Sunday, May 11, 2008

1.5 million survivors of Burma cyclone at risk

Dublin- Aid agency Oxfam is warning that one-and-a-half million survivors of last week's cyclone in Burma may die unless the aid effort is speeded up.
An estimated one-hundred thousand have already been killed by last Saturday's cyclone.
Now the biggest threat to survivors is disease and a lack of clean water. The military regime is wary of letting foreign relief workers into the country. More aid has arrived but agencies are warning it's still not being distributed fast enough.

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