SRI KEMBANGAN, Malaysia, 11 July 2008 -- Being thousands of miles away from Myanmar did not stop Tristan Lim, a 13-year-old student of the Alice Smith School in Malaysia, from working his hardest to help raise funds for the survivors of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. In a show of support for the cycl...
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LAPUTTA TOWNSHIP, Myanmar, 20 May 2008 -- Most of Laputta Township was destroyed under a wall of water when Cyclone Nargis struck at the beginning of May. The residents of this hard-hit town are now struggling to rebuild their lives in the wake of the tragedy. They are also coping with the treat ...
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NEW YORK, USA, 14 May 2008 -- The devastation caused by cyclone Nargis could quickly turn into a catastrophe for the people of Myanmar. According to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the health of ...
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Myanmar's state-run television is reporting that more than more than 350 people have died from a powerful cyclone, a U.N. official says. (May 4)
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NEW 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 str...
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Heavy rains and another powerful storm are posing a serious threat to relief operations in Myanmar's cyclone-devastated delta, where so little aid has arrived that the U.N. warned of additional dea...
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Myanmar's military regime allowed in the first major international aid shipment Thursday, but it snubbed a U.S. offer to help cyclone victims struggling to recover from a tragedy of unimaginable sc...
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GENEVA, 8 May 2008 -- UNICEF has requested an initial $8.2 million for its emergency operation to assist the survivors of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. Children and women require urgent assistance t...
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NEW YORK, 9 May 2008 -- A Thai International airliner carrying 3 million water-purification tablets for the victims of Cyclone Nargis landed in Myanmar's former capital, Yangon, at 8:45 local time ...
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YANGON, Myanmar, 27 May 2008 -- As many cyclone-affected children are preparing to head back to school next week, UNICEF and its partners have been distributing essential school supplies by everything from truck to boat. The Government of Myanmar aims to reopen schools in some cyclone-affected ar...
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