Left: Burmese boys hold plastic tarpaulin given by the Seattle-based charity, World Concern. Right: A woman looks at a destroyed telephone booth in Yangon,

By KRISTINA WONG A half-clothed baby's body entangled in brush. Rows of lifeless children lying on the muddy ground, the face of one of them blue.

As the death toll in the cyclone-ridden nation of Myanmar doubled to nearly 78000 Friday, Burmese monks fasted outside the United Nations to pray for the

INSIDE MYANMAR -- Devastation and despair is widespread in regions of Myanmar flattened by cyclone Nargis on May 3, a Global National reporter inside the

SALESIAN religious in Australia are anxiously awaiting regular first-hand updates of the unfolding human tragedy in Burma (Myanmar) in the wake of Cyclone

Yangon, May 15, 2008 / 08:02 pm (CNA).- Catholic partners of the global charity Caritatis Internationalis have begun delivering aid to the people of Myanmar

Very sad. For our human rights article of the day - in honor of Blog Catalog's Unite For Human Rights Day - the spotlight is on Myanmar and Burma.

As the floodwaters of Cyclone Nargis began to recede from Myanmar's low-lying Irrawaddy Delta this week, at least one regional leader was quick to note that

YANGON (Reuters) - Torrential tropical downpours lashed Myanmar's cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta on Friday as thousands of destitute victims took to roadsides

Experts have warned that the aid trickling into Burma is inadequate for the scale of the disaster. Burmese blogs and news sites have been documenting the

An Australian opposition party member has suggested a regime change in Myanmar if the generals continue to let the humanitarian crisis escalate.

YANGON: Myanmar said yesterday that more than 133000 people were dead or missing in the cyclone disaster, nearly doubling the toll from the worst disaster

AP YANGON, Myanmar - The official death toll from Myanmar's cyclone has nearly doubled to almost 78000 and another 56000 people remain missing two weeks

Nargis developed over the Bay of Bengal in the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. The deadly tropical storm hit five divisions and states within

The earthquake in Sichuan has displaced the Burmese cyclone disaster from the news and invites grim death toll comparisons.