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...Cyclone survivors in Burma’s devastated Irrawaddy delta could require food aid for as long as a year, given the severity of the damage to the region’s rice production just weeks before planting season,...
...Almost a third of households in the cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta say they have no food stocks, while a further fifth say they have just enough for a day, highlighting the urgent need for continuing food...
...The junta has rebuffed offers from its long-time critic, the US, and regional friends such as Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand for military assistance to distribute relief in remote areas of the Irrawaddy...
...In the weeks since cyclone Nargis battered the Irrawaddy delta, Burma’s most famous comedian, a dentist known by the stage name Zarganar, or “Tweezers”, spearheaded efforts by about 400 artists and intellectuals...
...Of the roughly 20 homes in the hamlet of Thilamyaing, around an hour’s drive south-east of Rangoon, only two withstood the force of cyclone Nargis, which this month battered Burma’s Irrawaddy delta and...
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