special court at Yangon's Insein Prison charged him ...  

6 August 2008 – All nations need outside help when faced by a major natural disaster, according to the United Nations’ top humanitarian official, commenting today on the relief operations following Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. “No nation, rich or ...  

Fourth Press Release of the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) Yangon, Myanmar, 30 July 2008 - The Government of Myanmar organised a field trip involving more than 148 representatives of foreign missions, UN agencies, international non-governmental ... . UN ...  

Ashin Mettacara notes that aside from Buddhist monks, bloggers have been consistent in helping the cyclone victims of Myanmar by raising money from blogs.  

A prominent exiled Myanmar opposition lawmaker Thursday called on the Philippines to take a more prominent role in pushing for genuine democratic changes in the isolated state.  

By John Holmes Wednesday, August 6, 2008; Page A17 Three months have passed since Cyclone Nargis and an accompanying tidal surge swept across Myanmar's fertile Irrawaddy Delta region, claiming nearly 140,000 ...  

AN official from the Ministry of Health said last month that the incidence of malaria in areas of Ayeyarwady Division affected by cyclone Nargis was no higher than usual.  

YANGON: The new UN human rights envoy for Myanmar on Tuesday toured remote parts of the Irrawaddy Delta still reeling from a killer cyclone that struck the country three months ago, a senior official said. UN special rapporteur Tomas Ojea Quintana ...  

YANGON, Myanmar – A United Nations human rights envoy inspected Myanmar's cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy river delta on Tuesday before meeting some of the country's most prominent political detainees inside the country's infamous Insein prison. Tomas ...  

Myanmar Cyclone Survivors Living in `Dire Conditions,' UN Says By Paul Tighe Aug. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Villagers in areas of Myanmar's Irrawaddy River Delta are living in ``dire conditions'' three months after Tropical Cyclone Nargis devastated the ...