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BBC News
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US Navy ships are due to leave Burma's coastline because of the continued refusal of the government to allow them to help victims of Cyclone Nargis.
The navy said it would withdraw the four ships, carrying helicopters and landing craft, after 15 failed..
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BBC News
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Top aid envoys are ramping up pressure on Burma, as reports from the country suggest aid is still not reaching the region worst hit by Cyclone Nargis.
A BBC reporter visiting the Irrawaddy Delta said there was little sign of help from the government, w..
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SF Gate
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The United Nations said Friday that severe restrictions by Myanmar's military junta have left aid agencies largely in the dark about the extent of survivors' suffering, two weeks after a killer cyclone left up to 2.5 million people destitute.
John Holm..
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SF Gate
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The United States delivered its first relief supplies to Myanmar on Monday, as the U.N. urged the reclusive nation to open its doors to foreign experts who can help up to 2 million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation.
The military C-130 cargo..
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SF Gate
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A U.N. official says the World Food Program is suspending cyclone aid to Myanmar because its government seized supplies flown into the country.
He says the WFP has no choice but to suspend the shipments until the matter is resolved.
WFP spokesman Pa..
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BBC News
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The UN says its first aid flight has now arrived in Burma, bringing much needed relief to up to one million people made homeless by Cyclone Nargis.
The flights had been delayed because of Burma's reluctance to accept help, causing growing international..
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CNN
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Survivors of a storm that killed more than 3,000 people in the impoverished nation of Bangladesh grieved and buried their loved ones Monday as they waited for aid to arrive. The number of dead killed from Cyclone Sidr -- now at 3,114 -- is expected to ris..
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CNN
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At least 500 people have been killed and thousands made homeless after a powerful tropical cyclone slammed into the southern coastal region of Bangladesh late Thursday, local government officials said Friday. Local government officials across the region t..
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CNN
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Ten people drowned and thousands fled to higher ground as a tropical cyclone lashed Pakistan's coastline with heavy rains and high winds, officials said.
Navy ships rescued 75 people from four floundering vessels Tuesday and were searching for more boa..
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www.4burma.org
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The ruling junta refused the international help, and the ships were forced to came back...
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SF Gate
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Myanmar began three days of mourning for some 78,000 cyclone victims Tuesday, but some residents frustrated with the junta's response to the disaster called it a symbolic gesture that lacked sincerity.
Despite the government's apparent acquiescence to..
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BBC News
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The first US aid flight to Burma following the devastating cyclone nine days ago has landed in Rangoon.
The US spent days negotiating with Burma's military government to gain permission for the aircraft to land.
The junta has admitted that parts of th..
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BBC News
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Destruction of mangrove forests in Burma left coastal areas exposed to the devastating force of the weekend's cyclone, a top politician suggests.
ASEAN secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan said coastal developments had resulted in mangroves, which act as a..
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BBC News
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The death toll in Burma has reached nearly 4,000 people following a cyclone that hit the country on Saturday, state media say.
It says 3,969 people have been killed and almost 3,000 more are missing. Earlier on Monday, state media said the death toll s..
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MSNBC
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The death toll from a devastating cyclone has risen to almost 4,000, a Myanmar state radio station said Monday.
The radio station broadcasting from the country's capital Naypyitaw said that almost 3,000 more people are unaccounted for in a single town..
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CNN
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Five days after Cyclone Sidr struck Bangladesh, an overwhelming stench filled the air Tuesday as rotting bodies and animal carcasses floated in pools of stagnant water around the coastal city of Patharghata. Villagers complained about lack of government h..
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MSNBC
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Survivors of a powerful cyclone that devastated Bangladesh and killed more than 2,400 people grieved and buried their loved ones Monday as they waited for aid to arrive.
In Galachipa, a fishing village along the coast in Patuakhali district, Dhalan Mri..
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BBC News
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At least 242 people have been reported dead after a powerful cyclone battered southern Bangladesh, levelling villages and uprooting trees.
Officials have warned that the death toll could rise and that the extent of the damage is still unclear.
Hundr..
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BBC News
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Tens of thousands of people have left coastal districts of Bangladesh as a severe cyclone heads in across the Bay of Bengal, officials say.
Operations have been suspended at the main ports of Mongla and Chittagong, and people are being moved away from..
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