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Myanmar cyclone victims getting low-quality supplies

By Associated Press
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 -

YANGON, Myanmar - Many cyclone victims are getting spoiled or poor-quality food from Myanmar’s junta instead of the enriched supplies being delivered by foreign governments and charities, victims and aid workers said today.

A longtime foreign resident of Myanmar’s biggest city, Yangon, told The Associated Press in Bangkok by telephone that angry government officials complained to him about the military misappropriating aid.

 
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In this photo released by the U.S....
Photo by AP Photo/HO, US Marine Corps
In this photo released by the U.S. Marine Corps, soldiers from Myanmar and others unload water from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Monday, May 12, 2008, at Yangon airport.
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