TAKE A LOOK-Myanmar cyclone
Myanmar's junta took diplomats on a tour of the storm-ravaged Irrawaddy delta as its toll of dead and missing soared above 133,000 people, making Cyclone Nargis one of the most devastating ever to hit Asia.
Thousands of people took to roadsides to beg for help to supplement the meagre trickle of aid flowing in.
Their desperate entreaties exposed the fragility of the military government's claim to be on top of aid distribution to up to 2.5 million people left destitute by Cyclone Nargis.
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[nBKK274024] > Myanmar death toll soars, devastation "huge" [nBKK265679] > France, Myanmar in talks on aid to cyclone victims [nL17476661] > Worried Myanmar migrants chip in aid from Thailand [nBKK268181] > News-starved Burmese snap up grim cyclone videos [nBKK300521] > Myanmar's Buddhist monks fill cyclone aid void [nBKK264590] > Rain deepens Myanmar misery; death toll soars [nSP227918] > Cyclone beggars line roads of Myanmar delta [nBKK219409] > Some cholera confirmed in cyclone-hit Myanmar [nSP243073] > Cyclone hits 20 pct of Myanmar rice fields - FAO [nBKK202161] FROM THE DISASTER SCENE > Cyclone victim prefers ruins over government camp[ID:nMAN161147] > Cyclone alters Yangon's tree-lined streets [ID:nBKK171222] > Wrecked Myanmar leaves India aid pilot speechless[ID:nDEL140385] > Corpses dot waterways of Myanmar's stricken delta [ID:nBKK51570] > Amid cyclone's devastation, a child is born [ID:nBKK84056] POLITICS & DIPLOMACY > UK condemns Myanmar's cyclone response as "inhuman" [nL17411961] > Cyclone-hit Myanmar says 92 percent back charter [ID:nBKK178457] > Why Myanmar's generals stand firm [ID:nBKK63422] > U.N. frustration grows at Myanmar junta over aid [ID:nN12299081] > UN chief Ban warns Myanmar inaction may be deadly[ID:nN09494100] RELIEF OPERATION > France, Britain send aid for Myanmar cyclone victims[nL15728615] > Tsunami-style aid waits Myanmar green light [ID:nBKK259227] > Impromptu charities aid Myanmar cyclone survivors [ID:nSP271124] > WFP says food aid to delta 20 pct of needs [ID:nBKK203535] > Myanmar's port reopens for foreign aid - Thailand[ID:nBKK237286] > Myanmar tells UN it welcomes aid from all [ID:nN09501371]
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[nSP288733] > Major health risks face Myanmar cyclone survivors [ID:nBKK29726] > Key facts about Myanmar's constitutional vote [ID:nSP150032] > Breakdown of needs in UN appeal for Myanmar [ID:nN09498131] > Myanmar's cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta [ID:nSP235930] > Key facts about Myanmar [ID:nSP183492] > Chronology of major Asian cyclones [ID:nB635562] --------------------------------------------------------------- -- UP-TO-THE-MINUTE HEADLINES Myanmar News [MY-LEN] Myanmar General News [MY-G] Grains News [GRA-LEN] Southeast Asia [SI-LEN] Asian Stock Markets [ASIA-STX] Asia Forex [ASIA-FRX] Asian Rice benchmarks <RICE/ASIA1> HOW TO FIND INFORMATION YOU NEED REUTERS NEWS <PHONE/HELP> EQUITY BONDS MONEY COMMODITY ENERGY .... .Page editor: Sanjeev Miglani, World Desk, Singapore +65 6870 3814 .... .
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