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Sick villagers disembark from a small boat to receive treatment from local aid volunteers at Paw Taw Mu pagoda on the outskirts of hard-hit Bogalay town, southern Myanmar, on Sunday. A Red Cross boat carrying relief supplies for survivors of Myanmar's cyclone sank, as aid groups warned that up to 1.5 million face death if they do not get clean water and sanitation soon.
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Cyclone aid boat sinks in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s monumental task of feeding and sheltering 1.5 million cyclone survivors suffered yet another blow Sunday when a boat laden with relief supplies — one of the first international shipments — sank on its way to the disaster zone. Meanwhile, as the official death toll jumped to more... more »
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