Myanmar's Cyclone Nargis survivors still need help

May. 2, 2009
The monsoons are due any day now, and for the hundreds of villagers with fresh memories of last year's deadly Cyclone Nargis, an emergency shelter that opened Saturday was yet another reminder that their huts _ and their lives _ remain fragile. "How are we...
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