KYAUKTAN, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta started evicting destitute families from government-run cyclone relief centers on Friday, apparently out of concern the 'tented villages' might become permanent....
"We knew we had to go at some point but we had hoped for more support," 21-year-old trishaw driver Kyaw Moe Thu said as he trudged out of the camp with his five brothers and sisters, the youngest of whom was 2 years old.
They had been given 20 bamboo poles and some tarpaulins to help rebuild their lives in the Irrawaddy delta, where 134,000 people were left dead or missing by Cyclone Nargis on May 2.
[From Myanmar Starts Mass Evictions - NYTimes.com]
5.30.2008
Don't tell FEMA
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