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The refusal to allow doctors and relief experts to enter in large numbers contributed to a concern that starvation and disease could kill as many people as the cyclone.
Six days after a cyclone, it is clear the damage is great and that little aid has made it to villagers along the sea south of Yangon.
A reporter in Yangon found little talk among monks of protests in connection with Saturday?s referendum.
A Times reporter in Yangon found that basic utilities have yet to be restored and that streets were choked with fallen trees, showing how difficult recovery from the cyclone could be.
J. B. Jeyaretnam, the grand old man of Singapore?s political opposition, is ready to joust with the political establishment after six years of political banishment.
As South Africa?s president arrived for talks, new evidence emerged of government attacks on the opposition.
