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UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari (right) shakes hand with Myanmar Foreign ...

(AFP) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:49:40 GMT

(AFP) - UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari (right) shakes hand with Myanmar Foreign Minister Nyan Win in Yangon on August 18. Gambari toured Myanmar's cyclone-struck delta Tuesday while on a mission to push the junta to re-open talks with detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi a year after mass anti-government protests.(AFP/Myanmar News Agency)

Storm survivors queue up in the rain to collect relief goods ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:16:51 GMT

(AFP/File) - Storm survivors queue up in the rain to collect relief goods in Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta region in July 2008. Canada on Thursday committed 30 million dollars to help victims of the recent devastating earthquake in China and 11 million for those affected by the Nargis cyclone in Myanmar.(AFP/File/Khin Maung Win)

Storm survivors stand on wooden planks salvaged from homes destroyed ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:52:36 GMT

(AFP/File) - Storm survivors stand on wooden planks salvaged from homes destroyed by Cyclone Nargis in Mawlattmyinchun in Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta region in July 2008. The United Nations estimates that 1.56 million dollars of international cyclone aid has been lost due to the military regime's complex foreign currency rules, a top official said Thursday.(AFP/File/Khin Maung Win)

Storm survivors gather in the rain to collect relief goods from ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:52:36 GMT

(AFP/File) - Storm survivors gather in the rain to collect relief goods from private donors in Mawlattmyinchun in Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta region in July 2008. The United Nations estimates that 1.56 million dollars of international cyclone aid has been lost due to the military regime's complex foreign currency rules, a top official said Thursday.(AFP/File/Khin Maung Win)

FILE**In this May 22, 2008 file photo, a boat lies on its side ...

(AP) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:29:34 GMT

(AP) - FILE**In this May 22, 2008 file photo, a boat lies on its side by a village damaged by Cyclone Nargis in this aerial view in the Irrawaddy delta, Myanmar from the helicopter carrying United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. A rare bird's-eye look at Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta shows the devastation still left from Cyclone Nargis, broken levies, flooded farm roads, the shattered remains of bamboo huts and trees strewn like matchsticks along the coast. (AP Photo/Stan Honda, Pool, FILE)

In this July 18, 2008 file photo, a man carries supplies as ...

(AP) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:10:16 GMT

(AP) - In this July 18, 2008 file photo, a man carries supplies as he walks in a field in an area outside of Yangon, Myanmar. According to some foreign aid agencies, the vast majority of victims from Cyclone Nargis have received some assistance but very few have received enough to get them through the next three months and almost no one has received enough assistance to enable them to rebuild their lives. (AP Photo/FILE)

In this July 18, 2008 file photo, newly built houses made of ...

(AP) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:06:10 GMT

(AP) - In this July 18, 2008 file photo, newly built houses made of light materials for Cyclone Nargis victims, are reflected in the water in an area outside of Yangon, Myanmar. According to a recent assessment by the U.N., Myanmar government and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, more than 450,000 houses were destroyed with total damage in the delta and part of Yangon estimated at US $4 billion. (AP Photo/FILE)

In this July 18, 2008 file photo, workers use donated bricks ...

(AP) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:04:39 GMT

(AP) - In this July 18, 2008 file photo, workers use donated bricks to rebuild a damaged path in their village outside of Yangon, Myanmar. According to a recent assessment by the U.N., Myanmar government and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, more than 450,000 houses were destroyed by Cyclone Nagris, with total damage in the delta and part of Yangon estimated at US $4 billion. (AP Photo/FILE)

In this July 24, 2008 file photo, a Cyclone Nargis victim fixes ...

(AP) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:03:05 GMT

(AP) - In this July 24, 2008 file photo, a Cyclone Nargis victim fixes a tarpaulin that serves as a roof for his house in an area outside of Yangon, Myanmar. According to a recent assessment by the U.N., Myanmar government and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, more than 450,000 houses were destroyed with total damage in the delta and part of Yangon estimated at US $4 billion. (AP Photo/FILE)

In this July 24, 2008 file photo, Cyclone Nargis victims rebuild ...

(AP) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:01:16 GMT

(AP) - In this July 24, 2008 file photo, Cyclone Nargis victims rebuild their house made of light materials donated mostly from private donors and foreign agencies in an area outside of Yangon, Muanmar. According to a recent assessment by the U.N., Myanmar government and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, more than 450,000 houses were destroyed with total damage in the delta and part of Yangon estimated at US $4 billion. (AP Photo/FILE)

This picture released by UNICEF shows the UN human rights envoy ...

(AFP/UNICEF/File) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:54:28 GMT

(AFP/UNICEF/File) - This picture released by UNICEF shows the UN human rights envoy for Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana (C), talking with schoolchildren during a visit to the Cyclone Nargis affected area at Kyaukalat village on August 05, 2008. Quintana said he had received "good signs" that the ruling junta accepted the need for his mandate to investigate widespread claims of abuses in the country.(AFP/UNICEF/File)

In this photo released by United Nations Information Center ...

(AP) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:17:25 GMT

(AP) - In this photo released by United Nations Information Center Yangon, Tomas Ojea Quintana, the U.N. Human Rights Council investigator for Myanmar, top right, plays with Myanmar schoolchildren as he inspects cyclone-davasted Irrawaddy river delta at Kyaukalat village in Myanmar Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008. Quintana is in Myanmar on a four-day mission to the country. (AP Photo/UNIC Yangon, HO)

Myanmar children take part in a lesson inside a temporary tented ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:50:56 GMT

(AFP/File) - Myanmar children take part in a lesson inside a temporary tented school in Kungyangon, some 70 kms south of Yangon on August 2, 2008. The new UN human rights envoy for Myanmar on Tuesday toured remote parts of the Irrawaddy Delta still reeling from a killer cyclone that struck the country three months ago, a senior official said.(AFP/File/Khin Maung Win)

The U.N.'s new human rights envoy to Myanmar, Tomas Ojea ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:26:12 GMT

(Reuters) - The U.N.'s new human rights envoy to Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana (back L), is briefed by the leader of the Tripartite Core Group, Myanmar's Deputy Foreign Minister Kyaw Thu (back R), on the relief and recovery efforts following the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis, in Yangon August 3, 2008. Quintana started his first mission to the military-ruled Southeast Asian nation on Monday, four days before the 20th anniversary of brutally crushed democracy protests. Picture taken August 3, 2008. REUTERS/UNIC Yangon/Handout (MYANMAR)

In this Sept. 24, 2007 file photo, Myanmar comedian Zarganar, ...

(AP) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:22:58 GMT

(AP) - In this Sept. 24, 2007 file photo, Myanmar comedian Zarganar, who uses only one name, is seen joining the street protest in Yangon, Myanmar. The famous Myanmar comedian and three other activists who helped deliver relief supplies to cyclone victims could be imprisoned for two years on charges of causing public unrest, his lawyer said Saturday. Comedian Zarganar and the others appeared in court inside Insein prison on Wednesday, according to Aung Thein, their attorney. (AP Photo/File)

Statues of penguins are seen Sunday, July 20, 2008, at the zoo ...

(AP) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:58:03 GMT

(AP) - Statues of penguins are seen Sunday, July 20, 2008, at the zoo in Myanmar's new capital of Naypyitaw. Myanmar, having recently experienced a destructive cyclone that left tens of thousands dead and many more homeless, has built an air conditioned exhibit for five penguins. (AP Photo/Barry Broman)

Penguins are seen Sunday, July 20, 2008, at the zoo in Myanmar's ...

(AP) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:57:33 GMT

(AP) - Penguins are seen Sunday, July 20, 2008, at the zoo in Myanmar's new capital of Naypyitaw. Myanmar, having recently experienced a destructive cyclone that left tens of thousands dead and many more homeless, has built a 24-hour a day air conditioned exhibit for five penguins. (AP Photo/Barry Broman)

An unidentified western tourist visits the Penguin exhibit Sunday, ...

(AP) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:57:22 GMT

(AP) - An unidentified western tourist visits the Penguin exhibit Sunday, July 20, 2008, at the zoo in Myanmar's new capital of Naypyitaw. Myanmar, having recently experienced a destructive cyclone that left tens of thousands dead and many more homeless, has built a 24-hour a day air conditioned exhibit for five penguins. (AP Photo/Barry Broman)

A village, hit by Cyclone Nargis, in the Irrawaddy delta region ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:38:26 GMT

(Reuters) - A village, hit by Cyclone Nargis, in the Irrawaddy delta region of Myanmar is seen in this picture taken June 5, 2008. (GMI/Handout/Reuters)

Storm survivors queue up in the rain to collect relief goods ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:23:45 GMT

(AFP/File) - Storm survivors queue up in the rain to collect relief goods in Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta region on July 4. The UN aid operation in cyclone-hit Myanmar has lost around 10 million dollars due to distortions in the country's official exchange rate, the world body's humanitarian chief said Monday.(AFP/File/Khin Maung Win)

People displaced by Cyclone Nargis at a refugee camp in Kyondah ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:17:22 GMT

(Reuters) - People displaced by Cyclone Nargis at a refugee camp in Kyondah village, Myanmar, May 22, 2008. (Stan Honda/Pool/Reuters)

A woman walks amongst the debris of homes still being occupied ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:50:19 GMT

(AFP/File) - A woman walks amongst the debris of homes still being occupied in the Irrawaddy Delta in May. Nearly three months after a cyclone devastated Myanmar's southern Irrawaddy delta, local firms are helping survivors replace their makeshift shelters with eco-friendly modern homes.(AFP/File/Khin Maung Win)

Storm survivors stand on wooden planks salvaged from homes destroyed ...

(AFP) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:50:19 GMT

(AFP) - Storm survivors stand on wooden planks salvaged from homes destroyed by Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta on July 4. Nearly three months after a cyclone devastated Myanmar's southern Irrawaddy delta, local firms are helping survivors replace their makeshift shelters with eco-friendly modern homes.(AFP/Khin Maung Win)

Ko Nyi Thaut left, 53, who lost six of his seven children to ...

(AP) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:28:31 GMT

(AP) - Ko Nyi Thaut left, 53, who lost six of his seven children to the cyclone, sits with other farmers as he tells the need for them to rush working in the rice field in order to feed their families in this July 6, 2008 photo in the Irrawaddy Delta in Myanmar. With only 30 percent of the affected areas have been planted with rice, thousands of farmers rush to work for they put their hope for survival in this planting season or they will have to wait for the next planting season with nothing to feed their family. (AP Photo)

Ko Nyi Thaut, 53, who lost six of his children to the cyclone, ...

(AP) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:21:56 GMT

(AP) - Ko Nyi Thaut, 53, who lost six of his children to the cyclone, explains the need for him to rush working in the rice field in order for his remaining three children and wife to survive in this July 6, 2008 photo in the Irrawaddy Delta in Myanmar. (AP Photo)

A farmer tills his land in cyclone-hit Kanzeik village of Irrawaddy ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:58:38 GMT

(AFP/File) - A farmer tills his land in cyclone-hit Kanzeik village of Irrawaddy Delta in May. Aid agencies say that means farmers used to providing food for the rest of the nation will themselves have to rely on handouts, at least until the end of the year.(AFP/File)

A farmer shows damaged rice seeds that won't usuable for ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:58:38 GMT

(AFP/File) - A farmer shows damaged rice seeds that won't usuable for the planting season on the outskirts of Yangon in May. Aid agencies say that means farmers used to providing food for the rest of the nation will themselves have to rely on handouts, at least until the end of the year.(AFP/File)

A farmer ploughs a field with water buffalo in the outskirts ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:58:38 GMT

(AFP/File) - A farmer ploughs a field with water buffalo in the outskirts of Yangon in May 23. Aid agencies say that means farmers used to providing food for the rest of the nation will themselves have to rely on handouts, at least until the end of the year.(AFP/File)

US activist and actress Mia Farrow, seen here addressing the ...

(AFP) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:19:41 GMT

(AFP) - US activist and actress Mia Farrow, seen here addressing the press in Bangkok, joined other prominent women activists to slam Myanmar's ruling junta on its human rights record in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis.(AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)

Fishing boats are tied along the riverbank Sunday, July 6, 2008 ...

(AP) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:32:26 GMT

(AP) - Fishing boats are tied along the riverbank Sunday, July 6, 2008 along the Irrawady Delta area in Myanmar. Cyclone Nagris lashed the area in early May, killing at least 84,500 people, including some 27,000 fishermen. (AP Photo)

A fisherman uses a net on two poles to catch fish along an irrigation ...

(AP) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:31:55 GMT

(AP) - A fisherman uses a net on two poles to catch fish along an irrigation canal in the rice field Friday, July 18, 2008 in a village in Yangon City, Myanmar. Cyclone Nagris lashed the area in early May, killing at least 84,500 people including some 27,000 fishermen. (AP Photo)

Workers stack supplies on pallets to be loaded onto a United ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:44:56 GMT

(AFP/File) - Workers stack supplies on pallets to be loaded onto a United Nations/World Food Programme airplane (rear) in May in Bangkok for relief flights to Myanmar for Cyclone Nargis victims. The United Nations is to stop flying in aid to Myanmar next month, forcing relief agencies to find another way to bring in vital supplies to cyclone survivors, its logistics head told AFP Wednesday.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)