Local heroes step in for cyclone victims
                   
msn.com     May 16, 2008            

YANGON, Myanmar - Taxi drivers, factory owners, college students, teachers and other Yangon residents — many of whom lost their own homes — are among those organizing grueling trips into the Irrawaddy delta, the hardest-hit region. "They are true humanitarian heroes," said Bridget Gardner,... [read full story]                    


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