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Myanmar authorities seize aid for cyclone victims
baynews9.com May 9, 2008
Myanmar authorities have seized U.N. food sufficient to feed 95,000 victims of last week's cyclone, a move that shuts down future U.N. flights, a U.N. aid official says. ... Children try to retrieve useable articles from the debris of washed away houses south of Yangon....
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- Intergovernmental Organizations,
- International Relations,
- Humanitarian Crises,
- Disasters, Accidents & Crises,
- Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar,
- Storms,
- Natural Disasters,
- Humanitarian Aid,
- Government
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