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PHOTOS: Aftermath of Myanmar cyclone
07 May 2008 10:03:00 GMT
Source: AlertNet
 

Airport baggage handlers load aid bound for Myanmar onto a commercial aircraft in Singapore May 7, 2008. Disease, hunger and thirst pose a major threat to hundreds of thousands of survivors of Cyclone Nargis, aid agencies said on Wednesday, urging Myanmar's military rulers to open the doors to international humanitarian relief. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE)
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An airport baggage handler loads aid bound for Myanmar onto a commercial aircraft in Singapore May 7, 2008. Disease, hunger and thirst pose a major threat to hundreds of thousands of survivors of Cyclone Nargis, aid agencies said on Wednesday, urging Myanmar's military rulers to open the doors to international humanitarian relief. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE)
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An activist (C) plays the role of a cyclone victim during a rally outside the building housing the Myanmar Embassy in Makati City, Metro Manila May 7, 2008. The activists were demanding the military government speed up disaster relief to the cyclone damaged areas and to postpone the upcoming referendum. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES)
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An activist plays the role of a cyclone victim during a rally outside the building housing the Myanmar Embassy in Makati City, Metro Manila May 7, 2008. The activists were demanding the military government speed up disaster relief to the cyclone damaged areas and to postpone the upcoming referendum. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES)
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Activists hold placards during a rally outside the building housing the Myanmar Embassy in Makati City, Metro Manila May 7, 2008. The activists were demanding the military government speed up disaster relief to the cyclone damaged areas and to postpone the upcoming referendum. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco ( PHILIPPINES)
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An activist holds a placard during a rally outside the building housing the Myanmar Embassy in Makati City, Metro Manila May 7, 2008. The activists were demanding the military government speed up disaster relief to the cyclone damaged areas and to postpone the upcoming referendum. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES)
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A Thai air force personnel load medical supplies on a military transport plane on bounding for Myanmar on May 7, 2008 at Bangkok's Air Force base. Disease, hunger and thirst pose a major threat to hundreds of thousands of survivors of Cyclone Nargis, aid agencies said on Wednesday, urging Myanmar's military rulers to open the doors to international humanitarian relief. With 22,500 dead and 41,000 missing, most of them from a massive storm surge that washed over the Irrawaddy delta, it is the most devastating cyclone to hit Asia since 1991, when 143,000 people died in neighbouring Bangladesh. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
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A Thai air force personnel load food and disaster supplies for shipment to Myanmar at the military airport in Bangkok May 7, 2008. Disease, hunger and thirst pose a major threat to hundreds of thousands of survivors of Cyclone Nargis, aid agencies said on Wednesday, urging Myanmar's military rulers to open the doors to international humanitarian relief. With 22,500 dead and 41,000 missing, most of them from a massive storm surge that washed over the Irrawaddy delta, it is the most devastating cyclone to hit Asia since 1991, when 143,000 people died in neighbouring Bangladesh. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
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Thai air force personnel load medical supplies on a military transport plane on bounding for Myanmar on May 7, 2008 at Bangkok's Air Force base. Disease, hunger and thirst pose a major threat to hundreds of thousands of survivors of Cyclone Nargis, aid agencies said on Wednesday, urging Myanmar's military rulers to open the doors to international humanitarian relief. With 22,500 dead and 41,000 missing, most of them from a massive storm surge that washed over the Irrawaddy delta, it is the most devastating cyclone to hit Asia since 1991, when 143,000 people died in neighbouring Bangladesh. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
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Residents work to remove trees that have fallen on a house in Hling Thar Yar on the outskirts of Yangon, May 6, 2008, after Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar's main city on Saturday. Myanmar' s military government raised its death toll from Cyclone Nargis on Tuesday to nearly 22,500 with a further 41,000 missing, nearly all of them from a massive storm surge that swept into the Irrawaddy delta. REUTERS/Strinnger ( MYANMAR)
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Residents work to remove fallen trees on a road in Hling Thar Yar on the outskirts of Yangon, May 6, 2008, after Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar's main city on Saturday. Myanmar's military government raised its death toll from Cyclone Nargis on Tuesday to nearly 22,500 with a further 41,000 missing, nearly all of them from a massive storm surge that swept into the Irrawaddy delta. REUTERS/Strinnger ( MYANMAR)
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People stand next to an advertisement tower that had fallen on a street in Yangon May 6, 2008, after Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar's main city on Saturday. Myanmar's military government raised its death toll from Cyclone Nargis on Tuesday to nearly 22,500 with a further 41,000 missing, nearly all of them from a massive storm surge that swept into the Irrawaddy delta. REUTERS/ Strringer (MYANMAR)
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People wash up and collect water on a street in Yangon May 6, 2008, after Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar's main city on Saturday. Myanmar's military government raised its death toll from Cyclone Nargis on Tuesday to nearly 22,500 with a further 41,000 missing, nearly all of them from a massive storm surge that swept into the Irrawaddy delta. REUTERS/Strringer ( MYANMAR)
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(Blank Headline Received)
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