Boat carrying Myanmar aid sinks; death toll climbs
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"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.
The death toll jumped to more than 28,000 and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband warned that "malign neglect" by the isolated nation's military rulers was creating a "humanitarian catastrophe of genuinely epic proportions.""
What a waste. The reaction to this cyclone disaster is yet another example of how poverty is often perpetuated by politics more than lack of resources.
The death toll jumped to more than 28,000 and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband warned that "malign neglect" by the isolated nation's military rulers was creating a "humanitarian catastrophe of genuinely epic proportions.""
What a waste. The reaction to this cyclone disaster is yet another example of how poverty is often perpetuated by politics more than lack of resources.
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