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Conditions ripe for disease in Myanmar delta (AP)

Homeless Burmese eat candy from a overseas donator at a monastery serving as a  temporary shelter for cyclone victims on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, May 26, 2008. In a release seen Monday, the International Red Cross said at least 1.5 million people, many of them hungry and ailing, remained homeless in the rain-swept Irrawaddy delta. (AP Photo)AP - Myint Hlaing’s family bathes and draws cooking water from an irrigation ditch fouled by human waste and a rotting cow carcass. His 10-year-old daughter suffers from diarrhea, despite drinking bottled water donated by aid groups.


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