Bangkok/Yangon  - The official death toll from Cyclone Nargis has increased to 43,318, Myanmar state-run media reported, but relief organizations said Friday the number of dead could be much higher

Yangon  - Myanmar's controversial referendum - held on May 10 in the wake of the destruction w

Yangon - Myanmar's controversial referendum - held on May 10 in the wake of the destruction wrought by Cyclone Nargis - has ratified a constitution designed to cement the military's political power

Bangkok/Yangon -  A desperate international push to get food, water and medicine out to remote ar

Yangon  - They allegedly can be recognized by their sophisticated cellphones.

Myanmar, a country ruled by the military for the past 46 years, is a spy state. Government agents lurk in every corner, and also in the hotels of the country's largest city and main port, Yangon, formerly known as Rangoon, where now many foreign journalists have gathered in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis.

Reporters who attract too much attention are immediately taken to the airport and deported. Myanmar's rulers have little regard for the concept of a free press.

Yangon, May 12 : After long negotiations with Myanmar’s military rulers, the U. S. launched its first aid-flight to Myanmar today and will send two more air shipments on Tuesday.