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- Burma’s trail of destruction
  Posted by devolved from The Age
  They have a saying in Burma that if the roof is not sound, the whole house is prone to leaks - and the recent cyclone has blown the country's roof right off, a catastrophe that could reach even greater proportions if the ruling junta keeps resisting foreign help.
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- Official: Storm toll could be 100,000
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  Bodies floated in flood waters and survivors tried to reach dry ground on boats using blankets as sails, while the top U.S. diplomat in Myanmar said Wednesday that up to 100,000 people may have died in the devastating cyclone.
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- Getting humanitarian aid to Myanmar
  Posted by nelsonjs from Theseminal
  As the death toll continues to rise in the wake of Cyclone Nargis that struck Myanmar (Burma) last weekend, international aid is beginning to arrive from neighboring countries. China, India, and Thailand have been able to fly in supplies, but the military junta has been hesitant to allow other countries to help with the aid effort-including aid offered by the United States.
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- Myanmar: Cyclone death toll likely above 10,000
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  The death toll from the cyclone that ravaged Myanmar is expected to top 10,000, a senior official said Monday, with at least 4,000 people already listed as killed and nearly 3,000 others unaccounted for.
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- Violent Crackdown Launched in Myanmar
  Posted by Jeff from Huffington Post
  Security forces in Myanmar opened fire Wednesday on demonstrators, and witnesses said police beat and dragged away dozens of Buddhist monks. The government said at least one person was killed, while dissident groups and media reported up to eight dead.
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- Road To Rangoon: Democracy In Myanmar
  Posted by Robyn1234
  Despite a military-imposed curfew, Buddhist monks and civilians continue to protest in the Myanmar city of Rangoon against it's country's rulers. Here, a Canadian Buddhist reflects on Myanmar's "best hope for democracy."
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- Protests Persist in Myanmar, Despite Arrests by Junta
  Posted by RobCottingham from New York Times
  A crackdown by the ruling military junta is failing to stop an apparently spontaneous wave of protests - triggered by a sharp increase in fuel prices, and sustained in part by photos and video transmitted over the Internet.
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