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url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/44718000/jpg/_44718885_girl_afp_66.jpg" width="66"/></item><item><title>'Window of opportunity' in Burma</title><description>A 'window of opportunity' for political progress in Burma now exists, a former UN official says.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7423763.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7423763.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 15:40:01 GMT</pubDate><category>Asia-Pacific</category><media:thumbnail height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/44696000/jpg/_44696847_index66.jpg" width="66"/></item><item><title>Rice harvest under threat</title><description>Farmers in areas affected by Cyclone Nargis need urgent help, or else Burma's rice harvest will fail, says the UN.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7405414.stm</link><guid 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Nargis.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7398768.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7398768.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:00:12 GMT</pubDate><category>Asia-Pacific</category><media:thumbnail height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/44652000/jpg/_44652739_b11d26f1-393a-4fc7-af10-1652e1bd7b9e.jpg" width="66"/></item><item><title>Burmese still struggling after cyclone</title><description>Three months after Cyclone Nargis struck Burma's Irrawaddy Delta region, the BBC's Nga Pham went to see how residents are coping with the devastation.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7543232.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7543232.stm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:46:11 GMT</pubDate><category>Asia-Pacific</category></item><item><title>Burmese blog the cyclone</title><description>An overview of the Burmese news sites and blogs in the aftermath of cyclone Nargis.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7387313.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7387313.stm</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 11:54:49 GMT</pubDate><category>Asia-Pacific</category><media:thumbnail height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/44628000/jpg/_44628920_cyclone3_6649.jpg" width="66"/></item><item><title>Rangoon's hardship</title><description>People in Rangoon have contacted the BBC News website explaining the hardship they face after Cyclone Nargis.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7389911.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7389911.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:32:20 GMT</pubDate><category>Asia-Pacific</category><media:thumbnail height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/44640000/jpg/_44640344_child6649ap.jpg" width="66"/></item><item><title>In pictures: Burmese mourning</title><description>Burma declares three days of mourning after Cyclone Nargis.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/in_pictures/7408714.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7408714.stm</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 14:58:17 GMT</pubDate><category>In Pictures</category><media:thumbnail height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/44670000/jpg/_44670527_boy66.jpg" width="66"/></item><item><title>Victims' tales seep through</title><description>The BBC's Roland Buerk glimpses the suffering among Burmese victims of Cyclone Nargis.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7409008.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7409008.stm</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 18:17:59 GMT</pubDate><category>Asia-Pacific</category><media:thumbnail height="49" 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GMT</pubDate><category>Asia-Pacific</category></item><item><title>Burmese dodge junta to give aid</title><description>People in Burma have had to find ways of bypassing the junta to deliver aid to victims of the cyclone in the southwest.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7409834.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7409834.stm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 22:45:59 GMT</pubDate><category>Asia-Pacific</category><media:thumbnail height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/44671000/jpg/_44671396_aaaaaaafamily_afp66.jpg" width="66"/></item><item><title>World is split on aid issue</title><description>The international community is split over how to get aid to victims of the cyclone, as Burma's rulers drag their feet in accepting help, writes Jonathan Marcus.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7392662.stm</link><guid 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getting help to the survivors.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7401542.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7401542.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 19:01:07 GMT</pubDate><category>Asia-Pacific</category><media:thumbnail height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/44653000/jpg/_44653990_aaahands_afp66.jpg" width="66"/></item><item><title>Country profile</title><description>Key facts, figures and dates</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1300003.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1300003.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:42:15 GMT</pubDate><category>Country profiles</category></item><item><title>Burma's generals</title><description>BBC News profiles the two military leaders in charge of Burma's regime.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/3755684.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3755684.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 08:22:18 GMT</pubDate><category>Asia-Pacific</category><media:thumbnail height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/40191000/jpg/_40191808_ap_khin66.jpg" width="66"/></item><item><title>Was Burma's cyclone predicted?</title><description>As the death toll from Burma's cyclone rises, the BBC's Steve Jackson asks how much the junta knew in advance.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7386695.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7386695.stm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 18:47:40 GMT</pubDate><category>Asia-Pacific</category></item><item><title>Burma eases restrictions on aid</title><description>Increased amounts of aid reach cyclone-hit Burma amid signs the government is easing restrictions on access.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7394410.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7394410.stm</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 13:22:06 GMT</pubDate><category>Asia-Pacific</category><media:thumbnail height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/44645000/jpg/_44645629_refugee_ap_66i.jpg" width="66"/></item><item><title>Cyclone map </title><description>Clickable map of Burma after Cyclone Nargis.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7408423.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7408423.stm</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 08:35:21 GMT</pubDate><category>Asia-Pacific</category><media:thumbnail height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/44667000/jpg/_44667783_aid_afp66i.jpg" width="66"/></item><item><title>Burmese anger</title><description>Anger at delays in aid reaching survivors. 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arrive. </description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/in_pictures/7394838.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7394838.stm</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 16:21:18 GMT</pubDate><category>In Pictures</category></item><item><title>Burma disaster</title><description>A medic describes the devastation in Burma.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7410085.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7410085.stm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 12:50:44 GMT</pubDate><category>Asia-Pacific</category><media:thumbnail height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/44671000/jpg/_44671396_aaaaaaafamily_afp66.jpg" width="66"/></item><item><title>Burma and China</title><description>Contrasting the aid efforts of two countries.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7407927.stm</link><guid 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