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Death Toll in Cyclone Tops 22,000 Myanmar to Delay Vote in Some Areas
The death toll is the latest in a steadily escalating official count since Cyclone Nargis struck early Saturday, devastating much of the fertile Irrawaddy Delta and the nation's major city, Yangon. At a news conference in Yangon, the minister ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Death_Toll_in_Cyclone_Tops_2200-5225-1-23925.htm
Myanmar Cyclone Toll Tops 10K
By Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's official media said today that 10,000 people were killed by a powerful cyclone in just one town, confirming fears of a spiraling death toll from the storm's 12-foot tidal surges and high winds that ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Myanmar_Cyclone_Toll_Tops_10K-5225-1-23815.htm
UN Chief Flying to Myanmar to Press for Access
Ban is scheduled to attend a meeting of international aid donors in Yangon, the Myanmar capital, on Sunday, at which he said he hoped to help coordinate aid, along with Myanmar's neighbors in the 10- member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/UN_Chief_Flying_to_Myanmar_to_Pr-5225-1-25899.htm
