Two West Michigan natives expect to be back in Myanmar by Sunday morning, putting themselves to work as "human mules" to assist thousands of people dying from thirst, starvation and disease in the wake of Cyclone Nargis. "If we can't get safe water to -
UTAPAO, Thailand - The United States has launched its first relief airlift to Myanmar for last week's cyclone victims. A military C-130 cargo plane packed with supplies left a Thai air force base Monday for Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon. Two more air shi
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's monumental task of feeding and sheltering 1.5 million cyclone survivors suffered yet another blow Sunday when a boat laden with relief supplies — one of the first international shipments — sank on its way to the disaster zone.
For the people living along Burma's Payapon river the slow-moving waters have always been a sustainer of life, providing irrigation, fish and clean water; but now the same river is delivering the corpses of hundreds of people killed by Cyclone Nargis.
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