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VIDEO: Death toll soars in Myanmar
17 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT
Source: AlertNet
May 16. - Rain deepens Myanmar misery as the Junta sharply raises its death toll.

Up to 2.5 million survivors are clinging to life in the low-lying Irrawaddy delta, with thousands of people lining roadsides to beg for help in the absence of large scale government or foreign relief operations.

Sarah Toms reports.

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