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  • A look at past storms in Bangladesh (AP via Yahoo! News)
    Bangladesh, a low-lying delta nation roughly the size of Iowa, is prone to destructive cyclones and floods. A look at past storms and their death tolls:
  • 'The most devastating storm of our lives' (BBC News)
    People in Bangladesh describe the effect cyclone Sidr is having on rural communities.
  • A look at past cyclones in Bangladesh (AP via Yahoo! News)
    Bangladesh, a low-lying delta nation roughly the size of Iowa, is prone to destructive cyclones and floods. A look at past cyclones and their death tolls:
  • Bangladesh cyclone death toll 2,400 and rising (Guardian Unlimited)
    Aid pours amid fears thousands more bodies yet to be found
  • Graft charges likely against Zia, eight ex-ministers (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
    Dhaka, Nov 19 (IANS) Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has indicated that it might press charges against former prime minister Khaleda Zia and 30 others, including eight of her former ministers, in a corruption case.
  • Cyclone death toll passes 3,000 (Guardian Unlimited)
    Aid pours into Bangladesh amid fears that thousands more bodies have yet to be found
  • Bangladesh cyclone toll surpasses 2,000 (Los Angeles Times)
    Survivors reel from lack of food and power while threat of disease looms. The U.S. dispatches two naval ships. The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Sidr continued to rise Sunday, as diarrhea, pneumonia and typhoid threatened to plague the southern coastal districts, which suffered the worst damage from the deadliest storm to hit this poor South Asian nation in more than a decade.
  • Graft charges likely against Zia (NDTV)
    Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has indicated that it might press charges against former prime minister Khaleda Zia and 30 others, including eight of her former ministers, in a corruption case.
  • RATE THIS ARTICLE (Crosswalk.com)
    BANGLADESH (ANS) -- The death toll from tropical cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh rose to more than 2,000, with more than 1.5 million people living in temporary shelters, a disaster management official said Sunday.
  • Death toll at 1,100 after Bangladesh cyclone (The World)
    DHAKA, Bangladesh - Aid workers struggled Friday to help hundreds of thousands of survivors of a cyclone that blasted Bangladesh with 150 mph winds, killing a reported 1,100 people, savaging coastal towns, and leaving millions without power in the deadliest such storm in more than a decade.