NASA satellite images show Tropical Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar
In this image from NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument on NASA's Aqua spacecraft, Cyclone Nargis is pictured when it was a Category one hurricane located 370 miles west of Yangon, Myanmar on May 1, 2008. Tropical Cyclone Nargis flooded the region on May 4, 2008. The death toll from the cyclone and its aftermath is feared to hit or exceed 100,000 lives. (UPI Photo/NASA/MODIS Rapid Response Team)
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BANGKOK, May 24 (UPI) -- The United Nations will operate its ongoing efforts to help the victims of the destructive cyclone in Myanmar through Bangkok, the U.N.'s leader said.
YANGON, Myanmar, May 23 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon prevailed on Myanmar military leader Gen. Than Shwe Friday to let foreign workers in the country for cyclone relief work.
YANGON, Myanmar, May 22 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Thursday complained to military leaders in cyclone-hit Myanmar that foreign relief workers have been kept out.
YANGON, Myanmar, May 21 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, en route to Myanmar, said Wednesday that aid to the stricken country "should not be politicized."
WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- There is nothing new or unprecedented in the scale of human suffering caused by Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and last week's earthquake in southwest China. But they both teach the old lesson that Nature is far from benign.
YANGON, Myanmar, May 19 (UPI) -- Myanmar's military regime agreed to let in experts from neighboring countries to assess the amount of aid needed by survivors of Cyclone Nargis.
YANGON, Myanmar, May 18 (UPI) -- The United Nations Sunday dispatched its top humanitarian relief coordinator to Myanmar to convince leaders to accept international aid, officials said.
LONDON, May 17 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has joined a chorus of condemnation of Myanmar's government, accusing it of "inhuman" acts by blocking relief aid.
YANGON, Myanmar, May 16 (UPI) -- The Myanmar government Friday increased its estimate of those killed by Cyclone Nargis to 78,000, approaching the 100,000 suggested by the United Nations.
YANGON, Myanmar, May 16 (UPI) -- The military junta ruling Myanmar claims that more than 90 percent of voters supported a new constitution.
