Meteor Blades has a post up at Daily Kos with links to a couple of other articles regarding the plight of the Burmese people following Nargis. The devastation is immense.Caminante has another post up today on Myanmar.
Update:
And Mimi has a great prayer that she found on Beliefnet.
Episcopal Relief and Development responds.
Here are the headlines tonight:
Myanmar under pressure to open its borders to aid
Reuters UK - 2 hours ago
By Aung Hla Tun YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government came under pressure on Wednesday to open its borders to more international help after a devastating cyclone that a US diplomat said may have killed more than 100000 people.
'Myanmar deaths may hit 100000' Jerusalem Post
Comment by Tion Kwa Bernard Schwartz Fellow, Asia Society
First UN aid flights start arriving in Myanmar
Reuters - 59 minutes ago
By Aung Hla Tun YANGON, May 8 (Reuters) - The first United Nations relief flights started to arrive on Thursday for cyclone victims in military-ruled Myanmar as a US diplomat said that more than 100000 people may have been killed.
Myanmar faces pressure to allow major aid effort International Herald Tribune
Aid Arrives in Myanmar as Cyclone Death Toll Rises (Update1) Bloomberg
La mitad de la ayuda prometida por Pekín ya está en Myanmar
Terra España - hace 40 minutos
El 50 por ciento de la ayuda prometida por Pekín a Myanmar (antigua Birmania) e integrado por materiales como mantas, tiendas de campaña y galletas fue entregada por el embajador chino en Rangún (Yangon) a la Junta militar gobernante, ...
La cifra de muertos por el ciclón en Birmania puede superar los ... El Periódico
Rice insta a la Junta birmana a autorizar la entrada de ayuda ... La Vanguardia
--the BB
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