Al Jazeera reports from the town of Maubin and from the Irrawaddy Delta, where farmers in the Rice Bowl of Burma have lost their livelihoods because of cyclone Nargis.
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Backlog of Myanmar aid supplies in Thailand
Australia has raised its offer to help Myanmar and is now pledging more than 23 million dollars. But Canberra is demanding that all restrictions be lifted on foreign workers delivering the supplies. There’s a backlog of aid especially in Thailand.Al Jazeera’s correspondent Tony Cheng reports from the Thai-Myanmar border town of Mae Sot.
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