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Myanmar’s Delta: Water World

Thu, 08 May 2008 01:17:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: On April 15, rivers and lakes are sharply defined against a backdrop of vegetation and fallow agricultural land…. The wetlands near the shore are a deep blue green. Cyclone Nargis came ashore across the mouths of the Irrawaddy and followed the coastline northeast. The entire coastal plain is flooded in the May 5 image.

Clip Source: dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com

The team managing the data flowing from instruments on NASA’s Terra satellite has posted a pair of images of the Irrawaddy River delta in Myanmar before and after Cyclone Nargis struck, showing vividly the amount of land that was submerged. Our package of cyclone coverage is being updated continually by Seth Mydans, Tom Fuller, and contributors from South Asia. These images provide the view from on high.

Images of the Irrawaddy River delta before and after the cyclone. (Credit: NASA/MODIS Rapid Response Team)

Tags: myanmar, delta, flood

Death toll nears 100,000 in Myanmar

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:43:48 GMT

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Clip Source: afp.google.com

The death toll from the Myanmar cyclone could top 100,000, the top US diplomat in the country said Wednesday, as thousands of shell-shocked survivors emerged from the flood waters, desperate for food.

The dramatic warning came as global pressure mounted on Myanmar's ruling generals to open up to foreign aid, with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calling it a "critical moment" for one of the world's poorest nations.

UN humanitarian chief John Holmes said the country once known as Burma was facing a "major catastrophe", urging the junta to facilitate the arrival of disaster relief teams and the distribution of badly-needed emergency supplies.

An AFP reporter who reached the town of Labutta in the remote southern Irrawaddy delta hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis, which officially left more than 65,000 dead or missing, said there was virtually no food or fresh water left.

Tags: myanmar, cyclone, death toll

Nude Beach Beer

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:35:11 GMT

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Clip Source: www.pointbeer.com

Clip Source: blogs.usatoday.com

A Wisconsin brewery is tapping into a subculture "it didn't know existed" to promote its Nude Beach Summer Wheat beer, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

Joe Martino, Stevens Point Brewery operating partner, tells the newspaper his company came up with the name during a brainstorming session.

The name drew immediate inquiries from the American Association for Nude Recreation.

Now Martino will provide 25 cases of Nude Beach -- described as a wheat beer with a "full-bodied, yet smooth and creamy" taste -- for the group's convention in Michigan in return for some ads in the group's member publications.

Martino is excited about the exposure but says he won't attend: "I might have attended 20 years ago, when my body was in better shape."

Tags: nude, beach, beer

Video shows Philly cops beating suspects

Wed, 07 May 2008 15:14:42 GMT

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Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Text Version of Philly cops beating suspects

Wed, 07 May 2008 15:09:18 GMT

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Clip Source: blogs.usatoday.com

If you can't watch the clip, here's how The Philadelphia Inquirer describes its contents:

The video shows police cars chasing a gold sedan to a stop in the 3700 block of North Second Street, where about six to eight officers, with guns drawn, swarm over the sedan. As more officers race up to the car, one beats the passenger's side with a baton.

All four doors are pulled open, and as each of the three men is pulled from the car, he is tossed to the street and surrounded by three to five officers. Three or four officers begin trying to handcuff the driver and can be seen delivering at least 13 kicks to his head and sides, as well as several punches.

The passenger pulled from the rear seat is kicked by four officers and struck four or five times by an officer who appears to be wielding a baton. A canine officer stands nearby, restraining an excited police dog.

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Wed, 07 May 2008 05:05:40 GMT

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