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Recovery from a cyclone that tore into Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta in May, leaving at least 138,000 dead or missing, will cost more than $1 billion, a report by the United Nations and Southeast Asian nations concluded. It's a relief to confirm there is...
Tags: Myanmar, Cyclone Nargis, John Holmes, myanmar cyclone, comprehensive assessment, emergency relief, United Nations, relief coordinator, asian nation
The junta's mouthpiece New Light of Myanmar newspaper said that food supplies were only needed in the immediate aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, and that now the country needed help to rebuild. "It can be seen that most of the aid provided by the international...
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Myanmar � Myanmar said Tuesday that 84,500 people perished in last month�s cyclone, up from its last announcement that 77,700 had died in the devastating storm that drew international pleas for the insular government to accept outside help. Meanwhile,...
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US, British ships barred as Myanmar votes on referendum Published: May 24, 2008, 08:29 Yangon: Foreign Navy ships delivering aid are still barred in Myanmar, where a constitutional referendum was held on Saturday in the Irrawaddy Delta and Yangon. Junta...
Tags: Myanmar, Irrawaddy Delta, ban ki, cyclone nargis, generals ban, Bangkok International Airport, cyclone survivors, myanmar cyclone
Reuters reported Sunday that state-run Myanmar TV had said that 28,458 people had died in the cyclone and that 33,416 were missing. Reuters also reported that the UN humanitarian agency had said in a new assessment that 1.2 million to 1.9 million people...