"There may be cases were neighbors came back and because of the tidal surge, the bodies were dispersed"

As the bloated bodies rise and fall with the current, women scrub clothes along the river bank, villagers bathe to cool themselves and a lone child sits on a dock staring aimlessly into the water.

But with little aid getting through to desperate cyclone survivors, the dead have largely been forgotten _ left to decay where the brackish waters carried them or waiting to be pulled out to sea by the rising tides.

'The first few we saw, we were all very shocked,' said U Pinyatale, a monk from the area who has prayed for the dead. 'After a while, there were just too many.' Read more

"The trading mantra that we observed the last few months between the movement of the U.S. dollar and oil price movements appears not to hold water the last few days"

BANGKOK, Thailand - Oil prices held steady Thursday in Asia after jumping to a record near $124 a barrel as investors captivated by the market's upward momentum seemed to ignore figures showing an increase in ... via Newsday.com

"This appears to me to be computer-generated buying"

R.T. Taylor, a cab driver since 1956, fills up his Chicago Carriage Cab Co. coach at $4.16 per gallon Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Chicago. via The Florida Times-Union

"We are committed to further accelerate our work in order to reach consensus on all of the elements which include concrete conditions eligible for borrowing and contents of convenants specified in borrowing arrangements"

Finance ministers of 13 Asian nations agreed here on Sunday to set up a foreign exchange pool of at least 80 billion dollars to be used in the event of another regional crisis. via Maktoob Business

"We are working around the clock with the authorities to ensure the kind of access that we need to ensure it goes to people that need it most"

Myanmar's military regime distributed international aid Saturday but plastered the boxes with the names of top generals in an apparent effort to turn the relief effort for last week's devastating cyclone into a propaganda exercise.

The United Nations sent in three more planes and several trucks loaded with aid, though the junta took over its first two shipments. The government agreed to let a U.S. cargo plane bring in supplies Monday, but foreign disaster experts were still being barred entry. Read more

"Visas are still a problem. It is not clear when it will be sorted out"

Hungry crowds of survivors stormed the few shops that opened in Myanmar's stricken Irrawaddy delta, where food and international aid has been scarce since a devastating cyclone killed more than 22,000 people, the U.N. said Wednesday.

Corpses floated in salty flood waters and witnesses said survivors tried desperately to reach dry ground on boats using blankets as sails. The U.N. said some 1 million people were homeless in the Southeast Asian country, also known as Burma.

'Basically the entire lower delta region is under water,' said Richard Horsey, Bangkok-based spokesman for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid. Read more

Maj. Prasit Yodthong Chief of Crime Suppression of Ko Lanta Police Station honored for outstanding service at road side assistance, he fixed a tire of a tourist SUV it was not his job but he instantly volunteered and ...

Despite weather advisory from Thailand-based Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre, Burmese citizens were not given enough notice to prepare for Cyclone Nargis Burma's Department of Meteorology and Hydrology was ...

Thai soldiers load supplies for victims of a devastating cyclone in Burma onto a Thai military transport plane at the military airport in Bangkok, Thailand on ...

Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej approved a Bt367.3 billion budget for the construction of five double-track rail routes during the meeting with the transport mega-project committee.