'The future is dark and gloomy'
A Myanmar cyclone victim says she is lucky to have survived cyclone Nargis, but fears the future.
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Myanmar: We have our own team
14/05/2008 19:21
Thailand's prime minister says Myanmar's ruling junta gave him its "guarantee" that there were no disease outbreaks and no starvation among cyclone survivors.

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  • Cyclone toll may top 200 000
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    The number of dead or missing after cyclone Nargis could top 200 000, a British minister citing aid agencies in the country has warned.
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  • 35 dead after Jaipur blasts


  • China warns of burst dams
    14/05/2008 15:53
    As the death toll from China's earthquake climbs towards 15 000, officials have warned of calamities downstream from broken rivers and dams strained to bursting point.
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  • Finger-pointing as toll climbs
  • Quake: Full horror emerges


  • Finger-pointing as toll climbs
    14/05/2008 14:08
    As more kids were pulled from quake rubble, questions have emerged over whether corruption and shoddy construction were to blame for the heavy toll.
  • Pregnant woman pulled to safety
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  • Slideshow: Devastation in China


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  • Bush hails enduring alliance
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  • 'The future is dark and gloomy'
    14/05/2008 14:04
    A Myanmar cyclone victim says she is lucky to have survived cyclone Nargis, as she recounts her ordeal.
  • Fresh cyclone fears for Myanmar
  • Curfew in Myanmar villages
  • Body bags sent to Myanmar


  • Pregnant woman pulled to safety
    14/05/2008 13:22
    A Chinese woman - eight months pregnant -has been pulled to safety after spending 50 hours trapped under earthquake rubble.

    Quake: Full horror emerges
    14/05/2008 12:04
    Rescuers in China have discovered whole towns all but wiped off the map after a devastating quake, pushing the death toll above 20 000.
  • Towns 'flattened' in quake zone
  • 19 000 buried under rubble
  • 2 000 tourists missing in China


  • Fresh cyclone fears for Myanmar
    14/05/2008 12:03
    The UN has warned that another cyclone could be forming over Myanmar, where up to two million people are still awaiting aid after Cyclone Nargis.
  • Myanmar regime 'stealing aid'
  • Junta 'can handle aid efforts'
  • Curfew in Myanmar villages


  • Arsonists blamed for US fires
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    Investigators are searching for one or more arsonists behind a string of fires that have destroyed at least 40 homes in Florida.
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  • 4 questioned over deadly blasts
    14/05/2008 09:55
    Police have questioned four people in connection with a string of bombings that killed 80 people and left about 200 injured.
  • 80 dead in Jaipur blasts
  • 35 dead after Jaipur blasts
  • Blasts rock Indian tourist city


  • Towns 'flattened' in quake zone
    14/05/2008 09:50
    Some towns near the epicentre of China's earthquake have been "razed to the ground" with no houses left standing, an official says.
  • 19 000 buried under rubble
  • 2 000 tourists missing in China
  • China earthquake toll climbs


  • Bush gave up golf over Iraq
    14/05/2008 09:49
    US President George W Bush has revealed he was disappointed in "flawed intelligence" before the Iraq war and gave up golf out of respect for soldiers.
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