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"There is absolutely no help here at all. We are the only outsiders they've seen, no government soldiers and no aid agencies. There is talk of entire villages having been wiped out, of numerous bodies still floating in the water. We're not sure how long the refugees can last without help from the outside world. "
CNN Reporter Dan Rivers
Rivers was reporting from a delta village in Myanmar, in the midst of the destruction wrought by Cyclone Nargis.

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Middle East
  • UAE, Britain sign pact on peaceful use of n-energy
  • Bush arrives in Riyadh for talks with Saudi King
  • New Omani governate to encourage Indian investments
  • US, UAE to sign pact on education cooperation
  • Five Taliban militants killed

    General Editorials
  • Asset securitization at root of banking malaise
  • Sen. Specter is pushing Spygate too far
  • Divisions fester, but the U.S. is unable to help
  • Did Thatcher get raw deal over her Sermon on the Mound
  • Magazine surely has a million reasons to help cyclone families

    Jewish
  • National Jewish Democratic Council Speaks Out Against McCain Hypocrisies
  • African Americans Look to Judaism
  • In Qatar, Muslim, Jewish clerics meet
  • Obama Takes On Bush Comments, Signaling That General Election May Already Be Blazing

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