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Breaking News Thu, 10 Apr 2008
 Bangladesh Cyclone
Climate   Disaster   Nature   Photos   Society  
 The Australian 
Deadly power of 'delicate daffodil'
| NARGIS, the name of the killer cyclone that has devastated Burma, was revealed by Indian officials yesterday to be an Urdu language word meaning "delicate daffodil". | BP Yadav, director of the Indi... (photo: AP Photo / Pavel Rahman)
 An aerial view of damage to villages and infrastructure following Cyclone Sidr. (mb1)
Aid   Burma   Disaster   Photos   Society  
 The Australian 
Grief is compounded by desperation
| BURMA'S great Irrawaddy river runs flat and muddy. It twines and forks through kilometres of rich delta and has always given nurture and good fortune to the people of southern Burma. | But in the wa... (photo: US Marine Corp / Ezekiel R. Kitandwe)
A wide-view of the Security Council members voting unanimously to renew the arms embargo against the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).  The Australian 
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 ... (photo: UN / Eric Kanalstein)
Burma   Disaster   Military   Photos   UN  
A large statue of Buddha sits in water at a temple that was heavily damaged by last week's destructive cyclone Nargis, in the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, on Sunday May 11, 2008.  The Australian 
Tear down Burma's bamboo curtain
| Thousands more will die if aid does not start flowing | THERE seems to be no underestimating the brutality of Burma's regime as millions of people struggle to stay alive in the wake of the world's w... (photo: AP / )
Burma   Disaster   Photos   Society   UN  
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RICE - FOOD - COMMODITY Canada Dot Com
Rice crisis a 'silent tsunami'
| BANGKOK - When cyclone Nargis swept through the Irrawaddy Delta, it shattered both Myanmar's famed rice bowl as well as any hope Asia's rice crisis might abate anytime ... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Bangkok   Crisis   Myanmar   Photos   Rice  
A Myanmar soldier, right, pauses and he and his colleagues unload bags of supplies aid, donated by Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, from a Thai military plane onto a truck at Yangon airport in Myanmar Sunday, May 11, 2008. More food reached Myanmar's hungry cyclone victims as roads were cleared of fallen trees, but a British aid group warned that up to 1.5 million face death if they do not get clean water and sanitation soon Philadelphia Daily News
Boat carrying Myanmar aid sinks; toll climbs beyond 28,000
| The Associated Press | YANGON, Myanmar - A Red Cross boat carrying rice and drinking water for cyclone victims sank Sunday, while the death toll jumped to more than 28,... (photo: AP / Apichart Weerawong)
Aid   Disaster   Myanmar   Photos   Red Cross  
 Flood-storm-water (sl1) Irish Times
Over 220,000 missing after cyclone says UN
| The number of people reported missing after the cyclone in Burma was about 220,000, the United Nations humanitarian agency said today, warning of environmental damage, ... (photo: Public domain photo)
Burma   Disasters   People   Photos   Society  
Streets of Yangon, Myanmar. International Herald Tribune
Yangon moves on to life after the cyclone
| : A week after a cyclone smashed into Myanmar, killing more than 28,000 people and endangering more than a million, the horrifying stories and gruesome pictures from th... (photo: Creative Commons / Colegota)
Disaster   Myanmar   Photos   Weather   Yangon  
Myanmar woman, who survived last week's destructive cyclone Nargis, emerges from her house as she prepares a meal outdoors in the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, on Sunday May 11, 2008. Ananova
1.5m Burmese in danger - Oxfam
| The lives of up to 1.5 million Burmese cyclone victims are in danger from diseases if clean water and sanitation are not provided soon, Oxfam has warned. | The charity'... (photo: AP / )
Aid   Disease   Myanmar   Photos   Slideshow   Water  
Thailand spicy food/ntf1 TVNZ
Restaurant cooks for Myanmar cause
May 11, 2008 6:35 PM | Donations have been pouring in from around the globe for the deepening crisis in Myanmar but it's not just collection buckets that are helping to r... (photo: Creative Commons / /)
Food   Health   Photos   Society   Weekend  
Myanmar soldiers unload boxes of supplies from a Thai transport plane at Yangon airport in Myanmar Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta, where nearly 22,000 people perished, remained largely cut off from the rest of the world Tuesday, four days after a cyclone unleashed winds, floods and high tidal waves on the densely populated regio USA Today
More aid finally reaching Burma's cyclone victims
Posted  | Comment  | Recommend | | | Rangoon, Burma (AP) — Food and water reached cyclone victims in greater amounts Sunday after many roads were... (photo: AP / )
Aid   Burma   Disaster   Photos   UN  
Rubber trees (sl1) San Fransisco Chronicle
Laos, where rubber hits the road to China
| (05-11) 04:00 PDT Chaleunsouk, Laos -- The rice fields that blanketed this remote mountain village for generations are gone. In their place rise neat rows of young rubb... (photo: creative commons / )
Business   Economy   Environment   Nature   Photos  
Rice Ohio
Asian leaders' rice-cartel plan goes against grain
| Until last week, the next oil - the crucial resource growing ever scarcer and prompting desperate behavior to ensure supplies - was water. Turns out, it's rice. | That'... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Asian   Export   Grain   Photos   Rice  
MEAT - FOOD - COMMODITY Knox News
Johnson: Spoiled by cheap food
| High food prices are killing people - literally. At least five people died in Somalia last week when violent protests erupted over rising food prices and a collapsing c... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Food   Killing   Photos   Prices   Somalia  
Workers unload sacks of harvested rice at a Myanmar Government grainery near Madauk Jan. 14, 2001. Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, is one of the poorest nations in southeast Asia The Observer
Burma exports rice as cyclone victims starve
| Burma is still exporting rice even as it tries to curb the influx of international donations of food bound for the starving survivors of the cyclone that killed up to 1... (photo: AP / David Longstreath)
Burma   Disaster   Export   Food   Photos  
Business & Economy Politics
- High demand, price of rice good news to US farmers
- Kidney market shut as Pakistan cuts supply
- William Pesek: Why a "rice cartel' would never work
- Restaurant cooks for Myanmar cause
Rice Farm
High demand, price of rice good news to US farmers
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- McCain man quits over lobby work for Myanmar generals
- Pakistan's parallel courts proposal 'farcical'
- US help could save thousands of lives
- Tear down Burma's bamboo curtain
 Suspended Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, center, is surrounded by his supporters and lawyers as he arrives at Supreme Court for a hearing, Tuesday, March 13, 2007 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan´s top judge set up a
Pakistan's parallel courts proposal 'farcical'
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Health Human Rights
- Myanmar tragedy grows worse
- Grief is compounded by desperation
- Give generals the boot, it's the only way
- Tear down Burma's bamboo curtain
 An aerial view of damage to villages and infrastructure following Cyclone Sidr. (mb1)
Grief is compounded by desperation
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- Give generals the boot, it's the only way
- Tear down Burma's bamboo curtain
- 600 Tibetan protesters detained in Nepal
- William Pesek: Why a "rice cartel' would never work
A wide-view of the Security Council members voting unanimously to renew the arms embargo against the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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Sport News & Media
- Reaction: Toro Rosso And Force India
- India clinch fourth successive Asia Cup
- Boat carrying Myanmar aid sinks; toll climbs beyond 28,000
- Burma dominated Sunday Live, with Aid Minister Gareth Thomas
 Cyclone, Storm Gonu that struck Muscat, Oman on 6th June 07  (sv1)
Preventing disease outbreaks is 'race against time' for cyclone victims in Myanmar
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- Thousands face death if aid not swift
- Tear down Burma's bamboo curtain
- Junta claims credit for help
- High demand, price of rice good news to U.S. farmers
A large statue of Buddha sits in water at a temple that was heavily damaged by last week's destructive cyclone Nargis, in the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, on Sunday May 11, 2008.
Tear down Burma's bamboo curtain
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