Cyclone Ravages Burmese Delta

Neighbors to Press Burma on Response
Article | Southeast Asian countries are scrambling to demonstrate that they can lead the international effort to assist cyclone victims in neighboring Burma, with a meeting planned for Monday at which foreign ministers will confront their Burmese counterpart over the government's response to the crisis.

Burmese Aid Request Stirs Concerns
Article | Burma's military junta is seeking up to $11.7 billion in reconstruction aid at a donor conference scheduled this weekend in Rangoon, the former Burmese capital, raising fears among human rights activists and Western governments that Tropical Cyclone Nargis could become a diplomatic and financial ...

How to Help
Article | The Burmese government has asked United Nations agencies and foreign governments for assistance in emergency relief efforts. Many countries are funneling disaster aid through U.N. agencies and the Red Cross.

Burma: Desperation Mounts
| Suzanne DiMaggio, director of the Asian Social Issues Program at Asia Society, discusses the current situation in Burma.

Post-Disaster Aid in Burma, China
| Christoph Gorder, who is coordinating Burma and China relief as vice president of AmeriCares, discusses the post-disaster situations in Burma and China, the bureaucratic hurdles slowing interantional aid, and how Americans can help the victims.

Burma Arrests Celebrity Critic Who Organized Cyclone Relief
Article | BANGKOK, June 6 -- In the weeks after Tropical Cyclone Nargis battered Burma's Irrawaddy Delta, Burma's most famous comedian -- a dentist known by his stage name, Zarganar, or "Tweezers" -- spearheaded efforts by about 400 Burmese artists to collect and distribute food, mosquito nets, blankets and...