Torrential tropical downpours lashed Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta on Friday, deepening the misery of an estimated 2.5 million destitute survivors of Cyclone Nargis and further hampering the military government's aid efforts.
Since the storm on 3 May, supplies of aid including medicine and food have been sent in dribs and drabs because the junta has kept tight restrictions on foreign aid workers and equipment.
ndow in search of bits of bread or a T-shirt.

Officials say 92% of the ballots cast supported a document that critics say is a sham meant to strengthen the military regime.
From a Times Staff Writer
he referendum results appeared to be greeted with quiet resignation in rain-soaked Yangon, also known as Rangoon.

YANGON: More than 1.5 million people are at risk from disease unless a tsunami-like aid effort is mobilised, aid agency Oxfarm warned last night.

AP YANGON, Myanmar -- More food reached Myanmar's hungry cyclone victims as roads were cleared of fallen trees, but a British aid group warned that up to