The United Nations Friday appealed for $187 million to fund international efforts to assist Myanmar's 1.5 million people affected by Cyclone Nargis.
US expected its planes carrying aid would be let in, but that did not happen.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/myanmars-ruling-junta-still-wary-of-taking-foreign-aid/64932-2.html
The military says aid is welcome but not relief teams.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/myanmar-death-toll-spirals-but-politics-over-aid-continues/64917-2.html
After international criticism over aid politics, more criticism for Myanmar.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india-alerted-myanmar-36-hrs-before-nargis-struck/64891-2.html
A US diplomat in Myanmar says more than 1 lakh people may have died.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/myanmar-cyclone-survivors-still-wait-for-help/64873-2.html
But UN still complains about the Myanmar government's refusal to allow in more aid.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india-starts-operation-sahayata-to-help-myanmar/64865-2.html
Many relief orgs haven't been able to get staff and equipment into Myanmar.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/no-relief-aid-agencies-blame-myanmars-red-tape/64812-2.html
Aid officials in Myanmar say the death toll from Cyclone Nargis may be 80,000.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/myanmar-death-toll-may-touch-1-lakh/64795-2.html
Official sources say that the final death toll could be around 1 lakh people.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/junta-unwilling-to-accept-aid-from-the-us/64794-2.html
Disease, hunger and thirst pose threat to survivors of Cyclone Nargis.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/after-nargis-myanmar-fights-disease--toll-22500/64727-2.html
Cyclone Nargis has killed nearly 10,000 people in the Bogolay district.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/cyclone-nargis-10000-dead-in-bogolay-district-alone/64711-2.html
Yangon is in the grip of a severe water and food crisis.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/myanmar-cyclone-death-toll-soars-above-22000/64680-2.html
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