May 9 (Reuters) - Here are the latest developments following Saturday's devastating Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar.

HEADLINES

- U.N. says 1.5 million people affect by Myanmar cyclone

- Thai prime minister to fly to Myanmar to press aid issue

- Four U.S. Navy ships steam toward Myanmar to offer aid - Myanmar junta urges patriotic 'yes' to referendum

- China, Indonesia reject France's idea of having Security Council ratchet up pressure on Myanmar to grant aid access

QUOTES

"They are gone. They are gone." - U Thein, who lost her 8-year-old son and three-month old daughter in the cyclone.

"The mosquitoes are eating us at night. But we were lucky. We survived." - San Myint, 50, as she tries to repair her home near hard-hit Labutta in the Irrawaddy Delta.

"If you are patriotic and you love your nation you must give an affirmative vote." Message broadcast on state-run MRTV urging people to vote yes in Saturday's referendum on an army-drafted constitution.

"I'd be surprised if they misinterpreted our intentions that badly. Our interest here is totally nonpolitical." - Defense Secretary Robert Gates rejecting suggestions that suspicions among Myanmar's leaders about U.S. military intentions could help explain their reluctance to accept outside help.

"We are the country that is most willing to help Burma, but our problem is we cannot send our people yet because the Burmese government has not issued visas to us." - British ambassador to Thailand Quinton Quayle, speaking in Thai. .... . Page editor: Bill Tarrant, Bangkok newsroom, +66 2 648 9735 .... .

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