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Boat carrying Myanmar aid sinks; toll climbs beyond 28,000 (AP)
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Created 05/11/2008 - 8:55pm

Myanmar soldiers unload bags of supplies aid, donated by Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, from a Thai military plane onto a truck at Yangon airport in Myanmar Sunday, May 11, 2008.<br /><br />More food reached Myanmar's hungry cyclone victims as roads were cleared of fallen trees, but a British aid group warned that up to 1.5 million face death if they do not get clean water and sanitation soon.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong) [1]AP - 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.


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