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VIDEO: Myanmar votes dispite disaster
25 May 2008 09:13:00 GMT
Source: AlertNet
May. 25 - Disaster officials say there's "no time to lose" to help Myanmar's cyclone survivors after the government promised to allow in more aid workers.

The secretive military junta has been criticised for stalling a full-blown aid effort for 2.4 million people left destitute by Cyclone Nargis three weeks ago. It also went ahead with a referendum on an army-drafted constitution in cyclone-devastated areas.

Sonia Legg reports.

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Elisabeth Byrs, chief spokesperson of the Office for Coordination of Humanitaria Affairs (OCHA). Thierry Durand, General Director of Doctors without borders branch in Paris.

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