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Myanmar junta hands out aid boxes with generals' names
tdn.com May 10, 2008
YANGON, Myanmar - 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. ... Despite...
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- International Non-Governmental Organizations,
- Natural Disasters,
- Disasters, Accidents & Crises,
- International Development Co-Operation,
- Humanitarian Aid,
- International Relations,
- Government,
- Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar,
- Storms
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