Myanmar cyclone death toll exceeds 22,000
cnn.comFound 9 days, 14 hours, 20 minutes, and 27 seconds agoBodies are being thrown into rivers by Myanmar cyclone survivors in desperate need of help.
Mrs. Bush's Statement on Burma
whitehouse.govFound 9 days, 7 hours, 42 minutes agoThe storm affected more than 2 million people, and according to the Burmese media, killed thousands. Americans are a compassionate people and we're already acting to provide help. The United States stands prepared to provide an assistance team and much needed supplies to Burma as soon as the Burmese ...
up to 50,000 dead and millions homeless, but still no call for aid
timesonline.co.ukFound 9 days, 2 hours, 26 minutes, and 30 seconds agoEven before you set foot in Burma, as the aircraft begins its descent towards Rangoon airport, it is obvious that something appalling has happened.
The Boston Globe
boston.comFound 9 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 13 seconds agoWASHINGTON - Laura Bush condemned the military government in Burma yesterday for its "inept" response to a deadly weekend cyclone, marking an unusual foray by the president's spouse into a high-profile foreign policy crisis. Appearing at a White House news conference, Laura Bush said the military junta ...
Death toll passes 22,000 in Myanmar cyclone
msnbc.msn.comFound 9 days, 13 hours, 2 minutes, and 52 seconds agoThe cyclone death toll soared above 22,000 on Tuesday and more than 41,000 others were missing as the international community prepared to rush in aid, state radio reported.
Myanmar says cyclone death toll tops 15000 - AFP
afp.google.comFound 9 days, 14 hours, 13 minutes, and 42 seconds agoChina Post Myanmar says cyclone death toll tops 15000 AFP - 51 minutes ago YANGON (AFP) - More than 15000 people were killed in Myanmar's devastating cyclone, the government said Tuesday, with thousands more feared dead after the storm left rice fields littered with corpses. ...
Myanmar cyclone death toll soars past 22,000
ap.google.comFound 9 days, 10 hours, 54 minutes, and 51 seconds agoYANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar state radio says the cyclone death toll has risen above 22,000. A news broadcast on government-run radio said Tuesday that 22,464 people have now been confirmed dead and thousands more are missing. In the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, state radio reported that the government ...
Myanmar cyclone survivors desperate for aid
edition.cnn.comFound 9 days, 7 hours, 35 minutes, and 14 seconds agoBodies are being thrown into rivers by Myanmar cyclone survivors in desperate need of help.
Stephen King Pulls a John Kerry
onebigdog.netFound 9 days, 14 hours, 20 minutes, and 59 seconds agoRosemary's Thoughts , A Blog For All , Right Truth , Kodera's Korner , DragonLady's World , The Pink Flamingo , Gulf Coast Hurricane Tracker , Democrat=Socialist , Dumb Ox Daily News , Conservative Cat , and The Yankee Sailor , thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe . Tags: army , insult , Iraq , liberal , Military , stephen king , twit
Report: 22,000 Dead, 41,000 Missing After Myanmar Cyclone
foxnews.comFound 9 days, 7 hours, 34 minutes, and 49 seconds agoCyclone death toll soared above 22,000 and more than 41,000 others were missing as foreign countries mobilized to rush in aid after the country's deadliest storm on record, state radio reported.
Eyewitness account of cyclone and after
ratchasima.netFound 9 days, 6 hours, 36 minutes, and 9 seconds agoThere are many news reports on the scale of damage and deaths left in Cyclone Nargis' wake now available in English, and persons interested to get detailed information on the response should especially follow the updates on Relief Web. ...
UNICEF sends first pre-stocked relief supplies as Cyclone Nargis toll climbs
unicef.orgFound 8 days, 23 hours, 54 minutes, and 9 seconds agoNEW YORK, 7 May 2008 - With 5,000 square km underwater and an estimated 1 million people homeless and in need of assistance, Myanmar continues to reel from the effects of Cyclone Nargis, which struck last weekend. In its response to the crisis, UNICEF is focusing on providing safe water and hygiene supplies ...
Two million people displaced in Myanmar
architectureforhumanity.orgFound 8 days, 12 hours, 50 minutes, and 18 seconds agoGovernment figures have reported 15,000 dead but reports claim it is now 22,000 and in the coming days it may move closer to 50,000. While the media will focus its attention on the loss of life there will be millions displaced in the coming weeks and like most natural disasters no plan for long term ...
Cyclone Nargis rips through Myanmar
gulf-coast-hurricanes.blogspot.comFound 9 days, 14 hours, 21 minutes, and 30 seconds agoUPDATE #2 (6 May 2008): Aid workers fear Burma cyclone deaths will top 50,000 Silent video of the devastation The official death toll as of Tuesday morning is 15,000 dead and over 30,000 missing. ...
Burma seeks emergency aid as cyclone kills at least 10,000
guardian.co.ukFound 9 days, 13 hours, 20 minutes, and 50 seconds agoAn international relief effort was mobilising last night after Burma's military rulers estimated that 10,000 people had been killed in a cyclone at the weekend and acknowledged they were willing to accept foreign help. The reclusive military government initially said casualties ran into the hundreds, ...
Burma Reels as Storm Toll Rises
time.comFound 9 days, 7 hours, 34 minutes, and 49 seconds agoA humanitarian crisis looms in the aftermath of a tropical cyclone that has killed at least 22,000 people
Aid arrives in Myanmar as death toll passes 22,000, but worst-hit area still cut off
iht.comFound 9 days, 6 hours, 43 minutes, and 15 seconds agoAid arrives in Myanmar as death toll passes 22,000, but worst-hit area still cut off
Laura Bush criticises Burma's cyclone warning
abc.net.auFound 9 days, 6 hours, 21 minutes, and 44 seconds ago
Cyclone Nargis in Burma: the aftermath
blogs.guardian.co.ukFound 9 days, 9 hours, and 11 seconds agoFollow the latest from Burma as the country's reclusive military regime struggles to cope with the worst disaster to hit Asia since the 2004 tsunami.
Burma
obsidianwings.blogs.comFound 9 days, 8 hours, 5 minutes, and 43 seconds agoby hilzoy From the NYT : "The death toll from a powerful cyclone that struck Myanmar three days ago rose to 22,500 Tuesday, with a further 41,000 people still missing, the government said, and foreign governments and aid organizations began mobilizing for a major relief operation. ...
Aid call as Burma casualties rise
news.bbc.co.ukFound 9 days, 17 hours, 43 minutes, and 26 seconds agoAid agencies push to launch a massive operation in cyclone-hit Burma, where up to 15,000 people are now feared dead.
Burma Says Storm Killed 15,000
washingtonpost.comFound 9 days, 11 hours, 20 minutes, and 33 seconds agoBANGKOK, May 6 -- The death toll from a 120-mph cyclone that tore through Burma last weekend has reached 15,000, with 10,000 killed in just one town, a top official told the nation Tuesday.
Myanmar cyclone toll climbs to nearly 22,500
reuters.comFound 9 days, 10 hours, 7 minutes, and 32 seconds agoDespite the magnitude of the disaster -- the most devastating cyclone to hit Asia since 1991, when 143,000 people died in Bangladesh -- France said the ruling generals were still placing too many conditions on aid. The rest were all in the vast swamplands of the delta, which was hit by 190 kmh (120 mph) ...
Burma Cyclone Death Toll Tops 22,000
voanews.comFound 9 days, 4 hours, 50 minutes, and 34 seconds agoBurma's government says at least 22,000 people are confirmed dead, in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, and another 41,000 are missing. The military government has begun allowing foreign assistance and granting unprecedented access to some international aid agency representatives. The Thai official says Bangkok ...
Save the Children Provides Assistance to Thousands Left Homeless by Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar
savethechildren.orgFound 9 days, 48 minutes, and 19 seconds agoOfficials are estimating that 22,000 have died from the storm, with as many as 1 million left homeless. Save the Children estimates that the death toll could reach up to 50,000 with 2-3 million children and family members homeless and in desperate need of water, food, shelter and medicine. Save the Children ...
news.bbc.co.uk
Burma's death toll has risen to more than 22,000 after a cyclone hit the country on Saturday, state media say.
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news.bbc.co.uk
Burma's death toll has risen to more than 22,000 after a cyclone hit the country on Saturday, state media say.
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thelede.blogs.nytimes.com
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news.bbc.co.uk
Aid agencies call for speedy access to survivors as the scale of the disaster in cyclone-hit Burma becomes clear.
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feeds.feedburner.com
The country's rice bowl hardest hit; more than 41k missing, up to 1M homeless.
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irrawaddy.org
Nargis, a Category 3 cyclone, hit Rangoon, the Irrawaddy delta, the Pegu Division and Mon and Karen States on Saturday. The military junta named the five regions disaster zones. Tropical cyclone Nargis was not only a natural disaster, but it could also signal a political upheaval for the Burmese junta ...
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news.yahoo.com
International aid began to trickle into Myanmar on Tuesday, but the stricken Irrawaddy delta, the nation's rice bowl where 22,000 people perished and twice as many are missing, remained cut off from the world.
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commentisfree.guardian.co.uk
The death toll has already passed the 25,000 mark, and is growing. If the junta continues with the referendum, it will be disenfranchising hundreds of thousands victimised by Nargis and reinforcing what many believe - that the leadership does not care about its people. They recognise that the cleanup ...
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thelede.blogs.nytimes.com
For readers interested in contributing to help victims of the cyclone in Myanmar, here is an alphabetical list of contact information and links for some agencies that plan to provide relief. The New York Times does not certify the charitiesâ fund allocations or administrative costs. While the media ...
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crooksandliars.com
Usually when a tragedy strikes like a cyclone or a hurricane, one would think that Laura Bush would flash the face of being compassionate to all the suffering people instead of an attack dog politician. Wouldn't there have been a better time to criticize the government?
Froomkin:
When a country run by a despotic and isolationist regime is laid low by a massive natural disaster, the diplomatic thing to do is to respond with a show of compassion. Not kick 'em when they're down.
More than 22,000 people have died in the staggering devastation caused by this weekend's cyclone in Burma.
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dailykos.com
Via CaLibertarian in the open thread, someone please tell me this is satire:
US First Lady Laura Bush accused Myanmar's military rulers Monday of failing to warn their citizens in time about a killer cyclone and pressed the junta to accept US aid in the disaster's wake. "Although they were aware of the threat, Burma's state-run media failed to issue a timely warning to citizens in the storm's path," Bush said in an unusual appearance at the White House briefing room podium.
I'll skip the obvious pot & kettle dig here over the Bush Administration's staggering, deadly incompetence before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina, put partisanship aside, and only wonder in embarrassment on behalf of the nation I love:
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corner.nationalreview.com
My eyebrows raised, too, when I saw Mrs. Bush yesterday, but I'm not sure it was a sign we're doomed (there are plenty of other much more worrisome signs afoot!). As for why she may have been tapped as spokesFirst Lady on the issue: Laura Bush told reporters that her deep interest in Burma was sparked by reading the works of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi , who is under house arrest and has spent 12 of the past 18 years in some form of confinement. She said the president will sign legislation today awarding Suu Kyi the Congressional Gold Medal, a move that could further stoke tensions between the two countries.
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instapundit.com
WELL, THIS JUST SUCKS: "More than 15,000 people were killed in Myanmar's devastating cyclone, the government said Tuesday, with thousands more feared dead after the storm left rice fields littered with corpses."
But this sucks, if possible, even more: "Myanmar's reclusive military rulers insisted foreign aid experts would still have to negotiate with the government to be allowed into the isolated nation."
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globalvoicesonline.org
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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
06 May 2008 04:14 pm
How much can one people be forced to suffer? Mong Palatino has a round-up of Burmese bloggers on the natural disaster. Here's a collection of eyewitness accounts: "Some were killed by flying trees, some from exposure to the cold, some died when they had gathered to shelter from the storms in monasteries and they collapsed."
"The sea rose by around 5 feet and swamped the town at the time of the storm, causing most of the damage and sweeping away small homes and buildings.
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treehugger.com
Before and after Cyclone; click here to enlarge
While rescue workers try to get into Burma (not made any easier by a military junta that announced on Tuesday that foreign experts wanting to come in would need to "negotiate" with the Government) Architecture for Humanity says that "While the media will focus its attention on the loss of life, there will be millions displaced in the coming weeks and like most natural disasters, no plan for long term sustainable reconstruction."
Yesterday Cameron Sinclair told us that AFH is not rushing in.
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althouse.blogspot.com
Cyclone Nargis. Myanmar.
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allspinzone.com
- and I'm thoroughly pissed by the news conference that Laura Bush held today. Go to the site to read more…
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thepoorman.net
In the midst of Dana Milbank's dispatch about the Worst Absentee President ever (a taste: "To react to the main news of the day -- thousands of deaths from the cyclone in Burma -- Bush sends his wife out to make a statement. She criticizes the Burmese government for its failure 'to issue a timely warning to citizens in the storm's path' and 'to meet its people's basic needs.' Reporters, too tactful to draw parallels to New Orleans, quiz her instead about daughter Jenna's wedding, and the names of future grandchildren.
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mahablog.com
Dana Milbank writes at the Washington Post :
7:58 a.m. : By e-mail, the White House Communications Office sends out its "Morning Update." It lists two events on Bush's schedule for the entire day: a "Social Dinner in Honor of Cinco de Mayo" and, an hour later, post-dinner entertainment. To react to the main news of the day -- thousands of deaths from the cyclone in Burma -- Bush sends his wife out to make a statement.
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neptunuslex.com
More evidence, as if any were necessary after the shocking violence done upon the country's peaceful opposition, that the military junta governing Myanmar has anything but the welfare of its people at heart:
U.S. President George W. Bush called on the country's junta to allow the United States to provide disaster assistance, saying Washington was prepared to move naval assets to help search for the dead and missing.
The U.S. Navy has three ships as well as troops in the Gulf of Thailand, within an easy sail of Myanmar, as part of joint military exercises code-named Cobra Gold scheduled for May 8-21.
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freerepublic.com
Times UK ^ | 5-6-08
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wilsonsalmanac.blogspot.com
BBC
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cathcath.com
Dear mouse,
More than 22,000 died in Myanmar (former Burma) and is still counting. CNN reports .
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psybertron.org
Hate to blog about the knowledge angle of this , but it was interesting at the Christmas 2004 Tsunami that wreaked havoc in Thailand and Aceh / Indonesia, that hundreds were also killed in Myanmar , but the closed-to-media environment meant that this barely registered in international news for some time.
This cyclone seems to have killed thousands (three days ago) 4,000 some said, more than 10,000 now according to official statements. A real tragedy. At least Myanmar is prepared to share it with us.
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nytimes.com
Aid for Myanmar Mobilizes, Mixed With Criticism
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lailalalami.com
When I was getting ready to go to work yesterday, the headlines said that a cyclone hit Myanmar, and that the death toll may be as high as 4,000. By the time I finished teaching, the headlines said 10,000. And this morning the number has risen to 15,000 . It's hard to fathom what that means for the survivors, for the families, for the country. But already the humanitarian crisis is being politicized . On both sides .
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philadelphiaweather.blogspot.com
Update, 6 AM Tuesday: 10,000 people were reported dead in one town in Burma from Cyclone Nargis and the death toll has risen to at least 15,000 from the storm. Potentially 30,000 are missing as of this morning from the storm and according to one aid worker in Myanmar the country may have been hit harder by Cyclone Nargis than the 2004 Asian tsunami.
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persecutionblog.com
UPDATED: Via Drudge: Aid workers fear death toll in Burma may top 50,000
The news for the devastation in Burma continues to roll in, some experts are saying that the death toll may top 250,000 . Christian aid agencies and others are doing their best to get to the scene of devastation with relief supplies, however some are saying that the aid coming in is too slow.
Please keep this horrible situation in your prayers.
For other news on this story see:
Aid: Only friendly nations welc
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nebuchadnezzarwoollyd.blogspot.com
The cyclone will have serious impact beyond the immediate region. Food prices in Rangoon and elsewhere have soared by up to 100 per cent since the storm, adding to the burden of millions of the country's poor. The delta is Burma's main rice-producing region and large areas of cropland were destroyed. Burma is a key rice exporter and the UN has questioned whether it will now be able to meet commitments to supply the staple to neighbouring Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, warning of "potentially serious effects".
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alternativeconsumer.com
Aid Workers Fear Burma Cyclone Deaths May Top 50,000 - times online
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coalitionoftheswilling.net
...today it's more than 22,000 dead
YANGON, Myanmar (CNN) -- A Myanmar government radio station said Tuesday that more than 22,000 people are dead and the U.N. estimates up to a million could be homeless after the catastrophic cyclone that battered the country.
A news broadcast on the state-run station said Tuesday that 22,464 people had been confirmed dead from Cyclone Nargis. The broadcast added that thousands more were missing.
How awful. And how awful that the military dictatorship there evidently was rather slow in getting storm warnings out to people.
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translucence.org
Myanmar state radio says cyclone death toll soars above 22,000 . First, Myanmar is Burma. I had to figure that out. About the government there, First Lady Laura Bush said, "We know already that they are very inept." Not to call her out or anything, but what would she call the response to Hurricane Katrina? The model for disaster relief? But, at least we've got a good warning system infrastructure here.
May 6 at 7:30 AM
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transterrestrial.com
You know, if there were some planetary version of Child Protective Services (not that I'm proposing such a thing--I'm sure that its primary focus would be Katrina "victims"), the Burmese people would be taken away from their rulers :
...with the clock ticking four days after the storm hit, Myanmar's reclusive military rulers insisted foreign aid experts would still have to negotiate with the government to be allowed into the isolated nation.
Also, the army, which had plenty of manpower to come in and beat protesting Buddhist monks a few months ago, is nowhere to be found.
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canonfodder.org
No doubt you've heard about the devastation in Myanmar left in the wake of the recent cyclone. The latest
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stonedknitter.blogspot.com
And have you seen the news about that cyclone in Myanmar ? All those people killed.. in the blink of an eye. You never know if you're gonna have tomorrow... And believe me or not, Burma (Myanmar) was one of the next places on my list of things to do before I die. I even have the information for a "treehouse" in the jungle where I wanted to stay, and the tourguide to contact... and a shaman who does somethin' special with local herbs. Yeah, I know, I'm a nutcase... but i guess I'm gonna have to cross that little trip off the "to do" list.
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daddiosdarkside.blogspot.com
The death and devastation in Myanmar is staggering.
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mattzollerseitz.blogspot.com
); "Somalia forces 'out of control'" (a disturbing report from
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lawhawk.blogspot.com
Meanwhile, Al Gore is using this tragedy to claim that it's a sign that global warming is causing the destruction. What a tool - and fool. The failure to respond to warnings did more to cause the death toll and devastation than global warming. The failure to improve the wealth and well being of the citizens did more to cause the devastation in Burma than global warming. Or that the scientists at the IPCC have had to admit that the global climate temps have been flat since 1998 .
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bluejersey.net
22,464 people are confirmed dead from the cyclone in Myanmar, thanks in part to their government's failure to prepare and warn of the coming disaster.
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bluejersey.com
22,464 people are confirmed dead from the cyclone in Myanmar, thanks in part to their government's failure to prepare and warn of the coming disaster.
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tricycleblog.wordpress.com
More than 22,000 . The junta allows aid to trickle in.
The Karmapa's visit to the U.S. is coming up. His schedule is on this site . At Tricycle we're obligated to mention the controversy over who is the 17th Karmapa, and that there are duelling Karmapas, but this site , which of course has an agenda, says it's a non-issue. It is true that the Karmapa who is coming to the U.S. has a bigger following here, which may explain why he is coming. This is not to stoke controversy or push an agenda -- this visit is a big deal for Buddhism in America.
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lzydata.blogspot.com
Another crooked election. BANGKOK, May 5 -- Burma's military junta vowed Monday to push ahead with a controversial national referendum on a new constitution, even as the country was reeling from the impact of a cyclone that killed more than 350 and left tens of thousands homeless. .. "It has been a catastrophic situation," said Terje Skavdal, regional head of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. "It has flattened everything in its way. It will be a major, major clean-up operation for the government.
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rlarson.typepad.com
I can't quite get my head around disasters of this magnitude : "The death toll from a powerful cyclone that struck Myanmar three days ago rose to 22,500 Tuesday, with a further 41,000 people still missing..." I wasn't in New York during 9/11 (although I have obviously seen the effects of the disaster on the city's population), but even that event pales in comparison to the tsunami brought about by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake , and Hurricane Katrina is another devastating natural disaster which, despite endless media coverage, I just can't come to terms with.
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networdblog.blogspot.com
More than 15,000 people died in the cyclone according to the New Light of Myanmar newspaper, and before you start to scream about how Bush hates Burmese, consider what the government of Myanmar says :
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medianation.blogspot.com
What is a cyclone? It's a hurricane , according to Wikipedia. According to the BBC, state media in Myanmar (Burma) are now reporting that the death toll has exceeded 22,000, a far cry from the 4,000 deaths that were claimed in the print edition of today's New York Times. With another 41,000 missing, it's certain that the body count will keep rising.
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sajaforum.org
The state-run radio in Myanmar has confirmed that the death toll from cyclone Nargis has reached 22,464 with over 40,000 missing, the Associated Press reports .
The New York Times writes that if those numbers are accurate, the death toll would be the highest from
a natural disaster in Asia since the tsunami of December 2004, which
devastated coastlines in South Asia and claimed 181,000 lives. "Stories get worse by the hour," one Yangon resident, who did not want
to be identified for fear of government retribution, said in an e-mail
message.
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blogtown.portlandmercury.com
MYANMAR: Lining up for drinking water…
5. THURMAN!!! A man accused of stalking Uma Thurman is found guilty in New York. His defense attorneys try to cast him as a misguided romantic, although mentioning the names of her children and threatening to kill himself in emails tip the case over the edge. Strange. I mean, who among us hasn't threatened someone's children in the heat of the moment?
Good day.
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inforumblog.com
The New York Times has some of the answers to the some of these questions in this article , which updates the scope of the devastation.
A spokesman for the United Nations World Food Program said that as many as one million people might have lost their homes and that some villages were almost totally destroyed.
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