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At least 62 people were killed as cyclone “Aila” ravaged the southern coastlines of Bangladesh, where tidal surges inundated vast tracts of land and breached coastal embankments, officials said on Tuesday.
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Direct talks between arch foes, Israel and Iran, in 30 years, were held under the auspices of an initiative of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
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At least 21 people died Monday when Cyclone Aila swept through the coastal Indian state of West Bengal, authorities said.
The Press Trust of India said officials...
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The United Nations has been diplomatically trying to persuade Burma leaders for a long time. They tried by sending envoys. They talked with beautiful...
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The government of Bangladesh has decided to plant 100 million trees to increase the effectiveness of the “natural fence” against frequent floods and...
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Cyclone survivors in Burma are still begging for help. The international community cannot expect anything positive from a government that failed to even warn its...
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A new terror is stalking the survivors of Burma’s cyclone, as villagers in the deeply superstitious country tell of being haunted by the ghosts of those who perished...
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As the cyclone raged around him, Ko Zaw Min clung to a tree with one arm and clutched his newborn son with the other. He watched as the boy died in his arm, and then...
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According to The Sun, the death toll in cyclone-ravaged Burma could hit 500,000 if the ruling military junta still does not allow foreign aid into the country....
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Almost 4,000 people were killed and nearly 3,000 others are unaccounted for after a devastating cyclone in Myanmar, a state radio station said Monday.Foreign Minister...
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The death toll from the cyclone that hit Myanmar over the weekend has reached 3,969, state television said Monday, warning that thousands more could be dead.
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A powerful cyclone killed more than 350 people, destroyed thousands of homes and knocked out power in the country’s largest city.
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Irrawaddy Delta:
Young boys play near a pond as bent power poles can be seen in the background Saturday, April 11, 2009, in Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Delata region which was devastated by Cyclone Nargis a year ago. Nature has concealed the scars in this tangle of narrow...
