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In this photo released by Democratic Voice of Burma, giant billboard falls on a street in Yangon on Sunday May 4, 2008. More than 350 people have died in Myanmar from a powerful cyclone that knocked out power in the impoverished country's commercial capital and destroyed thousands of homes, state-run media said Sunday. (AP Photo/Democratic voice of Burma, HO) Residents clean up outside a restaurant destroyed by a devastating cyclone hit Sunday, May 4, 2008, in Yangon. The death toll from the cyclone has risen to almost 4,000, a Myanmar state radio station has said. The radio station broadcasting from the country's capital Naypyitaw said Monday that almost 3,000 more people are unaccounted for in a single town in the country's low-lying Irrawaddy River delta area. (AP Photo/Barry Broman) In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, monks clear up roads damaged by cyclone in Yangon, Sunday, May 4, 2008. Residents of Myanmar's biggest city lit candles Monday, May 5, lined up to buy water and hacked their way through trees fallen in a cyclone that killed more than 350 people, destroyed thousands of homes and caused widespread power cuts. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhang Yunfei) A bicycle taxi driver moves along through a damaged area of Yangon, Sunday, May 4, 2008, following cyclone Nargis. The death toll from a devastating cyclone has risen to almost 4,000, a Myanmar state radio station has said. The radio station broadcasting from the country's capital Naypyitaw said Monday that almost 3,000 more people are unaccounted for in a single town in the country's low-lying Irrawaddy River delta area. (AP Photo/Barry Broman) A resident of Yangon races for cover during as cyclone Nargis slams into the former capital of Myanmar Saturday, May 3, 2008. The death toll from the devastating cyclone has risen to almost 4,000, a Myanmar state radio station has said. (AP Photo/Barry Broman) Residents make their way through fallen trees Sunday, May 4, 2008, following cyclone Nargis. The death toll from the devastating cyclone has risen to almost 4,000, a Myanmar state radio station has said. The radio station broadcasting from the country's capital Naypyitaw said Monday that almost 3,000 more people are unaccounted for in a single town in the country's low-lying Irrawaddy River delta area. (AP Photo/Barry Broman) n this handout photo released by the Democratic Voice of Burma, trees are uprooted as part of the roof are seen falling on the ground after tropical cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon, on Sunday May 4, 2008. More than 350 people have died in Myanmar in a powerful cyclone that knocked out power in the impoverished country's commercial capital and destroyed thousands of homes, state-run media said. (AP Photo/Democratic Voice of Burma, HO) Map locates areas hit by Tropical Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. Yangon mayor Col. Aung Thein Lin, center, talks with workers as they attempt to get water to others Sunday, May 4, 2008, following cyclone Nargis. The death toll from the devastating cyclone has risen to almost 4,000, a Myanmar state radio station has said. (AP Photo/Barry Broman) n this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, local residents clear up roads following cyclone Nargis in Yangon, Sunday, May 4, 2008. Myanmar's foreign minister says the death toll from the cyclone that ripped through the country could reach 10,000. Foreign diplomats said Foreign Minister Nyan Win acknowledged the possibility of the high casualty figure at a Monday briefing given to them and representatives of U.N. and international aid agencies.(AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhang Yunfei) A Myanmar Buddhist Monk makes his way past a fallen tree following a devastating cyclone, Sunday, May 4, 2008, in Yangon. The death toll from the cyclone has risen to almost 4,000, a Myanmar state radio station has said. The radio station broadcasting from the country's capital Naypyitaw said Monday that almost 3,000 more people are unaccounted for in a single town in the country's low-lying Irrawaddy River delta area. (AP Photo/Barry Broman) This handout photo made on May 4, 2008, and released Monday, May 5, 2008, shows the damaged No. 3 State High School, in Hlaing Tharyar, on the outskirts of Rangoon following the cyclone in Hlaing Township, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Aung Pu via New Words) In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, man and woman take their child to a hospital in Yangon, Sunday, May 4, 2008. Residents of Myanmar's biggest city lit candles Monday, May 5, lined up to buy water and hacked their way through trees felled in a cyclone that killed more than 350 people, destroyed thousands of homes and caused widespread power cuts. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhang Yunfei) This image provided by NASA's MODIS instrument on board the Aqua satellite shows Cyclone Nargis in the Bay of Bengal Friday May 2, 2008. The image shows the storm traveling over Myanmar, with the storm's well-defined eye visible just off the western coast. When the storm made landfall at Cape Negrais, Nargis had sustained winds of up to 130 mph and gusts of 150-160 mph, making the storm a strong Category 3 or minimal Category 4. Damage and casualties from Myanmar have not yet been reported. (AP Photo/NASA) First lady Laura Bush makes a statement in the White House press room, Monday, May 5, 2008, about the situation in Myanmar. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) This handout photo made on May 4, 2008, and released Monday, May 5, 2008, shows the Labor Residential Area in Shan Kyaung Ward on the outskirts of Rangoon following the cyclone, in Hlaing Township, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Aung Pu via New Words) Myanmar soldiers unload boxes of supplies from a Thai transport plane at Yangon airport in Myanmar Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta, where nearly 22,000 people perished, remained largely cut off from the rest of the world Tuesday, four days after a cyclone unleashed winds, floods and high tidal waves on the densely populated region. (AP Photo) An aerial view of devastation caused by the cyclone Nargis on Saturday, is seen at an unknown location in Myanmar, Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta, where nearly 22,000 people perished, remained largely cut off from the rest of the world Tuesday, four days after a cyclone unleashed winds, floods and high tidal waves on the densely populated region. (AP Photo) A man walks, with his head covered in the rain, at Shwedagone pagoda following last weekend's cyclone, Tuesday, May 6, 2008, in Yangon. Myanmar announced Tuesday it is delaying a crucial constitutional referendum in areas badly hit by a cyclone that killed more than 10,000 people and may have left as many as a million homeless. Officials feared the death toll could soar. (AP Photo) A Myanmar man sits under a fallen tree following the weekend's devastating cyclone, Tuesday, May 6, 2008, in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar announced Tuesday it is delaying a crucial constitutional referendum in areas badly hit by the cyclone that killed more than 10,000 people and may have left as many as a million homeless. Officials feared the death toll could soar. (AP Photo) Myanmar girl makes her way past a bus station destroyed by a last weekend cyclone, Tuesday, May 6, 2008, in Yangon. Myanmar announced Tuesday it is delaying a crucial constitutional referendum in areas badly hit by a cyclone that killed more than 10,000 people and may have left as many as a million homeless. Officials feared the death toll could soar. (AP photo) A resident walks past a tree fallen by a devastating cyclone, Tuesday, May 6, 2008, in Yangon. Myanmar announced Tuesday it is delaying a crucial constitutional referendum in areas badly hit by a cyclone that killed more than 10,000 people and may have left as many as a million homeless. Officials feared the death toll could soar. (AP Photo) Myanmar soldiers unload boxes of supplies from a Thai transport plane at Yangon airport in Myanmar Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta, where nearly 22,000 people perished, remained largely cut off from the rest of the world Tuesday, four days after a cyclone unleashed winds, floods and high tidal waves on the densely populated region. (AP Photo) Western tourists make their way past electrical pole in Yangon, Sunday, May 4, 2008, following cyclone Nargis. Myanmar officials said Tuesday the death toll could continue to climb higher than the nearly 15,000 already feared dead from the Southeast Asian nation's devastating cyclone as the international community prepared to rush in aid. (AP Photo/Barry Broman) Residents work to move an electrical pole Sunday, May 4, 2008, following cyclone Nargis in Yangon. Myanmar officials said on Tuesday the death toll could continue to climb higher than the 14,000 already feared dead from the Southeast Asian nation's devastating cyclone as the international community prepared to rush in aid. In the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, state radio reported that the government was delaying a constitutional referendum in areas hit hardest. (AP Photo/Barry Broman) In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, residents queue to get water after the cyclone in Yongon, Myanmar Monday, May 5, 2008. The storm has left hundreds of thousands of people homeless and without clean drinking water, said a spokesman in Bangkok Thailand for the United Nations office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. (AP pHoto/Xinhua, Zhang Yunfei) An aerial view of devastation caused by the cyclone Nargis on Saturday, is seen at an unknown location in Myanmar, Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta, where nearly 22,000 people perished, remained largely cut off from the rest of the world Tuesday, four days after a cyclone unleashed winds, floods and high tidal waves on the densely populated region. (AP Photo) Myanmar soldiers unload drinking water from a Thai transport plane at Yangon airport in Myanmar Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta, where nearly 22,000 people perished, remained largely cut off from the rest of the world Tuesday, four days after a cyclone unleashed winds, floods and high tidal waves on the densely populated region. (AP Photo) This handout satellite image provided Wednesday, May 7, 2008, by DigitalGlobe shows a November 22, 2004 view of the area of Myanmar devastated by a cyclone on May 3. (AP Photo/DigitalGlobe) In this photo released by the Mandalay Gazette, sunken ship is seen in a river after Cyclone Nargis, in Yangon Myanmar, Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Hungry crowds of cyclone survivors stormed a few shops that opened Wednesday in Myanmar's devastated Irrawaddy delta, as the country's military rulers kept a massive international aid effort on hold. (AP Photo/Mandalay Gazette, HO) Staff of the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) load an aircraft bound for Myanmar at Brindisi airport, in Brindisi, Italy, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. The international relief effort for hundreds of thousands of Myanmar cyclone victims picked up speed Wednesday as India dispatched two planeloads of aid and Myanmar authorized the United Nations to send its own air shipment, officials said. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito) A worker tries to stop pigeons from eating packages of rice in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. Cyclone victims in Myanmar's biggest city faced new challenges Wednesday as markets doubled prices of rice, charcoal and bottled water, belying government claims that life was returning to normal after a storm that claimed some 22,000 lives. (AP Photo) A long line of motorist wait to avail of their alloted gasoline of 2 gallon a day in Yangon, Myanmar on Wednesday May 7, 2008. International aid began trickling into military-ruled Myanmar, but much of the Irrawaddy delta, where most of the 22,464 reported victims perished, has remained cut off since Cyclone Nargis hit early Saturday. (AP Photo) A man talks on a phone at a stand selling food and use of the phone, in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. Cyclone victims in Myanmar's biggest city faced new challenges Wednesday as markets doubled prices of rice, charcoal and bottled water, belying government claims that life was returning to normal after a storm that claimed some 22,000 lives. (AP Photo) Passengers looks on as they are transported on a boat in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. A U.N. official declared Myanmar's cyclone-stricken Irrawaddy delta a "major, major disaster" Wednesday with corpses floating in flooded areas and enormous challenges in getting aid to the neediest victims. International aid began trickling into military-ruled Myanmar, but much of the Irrawaddy delta, where most of the 22,464 reported victims perished, has remained cut off since Cyclone Nargis hit early Saturday. (AP Photo) Woman lays the cloth to dry at a market in Yangon, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. International aid began trickling into military-ruled Myanmar, but much of the Irrawaddy delta, where most of the 22,464 reported victims perished, has remained cut off since Cyclone Nargis hit early Saturday. (AP Photo) A man stands at the broken pier following devastating cyclone in Yangon, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. International aid began trickling into military-ruled Myanmar, but much of the Irrawaddy delta, where most of the 22,464 reported victims perished, has remained cut off since Cyclone Nargis hit early Saturday. (AP Photo) Chart compares the cyclone death toll to other selected disasters (Associated Press) A girl carries a bucket of water in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. Cyclone victims in Myanmar's biggest city faced new challenges Wednesday as markets doubled prices of rice, charcoal and bottled water, belying government claims that life was returning to normal after a storm that claimed some 22,000 lives. (AP Photo) This photo, supplied by the U.S.Navy, shows a Marine MH-53 helicopter, assigned to U.S. Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265, taking off Thursday,May 8, 2008 from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex in the Gulf of Thailand. The U.S. Navy has the Essex and two other ships, participating in an exercise in the Gulf of Thailand, that could help in any Myanmar cyclone relief effort. The Essex has 23 helicopters aboard. The Navy was sending this and other helicopters from the Essex to the staging area in Thailand, a defense official said.(AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Didier ) Families who were displaced from last weekend's devastating cyclone take shelter at a monastery in Kyauktan Township, southern Myanmar on Thursday May 8, 2008. Myanmar's isolationist regime Thursday gave clearance for the first major international airlift carrying aid to survivors of the cyclone that may have killed more than 100,000 people, officials said. (AP Photo) Myanmar monks work to clean up at a pagoda and monastery damaged following last weekend's devastating cyclone in Kyauktan Township, southern Myanmar on Thursday May 8, 2008. Myanmar's isolationist regime Thursday gave clearance for the first major international airlift carrying aid to survivors of the cyclone that may have killed more than 100,000 people, officials said. (AP Photo) A Myanmar woman prays inside the Aung Zey Yong Pagoda and monastery which was damaged in last weekend's devastating cyclone, in Kyauktan Township, southern Myanmar on Thursday May 8, 2008. Myanmar's isolationist regime Thursday gave clearance for the first major international airlift carrying aid to survivors of the cyclone that may have killed more than 100,000 people, officials said. (AP Photo) A boy sleeps on top of tables at a makeshift shelter in Kyauktan Township, in southern Myanmar on Thursday May 8, 2008. Myanmar's isolationist regime Thursday gave clearance for the first major international airlift carrying aid to survivors of a cyclone that may have killed more than 100,000 people, officials said. (AP Photo) A homeless woman whose house was destroyed in last weekend's devastating cyclone feeds her daughter while taking shelter at a monastery in Kaw Hmu village, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) southwest of Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, May 8, 2008. The U.N.'s World Food Program says its first flight carrying aid has landed in Myanmar after the military regime gave clearance to send relief material to cyclone victims. (AP Photo) A baby is held by her mother as they wait for free rice from the government following devastating cyclone Nargis in the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, on Thursday May 8, 2008. Myanmar's isolationist government blocked United Nations efforts Thursday to airlift urgently needed food aid to survivors of a cyclone that may have killed more than 100,000 people, officials said. (AP Photo) Residents collect water into tanks as they seek safe drinking water following devastating cyclone Nargis , in Yangon, Myanmar, on Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo) Myanmar children look on as they take temporary shelter at a center in Kyauktan Township, in southern Myanmar on Thursday May 8, 2008. Myanmar's isolationist regime Thursday gave clearance for the first major international airlift carrying aid to survivors of a cyclone that may have killed more than 100,000 people, officials said. (AP Photo) A small temple is seen submerged in a flooded rice field near a house destroyed by last weekend's devastating cyclone near Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, May 8, 2008. The U.N.'s World Food Program says its first flight carrying aid has landed in Myanmar after the military regime gave clearance to send relief material to cyclone victims. (AP Photo) n this picture released by ECPA-D Wednesday, May 14, 2008, rice is checked by unidentified French officers in a retailer shop in Chennai, India, Tuesday, May 13, 2008, before being loaded with humanitarian aid to Myanmar. France has sent the vessel, Le Mistral, with 1,500 tons of emergency relief materials to the nation's cyclone victims. (AP Photo/Sgt Richard Nicolas Nelson, ECPA-D French Defense Ministry) In this picture released by ECPA-D French Defense Ministry Wednesday, May 14, 2008 the vessel, Le Mistral is seen in the harbor of Chennai, India, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. France sent Le Mistral, with 1,500 tons of emergency relief materials to Myanmar's cyclone victims. (AP Photo/Sgt Richard Nicolas Nelson, ECPA-D French Defense Ministry) In this photo released by German aid organization Johanniter on Wednesday May 14, 2008, showing volunteers as they unpack medical aid for the victims of the cyclone in Rangoon, Myanmar, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. The medical aid supplies include drugs against malaria, diarrhea, pain killers and bandages. The supplies were distributed by partner organizations of Aktion Deutschland Hilft who brought the supplies to hospitals in the delta. (AP Photo/Johanniter) A Buddhist man prays beside pictures of cyclone-damaged areas at the Schwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo) Two men work on the damage brought by Cyclone Nargis on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo) Myanmar cyclone survivors grab a free banana from a local donor on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, on Wednesday May 14, 2008. (AP Photo) Map shows a possible tropical cyclone forming near Myanmar's delta region, with the path of Cyclone Nargis. Myanmar cyclone survivors line up to receive food and water from local donors on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, on Wednesday May 14, 2008. (AP Photo) A Myanmar family stands in front of their house damaged from Cyclone Nargis on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, on Wednesday May 14, 2008. (AP Photo) In this photo released by World Vision, Myanmar medical team are surrounded by villagers as they provide treatment for victims of cyclone Nargis in Yangon, Myanmar Tuesday, May 13, 2008. The U.N. said Myanmar faces a catastrophe of monumental proportions unless relief efforts reach the scale of the Indian Ocean tsunami, as soldiers barred foreign aid workers from reaching cyclone survivors in hard-hit areas. (AP Photo/World Vision, HO) A staff of the Singapore Red Cross Society demonstrates the use of a hand powered purification water system designed in the city-state which purifies unclean water to a safe drinking state without the need of electricity Tuesday, May 13, 2008 in Singapore. Ten of these units together with family tents, family food packs as well as water purification tablets will be sent from Singapore to the cyclone victims in Myanmar. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) A Myanmar monk walks past a temple damaged by Cyclone Nargis on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday May 13, 2008. (AP Photo A young Myanmar monk removes fallen bricks from a giant Buddha statue damaged by Cyclone Nargis on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, on Tuesday May 13, 2008. (AP Photo) A Myanmar boy feeds a banana to his younger brother at a temple being used a temporary shelter for cyclone survivors on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. (AP Photo) A Myanmar boy carries water bottles used for chickens as he walks past a chicken coup destroyed by Cyclone Nargis on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday May 13, 2008. (AP Photo) A Myanmar child cries as another looks on at a temple being used as a temporary shelter for cyclone survivors on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday May 13, 2008.(AP Photo) A Myanmar girl sits on a street with her belongings after her home was damaged by Cyclone Nargis on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday May 13, 2008. (AP Photo) In this picture provided by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Eric Clamor, left, and Sgt. James McCarty, both assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fill five-gallon bags of drinking water in the upper vehicle storage space of the USS Essex in the South China Sea en route to Myanmar for possible distribution to victims of Cyclone Nargis. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gabriel S. Weber) Myanmar workers repair a power line during a heavy rain storm on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, May 15, 2008. Heavy rains and another potentially powerful storm headed toward Myanmar's cyclone-devastated delta Thursday, as the U.N. warned that inadequate relief efforts could lead to a second wave of deaths among the estimated 2 million survivors. (AP Photo) Myanmar children reach their hands out to receive a free banana from a local donor on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, on Wednesday May 14, 2008. (AP Photo) Myanmar volunteers serve a free breakfast to children at a temple after the destructive Cyclone Nargis on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, May 12, 2008. From a shopkeeper offering free rice porridge to medical students treating the countless sick, ordinary people in Myanmar are stepping up to help cyclone victims while the military regime restricts critically needed international aid. (AP Photo) Myanmar boys walk through a rice field during a heavy rain storm on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, May 15, 2008. Heavy rains and another potentially powerful storm headed toward Myanmar's cyclone-devastated delta Thursday, as the U.N. warned that inadequate relief efforts could lead to a second wave of deaths among the estimated 2 million survivors. (AP Photo) In this photo released by UNICEF, a woman feeds her child at a temporary camp near Bogalay Township, Myanmar for those displaced by Cyclone Nargis Tuesday, May 13, 2008. (AP Photo/UNICEF) In this photo released by UNICEF, members of the Myanmar Red Cross and several other healthcare workers travel by boat to a remote village in Kawhmu Township, Myanmar, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. (AP Photo/UNICEF) In this photo released by UNICEF, a mother and child look on at Kawhmu Township in the south-western Irrawaddy Division of Myanmar Tuesday, May 13, 2008. (AP Photo/UNICEF) A Myanmar woman looks at her cyclone-damaged home on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar on Thursday, May 15, 2008. The Red Cross estimated that the cyclone death toll in Myanmar could be as high as 128,000, a much higher figure than a tally by the government, which continued to issue few visas to foreign aid experts, and all but shut them out of the hardest-hit area. (AP Photo) Burmese monks begin a fast outside United Nations Headquarters in New York, Thursday, May 15, 2008. The monks are trying to draw attention to the plight of the Burmese people effected by the cyclone and to push the UN to provide immediate, unrestricted aid. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) A Myanmar man carries a bike-loaded with chickens on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar on Thursday, May 15, 2008. The Red Cross estimated that the cyclone death toll in Myanmar could be as high as 128,000, a much higher figure than a tally by the government, which continued to issue few visas to foreign aid experts, and all but shut them out of the hardest-hit area. (AP Photo) A Myanmar boy shields himself with a leaf during a heavy rain storm on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, May 15, 2008. Heavy rains and another potentially powerful storm headed toward Myanmar's cyclone-devastated delta Thursday, as the U.N. warned that inadequate relief efforts could lead to a second wave of deaths among the estimated 2 million survivors. (AP Photo) A Myanmar woman visits her cyclone-damaged home on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar on Thursday, May 15, 2008. The Red Cross estimated that the cyclone death toll in Myanmar could be as high as 128,000, a much higher figure than a tally by the government, which continued to issue few visas to foreign aid experts, and all but shut them out of the hardest-hit area. (AP Photo) Victims of Cyclone Nargis wait in line to receive donated goods from a local donor at a monastery outside the capital of Yangon, Myanmar on Monday May 19, 2008. Myanmar's military regime, which has barred almost all foreigners from its cyclone disaster zone, allowed the U.N.'s humanitarian chief into the Irrawaddy delta for a brief tour today, a U.N. official said.(AP Photo) Victims of Cyclone Nargis look through a gate as they wait to receive donated goods from a local donor at a monastery outside the capital of Yangon, Myanmar on Monday May 19, 2008. Myanmar's military regime, which has barred almost all foreigners from its cyclone disaster zone, allowed the U.N.'s humanitarian chief into the Irrawaddy delta for a brief tour today, a U.N. official said.(AP Photo) Survivors of Cyclone Nargis walk with flags at Schewadagon Pagoda as they observe Buddha's birthday at the capital of Yangon, Myanmar on Monday May 19, 2008. The event is celebrated by the ceremonial watering of Bo trees, the sacred Banyan tree under which Buddha attained enlightenment. (AP Photo) Victims of Cyclone Nargis pray in front of an image of Buddha at the Schewadagon Pagoda as they observe Buddha's birthday at the capital of Yangon, Myanmar on Monday May 19, 2008. The event is celebrated by the ceremonial watering of Bo trees, the sacred Banyan tree under which Buddha attained enlightenment. (AP Photo) Victims of Cyclone Nargis pour water from jars at a tree in the Schewadagon Pagoda as they observe Buddha's birthday at the capital of Yangon, Myanmar on Monday May 19, 2008. The event is celebrated by the ceremonial watering of Bo trees, the sacred Banyan tree under which Buddha attained enlightenment. (AP Photo) Young monks prepare for a meal at a monastery that donates to victims of Cyclone Nargis outside the capital of Yangon, Myanmar on Monday May 19, 2008. Myanmar's military regime, which has barred almost all foreigners from its cyclone disaster zone, allowed the U.N.'s humanitarian chief into the Irrawaddy delta for a brief tour today, a U.N. official said.(AP Photo) This Friday, May 9, 2008 file photo shows a Myanmar resident examining houses destroyed by Cyclone Nargis in Bogalay, Myanmar. Compared with disasters like the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, those in China and Myanmar have generated just a trickle of aid. (AP Photo/FILE) In this photo released by the Mandalay Gazette Myanmar people wait for aid along a roadside Sunday, May 18, 2008, between Phyar Pone and Bokalay, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Mandalay Gazette, HO) n this photo released by Myanma News Agency, John Holmes, the U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, right, walks with other officials as he visits the area that was hit by Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar Monday, May 19, 2008. Myanmar's junta on Monday announced a three-day mourning period for victims of the cyclone that left at least 130,000 people dead or missing, while the country's neighbors made plans to help distribute foreign aid to survivors. (AP Photo/Myanma News Agency, HO) In this photo released by Myanma News Agency, Senior Gen. Than Shwe, Myanmar's junta leader, left, talks with a family survivors of Cyclone Nargis at a makeshift shelter in Myanmar Monday, May 19, 2008. Myanmar's junta on Monday announced a three-day mourning period for victims of the cyclone that left at least 130,000 people dead or missing, while the country's neighbors made plans to help distribute foreign aid to survivors. (AP Photo/Myanma News Agency, HO) In this photo provided by AmeriCares, relief workers offload 15 tons of medical supplies in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, May 18. After lengthy negotiations, the airlift was cleared for landing Sunday. The shipment contains medical supplies destined for 10 mobile clinics operated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) throughout areas devastated by the cyclone, including the Irrawaddy delta region. The IOM began working through the clinics on Monday to distribute the supplies. (AP Photo/AmeriCares, Sharon Croos) South Korean and Myanmar activists hold banners during a rally against Myanmar's junta outside the Myanmar Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) A homeless Myanmar woman eats rice beside her one day old baby at a temporary shelter on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. (AP Photo) Myanmar children stand inside their home which was damaged by Cyclone Nargis, on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Myanmar began three days of mourning for some 78,000 cyclone victims Tuesday, after its ruling junta appeared to relent to foreign pressure to allow more outside help for its storm survivors. (AP Photo) A Myanmar national flag flies at half mast on top of the city's government building as the country mourned the losses from Cyclone Nargis. Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Myanmar began three days of mourning Tuesday for some 78,000 cyclone victims after its ruling junta appeared to relent to foreign pressure to let in more outside help. (AP Photo) Homeless residents stay at a school for temporary shelter on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Myanmar began three days of mourning for some 78,000 cyclone victims Tuesday, after its ruling junta appeared to relent to foreign pressure to allow more outside help for its storm survivors. (AP Photo) n this photo released by UNICEF, survivors of Cyclone Nargis rest inside their makeshift shelter, at a camp set up by UNICEF, in Myanmar Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Myanmar began three days of mourning Tuesday for some 78,000 cyclone victims after its ruling junta appeared to relent to foreign pressure to let in more outside help. (AP Photo/UNICEF) A policeman takes notes outside the Myanmar Embassy after it was vandalized by Myanmar citizens living in India, protesting the military junta rule in their country, in New Delhi, Friday, June 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) In this May 25, 2008 photo released by the Myanmar NGO Group, made available on Friday, June 6, 2008, locals walk amid destruction caused by Cyclone Nargis, in Bogalay 125 km (78 miles) southwest of Yangon in the Irrawaddy delta, in Myanmar. Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar on May 2-3, 2008, killing some 78,000 people while leaving another 56,000 missing, mostly in the country's southern Irrawaddy delta region. (AP Photo/Myanmar NGO Group) In this May 25, 2008 photo released by the Myanmar NGO Group, made available on Friday, June 6, 2008, locals walk amid destruction caused by Cyclone Nargis, in Bogalay 125 km (78 miles) southwest of Yangon in the Irrawaddy delta, in Myanmar. Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar on May 2-3, 2008, killing some 78,000 people while leaving another 56,000 missing, mostly in the country's southern Irrawaddy delta region. (AP Photo/Myanmar NGO Group) In this May 25, 2008 photo released by the Myanmar NGO Group and made available on Friday, June 6, 2008, locals are seen in Bogalay 125 kilometers (78 miles) southwest of Yangon in the Irrawaddy delta, in Myanmar, amid destruction caused by Cyclone Nargis. Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar on May 2-3, 2008, and left 78,000 people dead and another 56,000 missing, mostly in the country's southern Irrawaddy delta region.(AP Photo/Myanmar NGO Group) In this May 25, 2008 photo released by the Myanmar NGO Group, made available on Friday, June 6, 2008, locals walk amid destruction caused by Cyclone Nargis in Bogalay 125 km (78 miles) southwest of Yangon in the Irrawaddy delta, in Myanmar. Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar on May 2-3, 2008, killing some 78,000 people while leaving another 56,000 missing, mostly in the country's southern Irrawaddy delta region. (AP Photo/Myanmar NGO Group) U.S. soldiers from Marine Aircraft Group 36 adjust flags on a cargo of UNICEF aid after loading it onto a cargo plane for cyclone victims in Myanmar, Friday, June 6, 2008, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The plane was due to fly the aid first to Thailand from where it would be flown into Yangon. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)