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Canada to aid victims of quake in China, cyclone in Burma
Canada on Thursday committed 30 million dollars to help victims of the recent devastating earthquake in China and 11 million for those affected by the Nargis cyclone in Burma.

Don’t expect the cyclone in Burma to have benign political ...
In the dark early hours of 12 November 1970 a tropical cyclone swung in from the Indian Ocean and made its way, to devastating effect, up the course of the world's largest delta — the confluence of two huge river courses, the Ganges and ...

Pictures (3): Nargis cyclone in Burma
These pictures taken in the aftermath of Cyclone Nagis in Burma are grabbed from various onnline sources. A baby is held by her mother as they wait for free rice from the government in the outskirts of Yangon, Burma on Thursday May 8, ...

Cyclone in Burma: will food scarcity and famine follow?
A few weeks ago I spoke with a Burmese scholar who assured me that Burmese would have enough to eat this year: Myanmar rice harvests had been plentiful. That was good news for the Burmese, because the world faces a severe food shortage ...

Tearfund responds to cyclone in Burma
Tearfund partner agencies inside Myanmar (Burma) are responding to the thousands of people that were hit by the devastating impact of Cyclone Nargis at the weekend. Tens of thousands are now thought to have died when winds and waves ...

Behind the Cyclone in Burma
This post is a must read; Sexing Up Disasters by Dianne Sharma-Winter. Smugglers from the Bay of Bengal smuggled what they could into the area. They didn't wait for international approval, they didn't dick around with diplomatic double ...

Images of Nargis Cyclone in Burma
Someone has posted at Flickr an outstanding and disturbing collection of photos from the Nargis cyclone which devasted the Irrawaddy delta. Powerful cyclone Nargis caused the deadliest natural disaster in the recorded history of Burma ...

Asia Report-Filipino Activists response to cyclone in Burma
Myanmar videos: Asia Report-Filipino Activists response to cyclone in Burma.

Cyclone in Burma, isn;t this dreadful?
Cyclone in Burma, isn;t this dreadful? It's hard to imagine that something can be so devastating,10000 dead, is horrendous, in UK i know we get them, having seen one once, but obviously not on this scale. What i cannot unders.

World Focus on Burma (6 May 08) part 2
Death toll from cyclone in Burma continues to rise Canada will send $2 million in aid Bush to sign off on honor for Myanmar dissident. Caritas ready to respond to Myanmar cyclone Australian FM: Focus on aid to Myanmar; blame game can ...

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