Not Our Problemby digbyI hate to interrupt the ongoing flag pin and orange juice obsessions, but this seems like a big deal to me:Troops dug burial pits in this...

Despite the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, the country's military junta has refused most offers of aid. Their resistance has led some to call for a...

YANGON (Reuters) - Western powers kept up the pressure on Myanmar's generals on Thursday to allow a massive aid effort as relief workers struggled to help an estimated...

Anne Applebaum, David Cameron, and others are calling for the rest of the world to ignore the junta and just start blanketing the country with aid from the air. It's...

Today’s edition of quick hits. * The aftermath in China continues to unfold: “Rescuers arrived for the first time in the epicenter of China’s massive...

Radio AustraliaMonitors needed to protect Myanmar aid--rights groupInquirer.net - 11 hours agoThe New York-based watchdog said it had reports that some aid intended...

Washington PostSaving BurmaTIME - 3 hours agoBefore Nargis struck Burma, also known as Myanmar, no one outside the paranoid clique of Burmese generals imagined that...

Posted by Sanjay Jain, Product Manager and Lalitesh Katragadda, Software EngineerAfter Cyclone Nargis hit the Ayeyarwaddy (Irrawaddy) delta last week, we heard from a lot...

MSN IndiaMyanmar says constitution approved by 92.4 percentAFP - 7 hours agoYANGON (AFP) - Myanmar's military-backed constitution was approved by 92.4 percent in...

As many as 3.2 million Burmese are estimated to be affected by the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis, according to geographic risk models developed by researchers from...

ITV.comBritish PM: UN Plans Emergency Summit in Asia Regarding BurmaVoice of America - 1 hour agoBy VOA News British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the United...

China Earthquake: The AP reported that the death toll from Monday's earthquake in China climbed above 10,000: The 7.9-magnitude quake devastated a region of small cities...

KCBY.com 11Rain threatens Myanmar survivorsAljazeera.net - 1 hour agoSurvivors of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar are facing a new threat from heavy rains that could cut...

World Vision is addressing the emotional and physical needs of children impacted by Cyclone Nargis by setting up safe play places where they can regain a sense of...

YANGON (Reuters) - Western powers kept up the pressure on Myanmar's generals on Thursday to allow a massive aid effort as relief workers struggled to help an estimated...

Amos Avgar, executive director of the International Development Program of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, just left Yangon, Myanmar. He discusses the...

Burma makes China look like world leader on human rights. The troops in China are pitching in to help Chinese eathquake victims, while in Burma the troops have blocked...

10 Downing Street (press release)Czechs send aid to Burma crisisPrague Post - 1 hour agoBy Ondřej Bouda According to the latest United Nations estimates, up to 1.5...

Links to Cyclone Nargis-related data viewable in Google Earth are available at Google Earth Blog, Google LatLong and humanitarian.info. Via Ogle Earth. Previously:...

YANGON, Myanmar — A Red Cross boat carrying rice and drinking water for cyclone victims sank Sunday, while the death toll jumped to more than 28,000 and aid groups...