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Myanmar junta warns against hoarding cyclone aid (AP)
16 05 2008

In this photo released by UNICEF, workers unload aid supplies Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at Myanmar International airport, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/UNICEF)

AP - Myanmar's junta warned Thursday it will punish anyone found hoarding or trading foreign aid meant for cyclone survivors, but relief groups said they had seen no evidence of people selling or stockpiling donated goods.

China: Quake death toll could reach 50,000 (AP)
16 05 2008

Rescue workers carry an earthquake victim evacuated by boat from Yingxiu to the Zipingpu Dam as roads are still inaccessible near Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Thursday, May 15, 2008. China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

AP - Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town and black smoke poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere in central China as priorities began shifting Thursday from the hunt for survivors to dealing with the dead. Officials said the final toll could more than double to 50,000.

China: Quake death toll could reach 50,000 (AP)
16 05 2008

In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, mothers hold the chest card of their children who died in the earthquake in Pingwu County, southwest China's Sichuan province, on Thursday May 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ren Junchuan)

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