Myanmar is holding a second day of voting in its constitutional referendum while roughly two million people are still without aid after Cyclone Nargis.
The military government is seeking approval on a new charter observers say will tighten the regime’s grip.
Al Jazeera’s correspondent inside Myanmar, not identifying her for her own security, has more from Yangon.
On Thursday morning oil prices reached a record high - $135 a barrel. Liam Halligan, the chief economist of Prosperity Capital Management, explains the real reasons behind this relentless rise. Also, Matthias Schmale, the international director of the British Red Cross, joins the show to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar following Cyclone Nargis.
An Al Jazeera exclusive on the threats of disease and hunger facing post-cyclone Myanmar as the ruling generals defy international pressure and continue to reject outside help.
Asia is having to deal with two massive natural disasters. First a devastating cyclone in Myanmar, then a powerful earthquake in China. Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith looks at how the two countries have dealt with their respective disasters, and William Hess from Global Insight talks to us about why both relief efforts have been so different.
While there are fears Cyclone Nargis may have killed up to a hundred thousand people, many people managed to survive the disaster.
Twenty-one-year-old Mae is one of them.
After the Cyclone destroyed her village, she swam through the night.
She tells her story of survival in her own words.