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 Myanmar cyclone damage estimated at $4 billionSurvivors of Myanmar's Cyclone Nargis face a "second emergency" unless relief efforts receive an influx of $1 billion in international aid over the next three years, according to the first full assessment of the disaster released Monday.  Myanmar security tight on anniversaryHundreds of riot police and soldiers ringed a monument in downtown Yangon on Saturday as officials gathered to commemorate the shooting death 61 years ago of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's father.
UN to end Myanmar aid flights on Aug. 10
A United Nations decision to end aid flights to Myanmar next month could hurt relief efforts already struggling to reach millions of survivors with adequate food and water, humanitarian groups said Friday.  Myanmar cyclone victims saved from traffickersMore than 80 women and children who were victims of Myanmar's recent cyclone have been rescued from human traffickers scheming to smuggle them to neighboring countries, a media report said Thursday.  Myanmar politics roiled, but junta grip firmThe cyclone that devastated Myanmar's heartland has also roiled a political landscape dominated by the military for more than four decades.
Blast hits pro-junta office in Myanmar
An explosion at dawn Tuesday rocked the office of a government-backed social welfare group whose members have been accused in attacks against Myanmar's pro-democracy opposition, witnesses said.
APME honors AP coverage of Myanmar cyclone
AP's coverage of the devastating Myanmar cyclone amid extraordinarily hazardous and harsh conditions has received top honors for deadline reporting from the Associated Press Managing Editors Association.  Myanmar cyclone survivors proved tough, experts sayDire warnings that cyclone survivors in Myanmar might fall prey to disease and starvation failed to take into account the survival instincts of those affected, aid agencies and disaster experts say.
Myanmar's monks regroup after killer storm
In helping others, Myanmar's saffron-robed Buddhist monks have helped themselves. |
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