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Article: Cyclone Nargis, Burma; Estimates say that a quarter of the 2m people in need have been reached with international emergency relief.
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- May 19, 2008
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M2 PRESSWIRE-19 May 2008-DFID: Cyclone Nargis, Burma; Estimates say that a quarter of the 2m people in need have been reached with international emergency relief(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Lord Malloch-Brown has visited a cyclone- affected area on the outskirts of Rangoon as well as meeting Burmese, UN and NGO officials State media is today reporting 78,000 dead and 56,000 missing; Red Cross estimates that between 69,000 and 128,000 people have been killed A total of $41 million has been contributed to the UN Flash Appeal against a total of $201 million Aid flights/shipping into Rangoonare increasing, but still insufficient to meet ...